All stories by SEEMA HAKHU KACHRU
Former US President George H W Bush passes away at 94
Rediff.com1 Dec 2018The 41st US president held his post from 1989 and 1993.
Never dreamed my research would take the direction it has: Nobel Medicine Prize winner Allison
Rediff.com2 Oct 2018He is the first MD Anderson scientist to receive the world's most preeminent award for outstanding discoveries in the fields of life sciences and medicine.
Republicans apologise to 'offended' Hindus for ad featuring Ganesha
Rediff.com20 Sep 2018The advert, on the occasion of the 'Ganesh Chaturthi' festival, included the imagery of Lord Ganesha with the text, 'Would you worship a donkey or an elephant? The choice is yours.'
Sunita Williams among 9 astronauts named by NASA for first commercial flights
Rediff.com4 Aug 2018The eight active NASA astronauts and one former astronaut-turned-corporate crew member will launch on Boeing CST-100 Starliner and SpaceX Dragoncapsules to the International Space Station beginning in 2019.
Chennai-born Dhivya S is GM's first female CFO
Rediff.com14 Jun 2018GM will join a very short list of S&P 500 companies, including Hershey Co and American Water Works Co, with women serving as CEO and CFO.
Techie from Telangana found dead in apartment in US
Rediff.com30 Jan 2018Chaitanya was working in Cognizant Technologies on a Southeast Airlines project.
Kansas shooting hero Ian Grillot honoured by Time magazine
Rediff.com11 Dec 2017Grillot has been honoured by Time Magazine in the feature '5 Heroes Who Gave Us Hope in 2017'.
Texas shooter had issues with mother-in-law who attended the attacked church
Rediff.com7 Nov 2017He killed his grandmother-in-law during the attack, friends of the woman told the media.
Gunman kills 26 in Texas church; found dead in his car
Rediff.com6 Nov 2017It's the deadliest mass shooting in Texas history -- and the fifth deadliest in modern US history.
3-year-old Sherin laid to rest in private ceremony
Rediff.com1 Nov 2017Sherin, reported missing on October 7, was found dead in the culvert under a road about 1 kilometre from her home in suburban Dallas on October 22.
Where is the body of 3-year-old Sherin Mathews?
Rediff.com29 Oct 2017Sherin, who went missing on October 7 from her suburban Dallas home, was found dead in a culvert on October 22.
Foster mom denies any involvement in Sherin's death
Rediff.com26 Oct 2017She was 'interrogated for hours by several officers with no attorney present' a few days later.
'It's heartbreaking and shocking': Richardson mourns death of Sherin
Rediff.com25 Oct 2017Sherin was confirmed dead by US police on Tuesday after over two weeks of investigation. She was missing since October 7.
US: Missing 3-yr-old is dead; foster father says she choked on milk
Rediff.com25 Oct 2017Mathews had previously claimed that Sherin went missing after he sent her outside their home at around 3 am on October 7 as punishment for not drinking her milk.
US cops find body during search, 'most likely' of 3-year-old missing Indian girl
Rediff.com23 Oct 2017The body was found about half a mile from Mathews' house.
From snakes to mould, the health dangers from Hurricane Harvey's floods
Rediff.com5 Sep 2017The storm has wrecked havoc, killing at least 60 people and costing up to $180 billion (Rs 11,542 crore).
2nd Indian student rescued from Texas lake dies
Rediff.com4 Sep 2017Singh and Bhatia were swimming in the lake when a sudden current of water pushed them deeper.
Rescue ops intensify as Hurricane Harvey kills 50
Rediff.com2 Sep 2017More than 1,85,000 homes were damaged and 9,000 destroyed as 42,000 people remain in shelters amid overflowing rivers and reservoirs, Texas officials said.
Hurricane Harvey's death toll rises to 47
Rediff.com1 Sep 2017Rescue work has intensified in Texas with officials launching search operations as desperate residents remain stranded without food and water.
30 dead as Harvey makes 2nd landfall near Louisiana-Texas border
Rediff.com31 Aug 2017One Indian student has died after he nearly drowned in a swollen lake in Texas.