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October 31, 2007
Hillary Clinton under fire   Stand Honda/AFP/Getty Images
It was the seventh time that the Democratic Party's Presidential candidates were coming together for a debate.

Vidarbha learns the Art of Living   Vipin Vijayan
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar visited Vidarbha and met villagers who have benefited from the swabalambhan project.

Saudi King with the British Queen   John Stillwell/AFP/Getty Images
In an interview to BBC, the King said Saudi Arabia passed on to Britain information that might have helped avert the July 2005 bombings that killed 52 people.
October 30, 2007
Angela Merkel comes calling   Raveendran/AFP/Getty Images
The German Chancellor is on her first visit to India.

'The problem is that we are born with the Dalit tag'   AFP/Getty Images
‘If educated and literate people don't fight against discrimination, who else will?’

The fight of the other India   Vicky Nanjappa
Indians, who took part in the Janadesh Yatra, speak about their plight.

German Chancellor meets PM   Raveendran/AFP/Getty Images
German Chancellor Angela Merkel with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the Presidential palace in New Delhi on Tuesday. Merkel's visit is expected to focus on security and trade issues as Europe's largest economy aims at strengthening ties with India.
October 29, 2007
'China's meteoric rise is making Asia and America nervous'   AFP/Getty images
Speaking to Peter Brookes, a senior Pentagon official in George W Bush's first term in office.

Indian-Americans swirl to Falguni's tunes   Paresh Gandhi
When it comes to Dandiya, nobody enthralls the Indian-Americans like Falguni.
October 27, 2007
Indian-origin Parliamentarians at FICCI meet   Vicky Nanjappa

Emotional return for Benazir   Aamir Qureshi/AFP/Getty Images
Former Pakistani premier Benazir Bhutto visited her hometown and offered prayers at the grave of her father and brothers.

The Week In News   
October 26, 2007
Meet the Gladrags Mrs India contestants   The Oprah Winfrey Show
Manvendra Singh Gohil, scion of the Rajpipla royal family from Gujarat, sure has come a long way.

Meet the Gladrags Mrs India contestants   Arun Patil
It's a contest for married women -- glamorous women who have maintained a perfect balance between their home, family and career.

'Sikh extremists are going to take a plane down'   
In an shocking testimony at the public inquiry into the1985 Kanishka bombing, former Federal lawyer Graham Pinos said on Thursday that the then director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Services had told him a few days before the incident that, "Sikhs are going to take a plane out of the sky."

A new high in India-China ties   Frederic J Brown/AFP/Getty Images
Hu, who was recently re-elected as the party boss, said that he still had fresh memories of his last visit to India in November last year and vividly remembered the warm reception given by the Indian government and the people of India.

Sonia, Rahul Gandhi meet Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao   Frederic J Brown/AFP/Getty Images
Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday met Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao with both leaders taking note of the steadily growing ties between the two countries.
October 25, 2007
Bringing up Sunita Williams   Jay Mandal
Dr Deepak N Pandya, father of astronaut Sunita Williams, tells Managing Editor Sheela Bhatt about his life.

Chinese Communist meet packs surprises   Feng Li/Getty Images
Surprises were galore at the 17th CPC meet, which ushered in a 204-member central committee.

US Ambassador's wife in campaign against breast cancer    Sheela Bhatt
Mrs Mulford was joined by Bim Bissell, founder of Fab India, and Devika Bhojwani, the vice-president of the women's cancer initiative - Tata Memorial Hospital. Bhojwani and Bissell are also breast cancer survivors.

Afghan President at 10 Downing Street   Getty Images
Karzai's visit to Britain comes at a time when the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation has sought more western troops to maintain security in his country.

Laura Bush puts on a hijab   Hasan Janmali/AFP/Getty Images
US First Lady trying on the Islamic headscarf.

Queen Beatrix meets Pachauri   Raveendran/AFP/Getty Images
Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands is welcomed by Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and chairman of the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Rajendra Pachauri and other officials during a visit to The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) in New Delhi on Thursday. Queen Beatrix is in India on a four-day visit.
October 24, 2007
It's Monkey vs Municipality in Delhi   Raveendran/AFP/Getty Images
14 million Delhiites encounter the growing menace of monkeys in their midst.

'I will have a lot to tell the Queen'   Christophe Archambaul/AFP/Getty Images
Matan Schabracq, the co- owner of Mumbai's popular lounge bar Zenzi, is looking forward to meeting Queen Beatrix.

Literature Laureate Lessing says 9/11 was not that terrible   
The 2007 Literature Nobel winner stirred a hornet's nest when she said the 9/11 attacks were not that terrible compared to the Irish Republican Army's terror campaign.

A leaf from Vasco Da Gama's diary   Michael Kappeler/AFP/Getty Images
The original handwriting of Portugese explorer Vasco de Gama from his diary written during his trip to India is displayed at the German Historical Museum in Berlin.

Palestine President Abbas in Hyderabad   Snaps India
Abbas made a transit halt at the Hyderabad airport for refuelling while on his way to Palestine from Indonesia.
October 23, 2007
On an African Safari with the PM   Indrani Roy Mitra
A few memorable moments culled from PM's African tour.

'How we escaped the flames in San Diego'   AFP/Getty Images
A first-person account of the fire in California.
October 22, 2007
Media celebrates Bobby Jindal's win   Narinder Nanu/AFP/Getty Images
Bobby Jindal is the first-ever Indian-American to be elected a governor in the history of the United States.

Ram Lakhan   Narinder Nanu/AFP/Getty Images
The 10-day Navratri festival came to an end on Sunday. Devotees marked it with Ramleelas and Durga immersions.

Meet China's Generation Next   Teh Eng Koon/AFP/Getty Images
Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang were briefly mentioned by President Hu in his remarks, and are now in place to become party secretary and premier respectively when Hu and Premier Wen Jiabao step down in 2012.

Sanjay Dutt being taken to Pune jail   Arun Patil
Actor Sanjay Dutt, who was convicted to six years rigorous imprisonment in the 1993 serial bomb blasts case, arrived at the Special TADA court in Mumbai on Monday morning. Dutt, who is out on bail, is expected to receive a copy of the judgment today following which he will have to surrender before the TADA court.
October 21, 2007
Kashmir celebrates Dussehra after 20 years   Umar Ganai
The Kashmiri Pandit Sangarash Samiti organised the festival to attract attention to the neglected and ignored community.

Bobby Jindal elected Louisiana governor   Mohammed Jaffer/SnapsIndia
The 26-year-old Republican Congressman is the first-ever Indian-American to be elected governor in the history of the US.
October 20, 2007
The Week In News   
October 19, 2007
Kolkata's magnificent Durgas   Anushakti Sarkar
See some of the most famous pujo pandals from Kolkata.

Welcoming Durga Ma   
Readers from around the world have sent their favourite photographs of goddess Durga.

Blasts targetting Bhutto claim 165 lives   Aamir Qureshi/AFP/Getty Images
Benazir Bhutto had a narrow escape when twin blasts ripped through her motorcade.
October 18, 2007
Indo-Pak border ceasefire enters 5th year   Raveendran/AFP/Getty Images
The two sides agreed to continue the four-year-old border ceasefire.

Benazir Bhutto returns to Pakistan   Carl De Souza/AFP/Getty Images
Former Pakistan prime minister Benazir Bhutto returned to her country after an eight year exile.

US bestows top honour on Dalai Lama   Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images
United States President George W Bush presented the Congressional gold medal to Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama.

Navratri evenings   Sam Panthaky/AFP/Getty Images
Navratri has added special colour to evenings across India.

Three million received Bhutto on return in 1986   Aamir Qureshi/AFP/Getty Images
'The eight-mile drive from the airport to the Minar-i-Pakistan in Iqbal Park usually takes 15 minutes. On the unbelievable day of April 10, 1986, it took us ten hours,' Bhutto recalls in her 1988 memoir Daughter of the East.

Homecoming for Bhutto amid fanfare, security   Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images
As many as 20,000 police personnel, anti-sniper shields and a mass of her own supporters are ready to guard Bhutto on her return home. Police marksmen will take positions on rooftops and flyovers even as bomb disposal squads were sweeping the former premier's route on her planned 18-hour procession from Karachi airport to Quaid-e-Azam's mausoleum.

US honours Dalai Lama with top honour   Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images
Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama is bestowed with the Congressional gold medal, US' highest civilian honour.

Grooming Ravana   Narinder Nanu/AFP/Getty Images
A demon king gets his royal last touches.

Benazir Bhutto lands in Pakistan   Carl De Souza/Getty Images
Some 20,000 airport security personnel, policemen and paramilitary personnel as well as bomb disposal squads have been deployed in Karachi to protect Bhutto, who is returning to Pakistan following secret parleys with President Prevez Musharraf for a power-sharing arrangement.
October 17, 2007
Dr Singh at IBSA Summit   Gianluigi Guercia/AFP/Getty Images
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived on Tuesday at Johannesburg to attend the IBSA summit.

Dr Singh arrives in Pretoria for IBSA Summit   Gianluigi Guercia/AFP/Getty Images
This will be the first time South Africa hosts the IBSA Summit since its inception.
October 16, 2007
US Trip: Kalam Feels At Home   Paresh Gandhi
Kalam exhorted the more than 2,500 people that it was incumbent upon them to give their adopted country their all, and then some.

Fresh Off the Boat   
First off, Sumit Bhattacharya, who was watched, and his sexuality questioned, on the streets of America.

'China and India can take off together'   Sheela Bhatt
Talking to Professor Wang Dehua, 69 a scholar known for his comparative studies on the rise of India and China.

Indian MPs attend Yale University   Jay Mandal
Indian MPs came to Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, on October 9 for a 5-day leadership program.

Junk medicines, Swami Ramdev tells Toronto   Ajit Jain in Toronto
Ramdev was critical of pharmaceutical companies that are interested in selling their drugs.

Putin's historic visit to Iran   Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty Images
Putin is the first Russian President to visit Tehran in 65 years, after Joseph Stalin.

Meet Miss Tibet 2007   Tenzin Lhawanga/AFP/Getty Images
Tenzing Dolma, a 21-year-old BPO executive, is Miss Tibet 2007.
October 15, 2007
The magic of Navratri   Paresh Gandhi
It's that time of the year again, when you deck out in colourful costumes and dance the night away.

Glimpses of PM's African Safari   Indrani Roy Mitra
Manmohan Singh to boost Indo-African ties.

Celebrating the festival of lights   Paresh Gandhi
The non-resident Indian community at South Sea Port, New York, decided to bring in Diwali early.

Special prayers for Eid-ul-Fitr   Manpreet Romana/AFP/Getty Images
Muslims ended the holy month of Ramzan and celebrated Eid across the country.

Hu envisions the China of 2012   AFP/Getty Images
Communist Party of China opened its 17th National Congress on Monday.

PM hails Indo-Nigerian ties, Indian community   AFP/Getty Images
The prime minister is on a three-day visit to Nigeria.

PM begins two-nation African tour   Str/AFP/Getty Images
The visit is expected to provide the roadmap for further development of bilateral relations.
October 13, 2007
Empire State Building goes green for Eid   Paresh Gandhi
Soaring 1,454 feet above Midtown Manhattan, the Empire State Building was recently named America's most favourite building in the poll conducted by American Institute of Architects.

'This could be the best Navratri ever'   Reuben N V
Over 3,000 people gathered to celebrate the Navratri festival at Sankalp, Goregaon, in Mumbai with singer Falguni Phatak on Friday night.

The Week In News   
October 12, 2007
Dancing the nights aways   Sanjay Sawant
Navratri -- literally the festival of nine (nav) nights (ratri) -- celebrates the nine forms of Goddess Shakti.

Nobel Cheers   Raveendran/AFP/Getty Images
Dr Pachauri heads the world's top scientific authority on global warming and its impact.

Al Gore, Pachauri's IPCC share peace Nobel   Torsten Blackwood/AFP/Getty Images
Gore, who was US President Bill Clinton's deputy in 2000, made the 2006 Oscar-winning documentary An Inconvenient Truth, after which he was seen as a champion of environmental issues and climate change.
October 11, 2007
What do the stars hold for India?   Uttam Ghosh and Getty Images
What does the future have in store for India? We asked India's well-known astrologers what they predict for the country.

Terror strikes Ajmer dargah   STRDEL/AFP/Getty Images
Terror struck the Sufi shrine of Khwaja Moinuddin Chisthi in Ajmer when a bomb went off inside the complex on October 11.
October 10, 2007
Tibetan activists protest at Chinese Embassy   Raveendran/AFP/Getty Images

Indian Americans fete Haryana CM   Paresh Gandhi
Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda was accorded a warm welcome by more than 400 Indian Americans in America.

IAEA chief El Baradei meets Pranab   Raveendran/AFP/Getty Images
Mukherjee 'explained the 123 agreement between India and the US to ElBaradei.

Sikhs remember Guru Ramdass   Narinder Nanu/AFP/Getty Images
The Golden Temple in Amritsar was buzzing with devotees on the occasion of the birth anniversary of the fourth Sikh Guru Ramdass on Tuesday.
October 09, 2007
Young Indians on Che Guevara   Krishnakumar
Even 40 years after his death, Ernesto Che Guevara continues to capture the imagination of youngsters across the world.

'India is a model for the developing world'   Indranil Mukherjee/AFP/Getty Images
Mohammed ElBaradei, the director general of the UN nuclear watchdog, on a three-day visit to India.

IAEA chief with AEC chief Kakodkar   AFP/Getty Images
UN atomic energy chief Mohammed El-Baradei began a three-day visit to India as the ruling United Progressive Alliance-Left alliance appeared headed for a break-up over the India-United States civil nuclear energy pact.

Taking Kashmiri art to New York   Photograph courtesy: Asia Society
Named 'The Arts of Kashmir', the exhibition that started on October 3 and will run till January next year comprises works of Buddhist, Hindu and Islamic art, including those loaned from collections in the US, Europe and India.
October 08, 2007
The globalisation of Che   Seyllou/AFP/Getty Images
Today that angry, powerful, bearded visage graces posters, walls, T-shirts, bikinis, tattoes from Havana to China.

The Surya Kiran Magic   Manpreet Romana/Getty Images
This October, as the Indian Air Force turns 75, come join rediff.com in saluting the our heroes in the skies.

Musharraf's landslide victory   Banaras Khan/Getty Images
The country is all set for probably its first free polls since 1970.

A unique 'ban the bulb' protest   Deshakalyan Chowdhury/AFP/Getty Images
The Greenpeace campaign 'Ban the Bulb' has been launched in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad, Chandigarh, Pune and Bangalore.

At 75, IAF shows its colours   Manpreet Romana/AFP/Getty Images
The Platinum Jubilee of the Indian Air Force was celebrated in style, showcasing its might.
October 06, 2007
The Week In News   
October 05, 2007
40 years after death, Che lives on   AFP/Getty Images
In 50 years, developments bridged the gap between Earth and the heavens.

They made people laugh and think   AFP/Getty Images
India-born Lakshminarayanan Mahadevan of Harvard University and Enrique Cerda Villablanca of Chile University have received the 2007 Ig Nobel Prize at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachuse.

Tearful adieu for slain Major   Snaps India
He was among two army officers who were killed in the encounter.

Dr Singh with Philippines Prez   Raveendran/AFP/Getty Images
Arroyo's three-day visit is the first to India by a Philippines president in over 10 years.
October 04, 2007
Celebrating five decades of space flight   Matt Stroshane/Getty Images
In 50 years, developments bridged the gap between Earth and the heavens.

What's cooking? On the food trail...   Deshakalyan Chowdhury/AFP/Getty Images
Bloggers on the food trail are making forays into the kitchen more interesting for their readers.

Pakistan gets ready for polls   Tariq Mahmood/AFP/Getty Images
The country is all set for probably its first free polls since 1970.

Lal Masjid reopens   Aamir Qureshi/AFP/Getty Images
Around 5,000 people packed the mosque, which had been closed for nearly three months after a military raid.
October 03, 2007
Twins and triplets from around the world   AFP/Getty Images
A cultural festival for twins from across the world in Beijing.

Indian-Americans protest against Sonia at UN   Paresh Gandhi
The Indian-American community held the protest outside the UN building.
October 02, 2007
Rahul under spotlight at UN   Paresh Gandhi
The new Congress general secretary shared the limelight with mother Sonia Gandhi at the world body.

Sonia preaches Gandhigiri at UN   Paresh Gandhi
She asked representatives from across the world not to make Mahatma Gandhi birth anniversary another annual ritual.

Everything is normal back home: Sonia   Paresh Gandhi
Her 15-minute speech was interrupted several times by sustained applause and at least two standing ovations.

Engage, don't alienate Myanmar, says Pranab   Paresh Gandhi
Pranab said in the evolving geopolitical and economic situation in the world, India needs a stable, peaceful, democratic and prosperous periphery for its own and the region's future.

Protests against Sonia in the US   Paresh Gandhi
Protestors say Sonia poses an alarming threat to democracy in India.
October 01, 2007
To the Island of the Gods   Sonny Tumbelaka/AFP/Getty Images
Rediff columnist Francois Gautier, a French writer and journalist based in India for the last 33 years, visited Indonesia recently and made a special journey to the island of Bali.

Where Mahatma Gandhi's soul still lives   Vaihayasi Pande Daniel
Sixty years later, the sun-dappled, spartan Sabarmati Ashram, located in the heart of blazingly hot and bustling Ahmedabad, is a serene, supremely peaceful location where time has stood still. It has halted in memory of one of India's greatest human beings.

The recipients of the Harmony Silver Award   
Wipro chief Azim Premji and veteran actor A K Hangal are among the 10 senior citizens who will receive the Harmony Silver Award this year for their contribution to society.

Pranab meets Ban Ki-Moon   Jay Mandal
Among other things, the two leaders discussed climate change.

Pranab meets Myanmar leader   Mohammed Jaffer/SnapsIndia
The meeting comes even as a large group of Myanmar refugees hit the Delhi streets.

Advani meets Thackeray   Arun Patil
Sena sources said that the purpose of Advani's visit was to discuss important issues concerning the relation between the Sena and the BJP in the wake of Maharashtra Assembly elections due in 2009.
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