All stories by Seema Hakhu Kachru
Hurricane Harvey continues rampage in Texas, 20 dead
Rediff.com30 Aug 2017Thousands of emergency rescue teams officials remained on their toes, helping people affected by the deluge. Weather official said parts of state are expected to receive rainfall again.
Hurricane Harvey floods Houston, 9 dead; thousands evacuated
Rediff.com29 Aug 2017At least 200 Indian students stranded at the University of Houston were being evacuated to safer places.
Texas gets its boats out as streets turn into raging rivers
Rediff.com28 Aug 2017Around 13 million people continue to battle "catastrophic" flooding and torrential rains in storm-ravaged Texas where Hurricane Harvey has wreaked havoc.
Hurricane Harvey makes landfall in Texas
Rediff.com26 Aug 2017Harvey is the most powerful hurricane to hit the United States mainland in 12 years on Saturday made landfall in central Texas coast with winds of 195 kmph.
Kansas shooting survivor Alok Madasani happy to be alive
Rediff.com9 Apr 2017Madasani said he was trying to be strong for the sake of his family and wife who is pregnant with their first baby.
Kansas shooting 'hero' discharged from hospital, invited to India
Rediff.com3 Mar 2017The University of Kansas Health System confirmed that the 24-year-old has gone home, but there's still a long road to recovery after he took two bullets
'We love peace': Hundreds march in support of Indian killed in Kansas shooting
Rediff.com27 Feb 2017Many of them carried candles and signs reading, "We don't support politics of hate."
'Do we belong here', asks wife of Indian shot dead by American
Rediff.com25 Feb 2017She said she now wonders what will the US government do to stop hate crimes against minorities.
NASA finds 7 Earth-seized planets outside solar system
Rediff.com23 Feb 2017The planets closely circle a dwarf star named Trappist-1, which at 39 light years away makes the system a prime candidate to search for signs of life.
Bill Gates could become world's 1st trillionaire: Oxfam
Rediff.com25 Jan 2017Another report by Oxfam had found that eight billionaires, including Bill Gates, from around the globe have as much money as the 3.6 billion people who make up the poorest half of the world's population.
Bush twins offer advice to Obama sisters on life after White House
Rediff.com13 Jan 2017"Explore your passions. Learn who you are. Make mistakes -- you are allowed to," said Bush sisters in their letter to Obama girls.
5 dead as army veteran opens fire at airport in Florida
Rediff.com7 Jan 2017A gunman opened fire on Friday at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood airport in Florida, causing multiple fatalities, officials said.
John Glenn, first American to orbit the earth, dies at 95
Rediff.com9 Dec 2016He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the country's highest civilian honour, in 2012.
Nadella on how Microsoft plans to transform the world
Rediff.com27 Sep 2016We are not pursuing AI to beat humans at games. We are pursuing AI so that we can empower every person and every institution that people build, said Nadella
Zuckerberg and wife have their hearts in the right place!
Rediff.com22 Sep 2016Zuckerberg and Priscilla will spend $3 billion to 'cure all diseases'
16 killed in Texas hot air balloon crash
Rediff.com30 Jul 2016Sixteen people were feared dead after a large hot air balloon they were riding in caught fire and crashed in central Texas on Saturday, according to officials.
Ex-marine behind Baton Rouge shooting that left 3 cops dead
Rediff.com18 Jul 2016The gunman, identified as 29-year-old Gavin Eugene Long, dressed in black and armed with a rifle, shot the police officers in an "ambush-style" attack on Sunday.
Obama to Dallas mourners: 'We're not as divided as we seem'
Rediff.com13 Jul 2016The US president paid tributes to the five police officers killed in the deadly sniper attack in Dallas.
PHOTOS: Dallas weeps for its 'boys in blue'
Rediff.com12 Jul 2016A broken-hearted city attended a candlelight vigil to share in its sorrow for the cops killed in a sniper attack.
Prisoner grabs cop's gun, kills two in US courthouse before being shot dead
Rediff.com12 Jul 2016The shootout rang on Monday afternoon local time when the inmate, who was being moved from a holding cell inside the Berrien County courthouse in St Joseph, Michigan, grabbed an officer's gun and shot at the four people, Berrien County Sheriff Paul Bailey said.