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Salman Rushdie on ventilator, likely to lose an eye; suspect in custody

Salman Rushdie was on a ventilator with damaged liver and may lose an eye after the Mumbai-born controversial author was stabbed in the neck and abdomen by a man at a speaking event in New York......

Ex-minister defends Rajiv govt's ban on Salman Rushdie's book

K Natwar Singh, who was a Union minister in the Rajiv Gandhi government that banned Salman Rushdie's controversial book The Satanic Verses, strongly defended the decision on Saturday asserting it......

China's actions fundamentally at odds with goal of peace, stability: US

The recent Chinese actions around House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan are fundamentally at odds with the goal of peace and stability, the White House said on Friday, adding that Beijing is......

Salman Rushdie was stabbed by NJ resident, police probing motive

Salman Rushdie, the Mumbai-born controversial author who faced Islamist death threats for years after writing The Satanic Verses, was "still undergoing surgery", several hours after being stabbed......

Salman Rushdie stabbed at New York event, undergoes surgery

Salman Rushdie, the Mumbai-born controversial author who faced Islamist death threats for years after writing The Satanic Verses, was stabbed and suffered multiple wounds to the neck and is in......

Reliance Jio's purchase of 700 MHz likely to give it edge over rivals

Reliance Jio’s decision to acquire 700 MHz in combination with the possible use of an advanced standalone (SA) 5G network could give it an edge over its rivals, according to most analysts.......

Apple's India revenue almost doubles in Q1

Technology giant Apple, which recorded $83 billion in revenue for the quarter ended June 2022, has reported a "near doubling" of revenue in India. Photograph: Regis Duvignau/Reuters......

Investor sentiment in doldrums, growth optimism hits record low: BofA study

Investors have scaled back their allocation to equities as pessimism has reached “dire” levels due to cloudy economic outlook, according to the latest Bank of America (BofA) monthly......

India's passenger vehicle exports jump 26% in Apr-Jun

India's passenger vehicle exports rose by 26 per cent in April-June 2022 aided by enhanced shipments to Latin America and Africa and a low base of the year-ago quarter that was hit by the second......

Uber acknowledges 'mistakes'; says it's a changed company now

With a report on Uber by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) opening a Pandora’s box, the company is in a damage-control mode. Illustration: Uttam......

Your OTT Menu: Weddings. Superheroes. Alia Bhatt

Alia Bhatt, animated treats, action masala and comic book adaptations, OTT is quite the goodie bag this week. Sukanya Verma gives us her picks: The SandmanWhere to watch? NetflixLanguage: English......

How Dhanush Became 'The Sexy Tamil'

'It was Dhanush's idea to have the meditation beats when we first see him as a character.''So giving him a flavour made him very unique.' IMAGE: Dhanush. Photograph: PTI Photo Dhanush's......

The Gray Man Review

The Gray Man is mindless fun, worth your monthly Netflix subscription, notes Aseem Chhabra. We all know Netflix is in trouble having lost nearly a million subscribers in the last quarter. But the......

Russo Bros, Dhanush Watch The Gray Man

Hotshot Hollywood Directors Anthony and Joseph Russo -- whose impressive roster includes Captain America: The Winter Soldier; Captain America: Civil War; Avengers: Infinity War; Avengers: Endgame......

What Ryan Gosling LOVES About The Gray Man

Growing up, Ryan Gosling says he loved characters that helped him face his own obstacles in life. Only fitting therefore that his first action film has him playing a 'never give up' fun spy......

Who's That With Ashwin?!!

IMAGE: Ravichandran Ashwin with A R Rahman. Photograph: Ravichandran Ashwin/Instagram Ravichandran Ashwin and Dinesh Karthik caught up with a fellow Chennai resident in Florida last week. Like the......

PIX: New era beckons England Lionesses after Euro glory

IMAGE: England's Leah Williamson and Millie Bright lift the trophy as the team celebrates victory over Germany in extra-time in the women's Euro 2022 final at Wembley Stadium, London, on Sunday.......

PICS: Commonwealth Games 2022 kick-off with slick show

Images from the 2022 Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony, at Alexander Stadium in Birmingham, on Thursday. IMAGE: Double Olympic badminton medallist PV Sindhu and men's hockey team captain......

PICS: Kazakhstan's Jeruto roars to steeplechase gold

Images from the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, on Wednesday, Day 6. IMAGE: Kazakhstan's Norah Jeruto celebrates setting a new championship record and winning gold in the women's......

Murray's Wimbledon hopes CRUSHED by Isner

IMAGE: Great Britain’s Andy Murray reacts against John Isner of United States of America during their Second Round match. Photograph: Julian Finney/Getty Images Big-hitting American John......

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