A 15-year-old youth armed with a handgun who burst into a classroom and held 23 students and a teacher hostage for more than five hours in a US town died on Tuesday from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said.
A 15-year-old youth armed with a handgun burst into a classroom and held 23 students and a teacher hostage for more than five hours in a small Wisconsin town before turning the gun on himself, police said.
England pacer James Anderson has announced that he will auction his signed Test shirt and a cricket bat, which he used in the last game to raise funds for the coronavirus relief. AB de Villiers also revealed that he would be auctioning his and Virat Kohli's IPL kits.
Rediff.com's Hitesh Harisinghani shows you how to make the perfect egg roast at home.
Steve Jobs' Commencement address speaks about the highs and lows of life, how to counter challenges and how to fight the odds to come out victorious. Jobs delivered this speech on June 12, 2005.
'To keep the next catastrophe at bay, a carbon free economy will be an imperative. 'Our 2000 cc internal combustion engine powered personal cars and public transport may have to give way to electric and hydrogen powered fuel cells. 'The oil refineries which were so much part of my professional life may have to be dismantled and trees planted in its place. 'The smokestacks, which once upon a time represented growth and prosperity, will now be gory symbols of a polluting past,' notes former Hindustan Petroleum chairman Arun Balakrishnan.
Add a dash of flavour to your Holi celebrations with a special laal maas recipe.
Aziz Haniffa walks through Beyond Bollywood: Indian Americans Shape the Nation, an exhibition that explores the 'American Dream' as lived by the community stretching far behind the stereotypes such as saris and temples and sadhus, at the Smithsonian, with curator Masum Momaya.
Tiger Woods and Peyton Manning held off a late challenge to beat Phil Mickelson and Tom Brady 1Up in a charity golf match in Florida on Sunday that raised $20 million for COVID-19 relief efforts.
'We are more than capable of playing in this kind of conditions. We need to get a good start, especially the top four and then we can continue'
The USS John Paul Jones acted like a dog marking the lamp post, observes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
Images from Day 3 of the fourth Test between Australia and India, at the Gabba, on Sunday.
Obama received the bracelet from Tracy Jopek of Merrill, Wisconsin, at a rally on Friday night in Green Bay. He was still wearing it on Saturday as he campaigned across the state before Tuesday's primary, reports the New York Times.
Food blogger Koushik Maji sent us this detailed recipe for egg biryani.
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Never skip your meals during a climatic transition, warns Dr Siddhant Bhargava.
Thirty-four past and present players from Australian Rules team Essendon Bombers, one of the country's richest and most storied football clubs, were issued two-year bans for doping on Tuesday in a ruling that stunned the sports-mad nation.
Garlic, ginger and citrus fruits can improve your immunity.
It's hard not to get skin tingles when you see these stunning images. They are winning pictures and shortlisted entries from the sixth annual International Landscape Photographer of the Year competition. More than 3,400 photos were entered into the contest from both amateur and professional photographers from around the globe. The shots feature everything from remote beaches to moody mountain ranges.
Trump said he wants to move US immigration to a "merit- based system" and not allow immigrants to bring their extended families.
Chef Ananya Banerjee shares four recipes made with flowers.
'For around five hours the storm, reportedly the strongest one ever recorded in the Bay of Bengal, that mother of many a deathly vortex, shook Kolkata like a toddler playing with a rattling toy,' observes Debashish Chatterjee.
A couple of losses for hosts England has only brightened the 1992 winners' prospects of a semi-final berth.
New Jersey Senate in US has approved a bill to ban companies, which take government contracts, to move their call centres abroad for cheap labour
Images from Day 4 of the third Test between Australia and India, at the SCG, on Sunday.
Bobbing on Rio de Janeiro's Guanabara Bay in a blue and white fishing boat, American sailor Brad Funk uses a plastic bin to scoop rubbish from the waters where Olympic sailing races will take place next month.
Chef Prashant Suryawanshi shares an age old recipe.
We bring you three delicious recipes to add some cheer to a dull, boring rainy day.
One can see this recipe at dhabas, homes in villages and old restaurants, who have been passing it down from one generation to another.
Always stay hydrated, be it for a good skin, great metabolism or best quality of hair, says Sowmya Raghunandan.
Like millions of people across the world, the year 2020 had dealt me irreplaceable losses and the lowest of blows. Like I have always done at such junctures, I had sought the refuge of the mountains. I wanted to end the year on a high, to show the finger to life, says Sumit Bhattacharya after a memorable journey to North Sikkim.
Scrumptious Diwali recipes from Avinash Kumar, Executive Chef, Novotel Imagica Khopoli.
Stars put on their designer best for one of the most high profile award shows of the year.
The right food choices can help reduce anxiety and stress, says Chef Prabhakar Nagraj.
Rediff reader Lajja Bhutra, 28, from Chennai shared this recipe she learned from her mother Santosh Bhutra.
A fabulous vegetarian spread and an amazing range of sweets are also hallmarks of Bengali cuisine.
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