Sometimes real life is stranger than fiction, and one such recent incident has caught people’s attention. A US citizen arrested in a terror case has approached a Delhi court with an unusual request: Permission to cook his own food inside Tihar Jail, saying he has been unable to eat the meals served there and has…
Former Meta techie says he has to make the tough decision of returning to India after being laid off. A former techie at Meta who got laid off in the latest round of firing that happened in May said he had to make the hard decision of leaving the US, the country where he built…
Christopher Plummer’s former Darien waterfront estate built in 1866 The historic waterfront estate in Darien, Connecticut, once owned by Academy Award-winning actor Christopher Plummer, has returned to the property market with an asking price of $12.995 million.The 1.17-acre coastal property, situated at 209 Long Neck Point Road, features a thoroughly modernised 1866 Colonial residence. Alongside…
Two men suspected of carrying out one of the most spectacular heists in French history have broken their silence, confessing to the €88 million Louvre jewel theft and revealing they were hired for €15,000 to €25,000 by a mysterious mastermind they still refuse to name.Abdoulaye N. , 40, a former internet sensation known for motorcycle…
A prominent Chinese maritime analyst has warned that Japan’s expanding military role in the South China Sea could become more destabilising than that of the United States, as regional tensions continue to rise following the 10th anniversary of the landmark 2016 arbitration ruling that rejected Beijing’s sweeping maritime claims.Speaking at a security round table in…
Guramrit Sidhu’s lawyer contended that he had a rough childhood after the family moved from India to Canada in 1971. Guramrit Sidhu, the 63-year-old Indian-origin Canadian, popularly nicknamed as ‘King’, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for running a vast cross-border drug network for years. Sidhu was arrested in 2024 and pleaded guilty…
A general view of the exterior of the International Criminal Court The Donald Trump administration on Monday launched a sweeping campaign against the International Criminal Court (ICC), saying the tribunal poses a threat to US sovereignty by claiming the authority to investigate and prosecute American officials and military personnel.US Secretary of State Marco Rubio unveiled…
Muhammad Ali (Image: Wikipedia) Fame gave Muhammad Ali one of the largest platforms of the twentieth century, and he chose, deliberately, not to use most of it to talk about his own charity work. “I try not to speak about all the charities and people I help, because I believe we can only be truly…
Concorde flew so high that it was forced to carry a radiation meter to track dangerous cosmic storms British-French supersonic jet Concorde flew so close to the edge of space that it had to carry a special radiation meter to monitor dangerous cosmic storms. If the cockpit instrument sounded an alarm, the only way pilots…
Israel’s Mossad allegedly tried to recruit Iran’s former president Ahmadinejad Israel’s intelligence agency Mossad allegedly spent years trying to recruit former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as part of a broader plan to overthrow Iran’s leadership and eventually install him as the country’s new leader.The New York Times report, citing American and Iranian officials familiar with…