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What Obama will do on Sunday

What Obama will do on Sunday

Rediff.com6 Nov 2010

President Obama will have a one on one meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the prime minister's home on Sunday evening.

The Mumbai school Barack Obama will visit for Diwali

The Mumbai school Barack Obama will visit for Diwali

Rediff.com3 Nov 2010

20 children at the Holy Name High School can't contain their excitement as they get set for a meeting with the American president.

Plan a terror attack : Aus teacher tells students

Plan a terror attack : Aus teacher tells students

Rediff.com25 Aug 2010

A high school teacher in Australia created ripples when she assigned her class to plan a terrorist attack using chemical or biological warfare. The Year 10 students at Kalgoorlie-Boulder Community High School in Western Australia were set a task by their environment teacher last week to pretend they were terrorists planning to make a political statement by releasing a chemical or biological agent on "an unsuspecting Australian community."

'Mumbai police has many honest officers'

'Mumbai police has many honest officers'

Rediff.com8 Apr 2021

'It is just that they are not in the limelight in a city like Mumbai.' 'It is not a lonely journey, but a tough journey for sure.'

Modi kicks off Bihar poll campaign, rakes up Art 370

Modi kicks off Bihar poll campaign, rakes up Art 370

Rediff.com23 Oct 2020

"The era of 'lalten' is gone. In the last six years consumption of electricity has increased 3 fold in Bihar," PM Modi said. "Voters of Bihar have taken a resolve that they won't let those who have a history of making the state 'Bimaru' come near them," he added.

Hopes drown with South Korean ferry for hundreds

Hopes drown with South Korean ferry for hundreds

Rediff.com16 Apr 2014

A multi-storey ferry carrying 459 people, mostly high school students on an overnight trip to a tourist island, sank off South Korea's southern coast today, leaving nearly 300 people missing despite a frantic, hours-long rescue by ships and helicopters.

Tarun Gogoi: Cong stalwart who led Assam from the front

Tarun Gogoi: Cong stalwart who led Assam from the front

Rediff.com23 Nov 2020

The 84-year old veteran Congressman, who died from post-COVID complications on Monday, was a Nehru-Gandhi family loyalist.

The lady behind the Teach For India phenomenon

The lady behind the Teach For India phenomenon

Rediff.com4 Dec 2019

"No problem is insurmountable," Shaheen Mistri tells Anjuli Bhargava.

Bengalis feel we have lost a family member

Bengalis feel we have lost a family member

Rediff.com18 Nov 2020

'He always seemed one of us, part of the great aspiring middle class -- his values, his simplicity, even the intellectual snobbery which he could barely hide,' observes Mousumi Sengupta.

Meet Team Lioness: Kenya's all-female park rangers

Meet Team Lioness: Kenya's all-female park rangers

Rediff.com26 Aug 2020

On the sweeping plains at the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro, a group of female wildlife rangers is making history by defying patriarchal norms.

'My father felt bad about being typecast as a comedian'

'My father felt bad about being typecast as a comedian'

Rediff.com28 Jul 2020

'My father could have gotten more due. He was capable of much more.' 'But he was always thankful.'

'My father felt bad about being typecast as a comedian'

'My father felt bad about being typecast as a comedian'

Rediff.com28 Jul 2020

'My father could have gotten more due. He was capable of much more.' 'But he was always thankful.'

Malala 'heartbroken' over Trump's order on refugees

Malala 'heartbroken' over Trump's order on refugees

Rediff.com28 Jan 2017

"I am heartbroken that today President Trump is closing the door on children, mothers and fathers fleeing violence and war," the 19-year-old Pakistani education activist, who survived a near-fatal attack by the Taliban, said in a Facebook post.

US teacher cries sexual harassment after student hugs her

US teacher cries sexual harassment after student hugs her

Rediff.com16 Dec 2013

A 17-year-old high school student in the United States has been suspended for a year for alleged sexual harassment after he hugged his teacher. Sam McNair, a student at Duluth High School in Georgia was suspended last week after he was found to have violated the school's rules on sexual harassment.

Indian-origin teen in US develops device to help blind

Indian-origin teen in US develops device to help blind

Rediff.com13 May 2015

13-year-old Raghav Ganesh has been named one of America's top 10 youth volunteers of 2015 and granted a USD 5,000 award.

'He was my everything': Kobe mourned at emotional tribute

'He was my everything': Kobe mourned at emotional tribute

Rediff.com25 Feb 2020

Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson and former Bryant teammate Shaquille O'Neal were among the Basketball Hall of Famers who attended the memorial

Joe Biden names Indian-American Kamala Harris as running mate

Joe Biden names Indian-American Kamala Harris as running mate

Rediff.com12 Aug 2020

By naming the 55-year-old lawyer and politician from California as his running mate, Biden made history by selecting the first Black woman to compete on a major party's presidential ticket. If elected she would be the first ever women to be the vice president of the US and the first ever Indian-American and African vice president of the country.

Will change my mind if accusations are credible: Trump on SC nominee

Will change my mind if accusations are credible: Trump on SC nominee

Rediff.com27 Sep 2018

The US president further said he would follow the hearing between Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who has accused him of sexual assault, slated to take place on Thursday

Maoists blow up  school, rail track in Jharkhand

Maoists blow up school, rail track in Jharkhand

Rediff.com9 Feb 2010

Maoists have blown up a high school building in Khunti district of Jharkhand on the last day of their 72-hour shutdown.

Indian-origin teacher suspended for mock Trump 'assassination'

Indian-origin teacher suspended for mock Trump 'assassination'

Rediff.com29 Jan 2017

An Indian-origin teacher has been suspended after a video of a controversial classroom stunt that shows her firing a water gun at an image of President Donald Trump and yelling "die" went viral online.

'Sheena was always bubbling with energy'

'Sheena was always bubbling with energy'

Rediff.com28 Aug 2015

'Sheena was helpful and generous, kind and respectful of her elders,' an employee at the Disneyland High School in Guwahati, where she studied from nursery to Class 10, told Indrani Roy/Rediff.com

Blissful LeBron James shares 'first post-wedding' pictures!

Blissful LeBron James shares 'first post-wedding' pictures!

Rediff.com20 Sep 2013

Newlywed Miami Heat star LeBron James posted romantic pictures of the happy couple on his Instagram feed.

Living in America as a Sikh post 9/11

Living in America as a Sikh post 9/11

Rediff.com11 Sep 2016

Fifteen years after 9/11, the Sikh Coalition, a non-profit organisation, turns to art to open American hearts and minds to the community.

Germanwings A320 crash: Investigators begin examining black box

Germanwings A320 crash: Investigators begin examining black box

Rediff.com25 Mar 2015

French air investigators are examining one of the black boxes of the doomed Germanwings plane to find out why the aircraft crashed into a mountain in the French Alps, killing the 150 people on board.

3 school buses targeted in Pune during bandh

3 school buses targeted in Pune during bandh

Rediff.com10 Sep 2018

However, no one was injured in the incident.

PIX: Playboy cover girl Sherlyn turns Santa Claus!

PIX: Playboy cover girl Sherlyn turns Santa Claus!

Rediff.com18 Dec 2012

The starlet recently distributed gifts and spent time with kids from The Ray Of Hope NGO.

Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison passes away

Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison passes away

Rediff.com6 Aug 2019

The author of 11 novels, she won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1993, having published her first novel, The Bluest Eye, in 1970.

The Abhijit Banerjee I know

The Abhijit Banerjee I know

Rediff.com15 Oct 2019

Uddalok Bhattacharya looks back at his friendship with 'Jhima', the Nobel Laureate.

Sanders, Clinton to campaign together in New Hampshire

Sanders, Clinton to campaign together in New Hampshire

Rediff.com12 Jul 2016

Bernie Sanders would join presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton at an election rally in New Hampshireon Tuesday, the two campaigns said even though the Vermont senator has yet to endorse his former rival for the party nomination.

How a Mumbai student designed Google's Children's Day doodle

How a Mumbai student designed Google's Children's Day doodle

Rediff.com14 Nov 2018

Rahul Pingla from Mumbai shares the thought behind Google's Children's Day doodle.

Mid-day meal scare continues: Over 50 kids fall ill in MP, Goa

Mid-day meal scare continues: Over 50 kids fall ill in MP, Goa

Rediff.com27 Jul 2013

At least 35 students fell ill after consuming mid-day meal in a government primary school at Bhandi village in Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh official sources said on Saturday. The incident took place on Friday when children complained of stomach ache and vomiting after eating 'poha' served in the midday meal at the school.

Tavish Nanda, Hemant Gandhi named Toyota scholars

Tavish Nanda, Hemant Gandhi named Toyota scholars

Rediff.com27 Jul 2009

Tavish, author of the fantasy book Cren and the War of Seven Days, and Hemant, founder of the climate change awareness Web site CarbonNeutralVolunteers.org, were among the 12 national winners of the scholars program selected from 100 regional winners.

The Internet can't get enough of this couple

The Internet can't get enough of this couple

Rediff.com11 Jan 2019

This Turkish couple will make you believe in the magic of love.

UP Board's English paper cancelled at 2 centres after mass cheating

UP Board's English paper cancelled at 2 centres after mass cheating

Rediff.com28 Mar 2017

Officials said 16 centres have been debarred while a first information report against seven people has been registered.

On this Day: Azhar-led India won fourth Asia Cup title

On this Day: Azhar-led India won fourth Asia Cup title

Rediff.com14 Apr 2020

It was exactly 25 years when Mohammad Azharuddin-led India got the better of Sri Lanka in the final to win their fourth Asia Cup title, at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium, on April 14, 1995.

Indian-American killed, another injured in shootings at US stores

Indian-American killed, another injured in shootings at US stores

Rediff.com9 Feb 2018

Parmjit Singh, a 44-year-old father of two high school students, was shot multiple times.

UAE eases education norms for Asians

UAE eases education norms for Asians

Rediff.com24 May 2005

The UAE government has scrapped a controversial rule that said unskilled Asian expatriate workers must have high school certificates as a minimum requirement to work in the country.

These students want to mentor India's at-risk juveniles

These students want to mentor India's at-risk juveniles

Rediff.com13 Aug 2014

Chaya Babu meets the founder and volunteers of Uplift Humanity, a non-profit organisation that skills, mentors and teaches juveniles and orphans and helps them build self-esteem and honesty

Nine budding ethnic Indian scientists meet Obama

Nine budding ethnic Indian scientists meet Obama

Rediff.com10 Mar 2009

United States President Barack Obama has met 40 budding high school scientists, nine of which were Indian-Americans, the highest number from any ethnic community in the country.

Avasarala Srinivas: I always wanted to direct films

Avasarala Srinivas: I always wanted to direct films

Rediff.com17 Jun 2014

Srinivas reveals details about Oohalu Gusa Gusa Lade and what films mean to him.