Churches attacked in coastal Karnataka

"In what appears to be a planned series of attacks on church-goers in different districts of the state, separate groups of miscreants unleashed violence on churches in Udupi, Mangalore and Chikmagalur on Sunday morning.Around ten prayer centres in Mangalore were vandalised,...

Zimbabwe: ‘They put burning sticks in my mother’s mouth. They beat my fat...

" The Campbells and Freeths are no strangers to aggression from Robert Mugabe’s thugs. But this time was different. After being tied up and kidnapped, they narrowly escaped with their lives from a nine-hour ordeal of beatings, torture and mock executions. Mike Campbell,...

Minnie Driver records Seastories' album Actress sticks with second career of ...

Minnie Driver knows that an actress recording albums can be viewed as a novelty. But she hopes that with "Seastories" (Zoe/Rounder) -- the follow-up to her 2004 debut "Everything I've Got in My Pocket" -- people will accept that she's serious about music.

Age no bar

"What has age got to do with friendship? Manu—my 2 year old son with his best friend Mr. Alok Dasgupta-my 80 years old neighbor. Earlier he used to run to his house when the door was open but now he asks us to take him there. "Uncle paas jaan hai". Over there he keeps Mr....

Alarm over building site pranks

"A West Yorkshire building firm has vowed to hunt down workers who filmed themselves performing dangerous stunts on a construction site. Workers from NG Bailey were shown setting fire to each other, fighting with sticks and diving from a crane into a pile of cardboard...