Today in US history on March 5: Boston massacre, Elvis Presley’s first TV appearance, Colt’s first pistolMarch 5th in US history is marked by significant events, including the 1770 Boston Massacre, which fueled the independence movement. The da...
05 Mar, 2026, 11.02 AM IST
Brown University sophomore survives second school shooting, recalls Parkland trauma as campus attack leaves two dead and multiple injuredA Brown University student, Zoe Weissman, described the campus shooting during final exams as "infuriating" and emotionally overwhelming, t...
14 Dec, 2025, 02.28 PM IST
Shane Tamura’s NYC shooting highlights growing pattern of violence among football playersShane Tamura, a former NFL prospect, fatally shot a man in Midtown Manhattan before taking his own life. This incident highlights a disturb...
29 Jul, 2025, 10.15 AM IST
New Orleans attack came as officials warned of an escalating threat of international terrorismFBI Director Christopher Wray expressed concerns over increased domestic terrorism threats stemming from international events, citing the N...
04 Jan, 2025, 11.01 AM IST
At Davos, leaders talked big on rebuilding trust. Can the World Economic Forum make a difference?Critics say the annual meeting, which started more than half a century ago, are a preserve of business chieftains who covet greater wealth ...
19 Jan, 2024, 08.06 PM IST
Curtain call: From 'Friends' star Matthew Perry to Lisa Marie Presley, influential people who passed away in '23A list of celebs who left us in 2023.
04 Dec, 2023, 11.35 PM IST
Syrian literary icon Khaled Khalifa passes away at 59His American publisher, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, confirmed the death. Friends said the cause was cardiac arrest.
14 Oct, 2023, 08.01 PM IST
Munich massacre: 50 years of the deadliest terror attack on the world of sportsThe 50th anniversary of the deadliest terror attack ever launched on the world of sports is Monday. There will be a commemoration in Munich...
04 Sep, 2022, 10.00 AM IST
Signed book by Rabindranath Tagore sells for $700 at an auction in USSigned on a prefatory page in fountain pen by Tagore, the book was published by The Macmillan Company in 1916.
13 Mar, 2018, 01.20 PM IST
Signed hardcover copy of Rabindranath Tagore's 'The King of the Dark Chamber' up for auctionThe book is the English translation of his famous Bengali play 'Raja'.
06 Mar, 2018, 06.23 PM IST
Why Sean Spicer is making headlinesThe president recently suggested that the news media is 'purposefully' not covering acts of terror. Maybe his aids are trying to help him b...
11 Feb, 2017, 09.14 PM IST
For equity, fundamentals just don’t matter: Michael Every, Rabobank International“The current paradigm that we have had of the economy pumping along, prices moving up and up and up and interest rates grinding lower and l...
17 Oct, 2016, 09.25 AM IST
Orlando gay club shooter pledged allegiance to ISIS in 911 callDuring the call, Mateen also mentioned the Boston bombers -- Tsarnaev brothers, who carried out the Boston Marathon bombings in 2013.
13 Jun, 2016, 10.06 AM IST
Governments that deny human rights play into extremists' hands: Barack Obama"Governments that deny human rights play into the hands of extremists who claim that violence is the only way to achieve change."
18 Feb, 2015, 08.59 PM IST
Guns in US and banks in Europe are the lobbies which control the rulersStatesmen and elected rulers decide the fate of the world or at least their petty nations. Churchill, Stalin, Lincoln, Gandhi et al.
23 Apr, 2013, 01.12 AM IST