What started as a simple dessert fundraiser organised by a teenager two years ago has grown into a student-led volunteer project that has rescued more than 300,000 pounds of food for families across Northern Virginia. Dhevesh Mahes started his sweet treats project to raise money for charity, but the effort soon grew after he connected…
One of the Tampa Bay area’s most expensive homes, once owned by former baseball star Derek Jeter, has become a puzzle. Derek Jeter’s estate at 58 Bahama Circle stands exactly as it did when Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen vacated it five years ago, except now it is owned by a cryptocurrency trust and no…
Spread across 40 acres at Choglamsar and Stakna, the gardens house more than 25 lakh high-value flowers, JAMMU/SRINAGAR: On Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 76th birthday, Ladakh Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena inaugurated the world’s highest and India’s largest twin flower fields in Leh, at an altitude of 10,600ft, on Thursday as part of the administration’s…
An Army-CRPF-J&K police team launched the operation in Brattal bordering Kathua district JAMMU: Two Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorists were shot dead and a suspected overground worker was detained Thursday after security forces tracked down a hideout in rain-soaked forests of Udhampur district in J&K’s Jammu division, seizing assault rifles, a pistol and grenades.An Army-CRPF-J&K police team launched…
Princess Diana’s brother claims Charles was ‘giddily elated’ after Diana’s death. Charles appeared “giddily elated like a lottery winner” when he spoke to Princess Diana’s brother shortly after her death in 1997, according to a new memoir by Diana’s younger brother, Charles Spencer. In an extract from his forthcoming book Swan Song: Diana, My Sister,…
Bangladesh PM Tarique Rahman extends birthday greetings to PM Modi, wishes him good health and high spirit NEW DELHI: Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman wished Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his 76th birthday on Thursday, as Dhaka seeks to reset ties with New Delhi.“Warmest birthday wishes to Prime Minister @narendramodi. Wishing you many happy returns…
Pic credit: Chestnut Productions/Yuri Semenyuk for Sotheby’s International Realty The 1893 Renaissance Revival townhouse in Harlem’s historic Strivers’ Row, once home to Bob Dylan, has sold for $2.8 million after nearly a year on the market, according to a report by 6sqft. The four-storey residence at 265 West 139th Street closed at a price below…
A private seven-acre island in Lake Erie once owned by former US President Rutherford B. Hayes has had a major price cut. The asking price for the property has dropped to $3.8 million from its original $5 million listing price. Mouse Island is located about 1,500 feet off the coast of the Catawba Island peninsula…
Canadian activist Tamara Lich barred from international travel. Tamara Lich, one of the best-known leaders of Canada’s 2022 Freedom Convoy protests, has been barred from leaving the country after an Ontario judge rejected her request to travel internationally while serving her sentence.Lich had asked the court for permission to leave Canada for work-related reasons. The…
The 700-plus gold coins, found in a cornfield in Kentucky, date to between 1840 and 1863 (Source: GovMint.com) A Kentucky farmer working in his field has uncovered an extraordinary collection of Civil War-era coins. He found more than 800 gold and silver coins, which later sold for more than $3 million (£2.36 million) through private…