NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese president Xi Jinping on Saturday reaffirmed the need to take a “strategic and long term perspective” of India-China ties, while stressing border peace, adherence to existing agreements and a “fair, reasonable, and mutually acceptable” resolution of the boundary question, the ministry of external affairs (MEA) said.The two…
Joe Root and Sachin Tendulkar (Image credit: Agencies) NEW DELHI: England captain Joe Root went past Indian batting great Sachin Tendulkar’s record for most fifties in Test cricket during England’s eight-wicket win over Pakistan in the third Test at Edgbaston on Saturday.Root remained unbeaten on 62 off 69 balls, hitting nine fours, as England chased…
Renamor dates to 1928, when George S. Amory and his wife, Marion Renee Carhart Amory, commissioned the estate. The property’s name was formed from their combined names. For more than a year, Renamor sat on the market waiting for someone willing to pay nearly $30 million for a piece of old New York grandeur. No…
Why every disaster seems to fall on the 26th Gujarat, the tsunami, 26/11, and now Nepal. Some of the disasters etched deepest into public memory have one oddly specific thing in common: they happened on the 26th.The coincidence surfaced again after the August 26 catastrophe in Nepal, where a glacier collapse unleashed a wall of…
When 21-year-old Alexandra walked across the stage at Fort Hays State University in 2007 to collect her bachelor’s degree, she had a rather unusual fellow graduate beside her. Her grandmother, Nola Ochs, was also receiving a degree that day. The difference was that Alexandra was 21 and Ochs was 95.For Ochs, the ceremony marked the…
National President, Bahujan Samaj Party, Mayawati. Photo credit: ANI NEW DELHI: Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Saturday ruled out any political position for her brother Anand Kumar’s sons, Akash Anand and Ishan Anand, calling it her “final decision”, while allowing for the possibility of her niece Kumari Deepika Anand assisting her father with party…
A house in Queens where US President Donald Trump spent the earliest years of his childhood has found a new owner, selling for $1.93 million after undergoing a dramatic renovation.The Tudor-style property in New York City’s Jamaica Estates had been vacant for years and was reportedly in poor condition when developer Tommy Lin purchased it…
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (R) alongside Ishan Kishan and Tilak Varma in a practice session ahead of India vs Afghanistan series. (PTI) New Delhi: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi was one of three squad members who attended the optional practice session ahead of the three-match T20I series against Afghanistan that begins on Sunday. Tilak Varma, who arrived earlier in the…
The house was commissioned in the 1920s by Daniel C. Jackling, a self-made copper millionaire whose business transformed the American copper industry. For a house that once embodied California wealth and architectural ambition, the end came not with a grand renovation but with bulldozers. The Jackling House, a sprawling Spanish Colonial Revival mansion in the…
After Salman Khan, Aamir Khan in talks for a superhero film with R Balki and Sajid Nadiadwala Bollywood’s interest in the superhero genre appears to be growing, with several major stars and filmmakers exploring stories in the space. While Salman Khan is reportedly collaborating with Raj and DK on a superhero project, Aamir Khan is…