Spread the love Representative image In 1889, John Fletcher and Mattie Lou Vann settled on a piece of ranchland along the Colorado River in Central Texas. The couple raised seven children there, and generations of their family continued to use the property for ranching, cutting cedar and operating a fishing camp.More than 137 years later, land that includes part of...
From selling juice to Rs 200cr Dubai wedding: The rise & fall of Mahadev kingpin
Spread the love Sourabh Chandrakar has been extradited from Oman and is a key figure in a significant illegal betting case RAIPUR: Not long ago, Sourabh Chandrakar was an ordinary young man from Bhilai, working at a juice shop and earning around Rs 15,000 a month.Within a few years, he was living in Dubai’s luxury villas, travelling by chartered aircraft...
Stephen Curry-backed Howard golf teams win historic titles in 2026
Spread the love A chance meeting with a university student seven years ago led to a major change in Howard University’s golf programme. The journey reached a historic moment in 2026, when both the men’s and women’s teams won their conference championships. The Howard Bison women’s golf team won its first-ever Northeast Conference (NEC) championship in April 2026. Just days...
AIFF bid to break Rs 20 crore FD to pay Brazil, Uruguay for friendlies stalled
Spread the love India played five-time world champions Brazil in a high-profile international friendly in Kolkata last month Panaji: The All India Football Federation’s proposal to break its fixed deposit of Rs 20 crore to pay Brazil and Uruguay for last month’s international friendlies was stalled by general body members, who said such a move could be allowed only in...
Florida man selling $500K home finds $10 deed; ex-wife charged with felony
Spread the love Sharon Joy Barnett faces a felony identity-fraud charge over the alleged use of her former husband’s personal information. (Photo: Margate Police Department) A Florida man preparing to sell his house, which he estimated was worth approximately $500,000, made an unexpected discovery when he learned that a quitclaim deed listing just $10 in consideration had been recorded against...
Nebraska court rejects handwritten will written largely by man’s partner
Spread the love Representative Image (AI-generated) A handwritten will can offer a simple way to distribute property after death, but who actually writes its contents can determine whether it is legally valid. In Nebraska, a dispute over a two-page handwritten document has ended with the state Supreme Court ruling that a man’s signature was not enough to make the document...
Man’s woodland cabin grows into 60-foot castle on 14-acre North Carolina land
Spread the love Mihaly returned to his castle project, planning an event venue and vineyard on the property. What began as a quiet plan for a simple retreat in the North Carolina woods eventually became something far more ambitious. On 14 acres in Rougemont, Person County, sculptor Robert Mihaly started building himself a small cabin in 2000. More than two...
Fake nuclear threat alert sent to Ukrainians after emergency app hacked
Spread the love File photo: This screenshot made on a smartphone shows a series of false alerts received late Sunday, Residents of Ukraine and Russia received fake emergency warnings through government-run mobile apps after the systems were hacked, authorities in both countries said. In Ukraine, some messages falsely warned of an imminent nuclear threat, while others claimed there were high...
Visakhapatnam refinery hit by major fire near oil tank
Spread the love The flames reportedly erupted near a tank containing Ruf Pitch Oil and rose to considerable heights, attracting the attention of people travelling along adjoining roads. VISAKHAPATNAM: A massive fire broke out at Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd’s (HPCL) Visakh Refinery on Monday evening, triggering panic in the surrounding industrial areas of Malkapuram and Sriharipuram.The flames reportedly erupted near...
‘Cannot spill out in public’: Sitharaman urges Tata Sons, Tata Trusts to settle dispute
Spread the love Sitharaman declined to comment on possible government intervention. NEW DELHI: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharama on Monday called the differences between Tata Sons and its largest shareholder, Tata Trusts, a “very delicate matter” and said both sides should resolve the dispute amicably rather than discuss it publicly.Sitharaman said resolving the matter would require business acumen and cordiality. She...
