Penguin Random House India says no external pressure behind decision not to publish Sonia Gandhi’s memoir; cites impasse over a particular issue. NEW DELHI: Maintaining that there was no external pressure behind its decision to not publish Sonia Gandhi’s memoir, Penguin Random House India Monday said there was an impasse over “a particular issue” during…
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is canceling its planned exhibit honoring British designer John Galliano – plans that had led to bitter backlash in the Jewish community and beyond because of the designer’s past antisemitic and racist statements.“John Galliano: Horizons,” the high-profile spring Costume Institute exhibit which was to be launched by the annual Met…
India to witness above avg temperature in September; rainfall likely to be below normal NEW DELHI: Monthly rainfall over the country as a whole is most likely to be below normal in Sept, the last month of the monsoon season, said IMD Monday – an indication that the four-month rainy season is likely to end…
File Photo: PM Modi holds a bilateral meeting with the President of Iran, Masoud Pezeshkian, on the sidelines of the SCO Summit, in Bishkek In a meeting with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on the margins of the SCO summit in Bishkek, PM Modi called for freedom of navigation and commerce while stressing that civilians and…
Lionel Richie was hospitalized after his August 29 concert at The Muny in St Louis Music icon Lionel Richie has been hospitalized in St Louis, Missouri, following his performance at The Muny over the weekend, with doctors reportedly examining whether dehydration may have contributed to his condition.The 77-year-old singer checked himself into a local hospital…
Piers Morgan reignites the Messi-Ronaldo GOAT debate, claiming Messi’s retirement proves Ronaldo is football’s greatest. Lionel Messi’s decision to retire from international football has given Piers Morgan another opportunity to make his feelings about the greatest player debate unmistakably clear.The Argentine icon announced on Monday that he would no longer represent his country, bringing an…
“Time to move away from endless war to end of war”: PM Modi tells Russian Prez Putin on sidelines of SCO summit With no end in sight to the Russia-Ukraine war, PM Narendra Modi renewed his message of peace to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday, saying on this occasion that it was time to…
J&K HC has set aside the dismissal of a bank executive sacked without an inquiry into an alleged #TortureKashmir hashtag campaign on social media SRINAGAR: Jammu & Kashmir high court has set aside the dismissal of a J&K Bank executive sacked without an inquiry into an alleged #TortureKashmir hashtag campaign on social media, ruling that…
Florida bans Flock cameras that can read license plates amid a major row over privacy. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced Monday that he is removing Flock cameras from state roadways. The order said all Flock cameras were to be removed from what he calls the “state highway system” within the next 30 days, which would…
A 1,050-acre historic farm in Chestertown, Maryland, built in 1743 and kept in the same family for generations, has been put up for sale, according to a real estate report by The Wall Street Journal. The large Eastern Shore property has strong links to American history. During the War of 1812, it was the site…