Thousands protest across US major cities defying curfew

Americans, defying curfews in several cities including New York, Philadelphia, Chicago and Washington DC, protested, in some cases violently, against the custodial killing of African-American......

'We alert people in India to be careful about such books'

A group of Indian-American businessmen initiated the action against Wendy Doniger's controversial book which Penguin India agreed to pulp recently. Rediff.com's Arthur J Pais finds out more. The......

Rattler strikes in Walmart

A man was bitten by a rattlesnake while shopping for shoes in a Wal-Mart store in Brownwood, Texas, 120 miles southwest of Fort Worth. A report in Atlanta Constitution Journal saysDouglas......