10 COOL PHOTOS that will lighten your mood
A collection of some of the best photos from around the world in recent days

Chennai: Class 9 boy stabs science teacher to death
In a shocking incident, a ninth standard student on Thursday stabbed his teacher to death inside the classroom after she allegedly made some remarks against students who did not fare well in studies

MUST SEE: President's regal garden in full bloom!
The historic Mughal Gardens, with its lush green stretch and colourful blossoms, will be thrown open to public from Friday for the month-long annual festival christened as 'Rashtrapati Bhavan Udyanotsav'.

BIGGEST catch: Pak fishermen net 7000 kg shark
In what is believed to be one of the biggest catch in the high seas, Pakistani fishermen have caught a giant whale shark -- about 36 foot long and weighing over 7,000 kg.

The state that has given 8 of India's 14 prime ministers
Historically, Uttar Pradesh has played a key role in India's political landscape. It is no wonder that eight of India's 14 prime ministers have Uttar Pradesh connections.

Is Hindu Terror as big as it is made out to be?
Is the focus on 'saffron terror' a deranged attempt at politically counterbalancing Hindus and Muslims with little regard for ethical impropriety? asks Vivek Gumaste.

Joseph Lelyveld: 'Haven't written on Gandhi's sex life'
Journalist and Mahatma Gandhi biographer Joseph Lelyveld talks about how the father of our nation struggled with India as much as he struggled for it.

First Look: Priyanka's kids on UP poll scene
The presence of young Raihan and Miraya, the two children of Priyanka Gandhi, in electioneering in Amethi and Rae Bareli on Thursday revived among old Congress supporters memories of days when late Rajiv Gandhi used to bring his family for campaigning.

EXCLUSIVE! PM wants bureaucrats to be accountable
No more pushing of files with a focus on the process orientation in the government offices. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh wants the bureaucrats to show results under a performance monitoring and evaluation system (PMES) he is pushing for since 2009.

Muthalik on porngate: 50 pc of BJP are people with low morals
In an interview with Vicky Nanjappa, Ram Sene chief Pramod Muthalik breaks his silence on the porngate that rocked the Karnataka assembly and has left the Bharatiya Janata Party red-faced.

PHOTOS: When our naval warships spewed FIRE
Defence Minister A K Antony was on Wednesday given a glimpse of the expansive scope and scale of the Indian Navy.

3 K'taka ministers caught watching porn in assembly quit
Bowing to the directives of the party central leadership, three Bharatiya Janata Party ministers in Karnataka on Wednesday resigned after they were engulfed in a row over watching sleazy clippings during the Assembly proceedings.

Is corruption truly an issue in India?
Kanimozhi and Kalmadi were welcomed as if they were freedom fighters emerging from jail. Getting bail does not mean that the cases against them have come to an end, or that they have been found innocent by the trial courts, says T V R Shenoy.

PHOTOS: On the road with UP poll staff
Braving rainy and cold weather, and riding atop buses and trucks, officials carrying out Election Commission's task of holding the seven phase hustings in Uttar Pradesh have a thankless job.

K'taka minister: It wasn't a porn clip in the actual sense
Vicky Nanjappa talks to Minister for Cooperation Laxman Savadi, who resigned on Wednesday, after he was 'caught' viewing an alleged pornographic clip on a mobile phone during state assembly proceedings.

'The police are trying to shield someone close to Gadkari'
'Gadkari is a powerful man,' says Yogita Thakre's sister. 'He was not even there on the day of the incident. Even so, the police have messed around with the facts from day one! Clearly, they are trying to protect someone.'

Rafale is fine, but it's time Tejas enters MiG-21 hangar
Quantity has a quality of its own. That is why the USAF and the Israeli air forces have large fleets of single-engine F-16 fighters. That is also the logic for India's MiG-21 fleet and for the Tejas Light Combat Aircraft that will replace it, writes Ajai Shukla

Send porn scandal ministers to jail: Anna Hazare
Anna Hazare on Wednesday demanded that the three Bharatiya Janata Party ministers who were caught watching porn inside Karnataka assembly be dismissed from the House

Nobody can beat Sonia-run UPA govt's scam record: Advani
Hailing the Supreme Court verdict in 2G case, L K Advani on Wednesday wondered if former telecom minister A Raja could be the sole "villain" and said no one can beat the United Progressive Alliance government, which is "actually run" by Sonia Gandhi, in its "stinking record" in scams.

IN PHOTOS: India's MOST VIEWED netas
Rediff.com takes a look at the seven most viewed leaders on the netapedia website.