Brenda Fricker passes away at 81: Oscar winner overcame rape, miscarriages, losing her womb and lifelong trauma to become Irish cinema icon Academy Award-winning actress Brenda Fricker, best known to many as the Pigeon Lady in Home Alone 2: Lost in New York and for her Oscar-winning role in My Left Foot, passed away on…
Connor McDavid #97 of the Edmonton Oilers (Credit: Getty Image) Following the comments from Todd Fedoruk, the Edmonton Oilers are again under the microscope, and the rumblings are getting louder about a possible trip to the Philadelphia Flyers for Connor McDavid. There’s no indication Edmonton is seriously kicking the tires on a deal, but the…
Cartier’s Mansion On Fifth Avenue Underwent Its Biggest Revamp Ever Just In Time For Its Centenary French jeweller Pierre Cartier defeated some of New York’s most powerful real estate families by using a double-strand pearl necklace and only a $100 payment to secure a six-story Fifth Avenue mansion that is now worth hundreds of millions…
Rahul Gandhi addresses the gathering during the ‘Chhatron Ki Goonj’ programme, in Dehradun, Uttarakhand. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said India’s education system has reached a stage where paper leaks have become “the norm”, alleging that the issue affects millions of students and requires a political consensus to resolve.Addressing a…
KOLKATA: Hockey India’s Ethics Committee has initiated a fact-finding inquiry into complaints filed against former India women’s hockey captain and Executive Board member Asunta Lakra.The development comes a day after it emerged that the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports had asked Indian Olympic Association (IOA) to constitute a neutral, fair and transparent committee to…
Apple overtook Nvidia on Friday (July 17) to reclaim its crown as the world’s most valuable public company. The milestone marks the first time Apple has held the number-one spot since April of last year, signaling a significant shift in how Wall Street is betting on the future of artificial intelligence (AI). The major reshuffling…
At least eight people are dead and 34 remain missing after a rain-triggered landslide buried residential buildings in southwest China’s Chongqing municipality on Friday.The landslide struck at around 9.08 am in Pengshui Miao and Tujia Autonomous County, after local officials reported sporadic rockfalls about an hour earlier and began evacuating residents. Despite the early warning,…
As Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Vijay’s final film, ‘Jana Nayagan’ is finally set to release in theatres on July 23, the makers have begun sharing the film’s promotional content. Recently, the team shared the lyrical video of a new song titled ‘Adiye En Poonthene’. Song ‘Adiye En Poonthene’ ‘Adiye En Poonthene’ is an emotional song…
A cab driver was killed and a woman passenger seriously injured after an iron rod protruding from an e-rickshaw pierced the cab’s windshield GURGAON: In a horrific accident on the Dwarka Expressway on Friday afternoon, a cab driver was killed after an iron rod protruding from an e-rickshaw pierced his chest during a collision, police…
Representative image generated using AI Magnolia, a three-month-old kitten from Beltsville, Maryland, was waiting for her forever home. When a man finally approached her enclosure, she probably thought this was her forever bond.It wasn’t. Within seconds, he’d grabbed her and bolted, and what came next was something that the feline could never have imagined. Magnolia…
The incident occured at a hotel in Thiruvananthapuram NEW DELHI: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor was briefly trapped in a lift at a private hotel in Thiruvananthapuram on Friday before being rescued along with others after the elevator got stuck.Visuals showed a smiling Tharoor walking out of the lift after authorities managed to open its doors.“The…
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has reaffirmed its “zero-tolerance” stance on corruption after former India Under-19 World Cup winner and Jaffna Kings co-owner Manjot Kalra was arrested over allegations of attempting to induce a player into corrupt practice during the Lanka Premier League (LPL).In a statement issued hours after Kalra’s arrest on Friday, the island nation’s…
As the controversy surrounding Diljit Dosanjh’s film ‘Satluj’ continues, veteran actor Annu Kapoor has shared a contrasting opinion, backing the government’s decision to block the film and urging its makers to seek legal recourse instead of criticising the move publicly.Directed by Honey Trehan, ‘Satluj’ which was originally titled ‘Punjab 95’ premiered on ZEE5 on July…
A powerful magnitude 7.4 earthquake hit near Puerto Madero A powerful magnitude 7.4 earthquake hit near Puerto Madero in southern Mexico on Friday, triggering a tsunami threat warning from the US Tsunami Warning System for parts of the Pacific coast.The US Tsunami Warning System said hazardous tsunami waves are possible along coastlines within 300 km…
USCIS says there will be no second round of lottery for H-1B. In a major update, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services announced Friday that there will be no second lottery for FY2027. “US Citizenship and Immigration Services has received enough petitions to reach the congressionally mandated 65,000 H-1B visa regular cap and the 20,000…
Virat Kohli with legendary West Indies cricketer Garfield Sobers and his wife. (PTI Photo) The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) led tributes to Sir Garfield Sobers after the legendary West Indies all-rounder died on Friday at the age of 89, remembering him as “a true icon of the game” whose influence will…
Gujarat topped the overall rankings with a score of 56.6. Which Indian states are the most investor friendly? Gujarat, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu have secured the top three positions in NITI Aayog’s Investment Friendliness Index for states and Union Territories (UTs), according to the report released on Friday.At the other end of the rankings, Lakshadweep…
Jigisha Tailor and her son Aditya Kapadia (Photo credit: Indian Express) At IIT Madras’s recent convocation, Jigisha Tailor and her son Aditya Kapadia walked on stage together to collect their degrees. Jigisha is 45. Aditya is 21. Neither had planned to finish at the same time, and neither had expected to be called up together….
Paresh Rawal, who served as a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Member of Parliament from 2014 to 2019, and veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah have long stood on opposite sides of the political spectrum. While Shah has frequently criticised the ruling party and its policies, Rawal has consistently expressed deep admiration for him as an actor. Summing…
Erling Haaland net worth rise (Getty Images) Norway’s Erling Haaland had already built one of football’s most formidable financial empires before the 2026 FIFA World Cup. But what this tournament did was different. Seven goals, a knockout of Brazil in the Round of 16, and nearly 29 million new Instagram followers later, Haaland is not…
