The family of Michael Brown, the unarmed 18-year-old black man fatally shot last August by a white police officer, filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the city of Ferguson, Missouri, Efe news agency reported. ...
The home ministry on Thursday ordered placing the Ford Foundation, one of the most powerful international funding organisations, on a watch list in "national interest and security" of the country, official sources said....
As sectarian violence tears apart societies and atrocities are promoted in the name of faith, religious leaders gathered here for a high-level meeting on tolerance and countering extremism raised their voice for reconciliation and peace through education....
The ‘popstar’ YouTube that actually made several popstars what they are today, including Justin Bieber and Zoella, has turned 10 on Thursday....

William Shakespeare is now a New Yorker and more alive than ever -- thanks to The Sonnet Project, a virtual initiative in the form of a mobile application in which actors recite his 154 sonnets in New York City's most emblematic places, offering a contemporary setting of the classic works....

With a number of sightseeing tours, photographic opportunities and historical landmarks, you can spend days in New York taking strolls around. Actress Tina Desai has summarised her spring tour in five things to do in New York during spring. ...
Superstar Aamir Khan discussed India's social evils like female foeticide, gender inequality and honour killing at the Women in the World Summit here, saying change can be brought by reaching out to people with love and affection....

Son of Indian immigrant parents, Dr. Vivek Murthy says his rise to the position of "America's Doctor" was improbable but he got where he was by standing on principle....

Astranaut Sunita Williams at Taj Mahal ...

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday mentioned US President Barack Obama's praise for Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the latest issue of Time magazine and called it a "first time"....