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‘Feels like fiction’: Jaya Bachchan turns ‘film critic’ in Operation Sindoor debate, congratulates Centre for ‘writers who coin grand names’ | India News – Times of India

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NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan on Wednesday questioned the government’s narrative around the Pahalgam terror attack, saying it sounded more like “fiction” than fact.“It feels strange to say this because whatever happened … it felt like something out of a book or a film … people came like this, killed so many people,…

Why US’s most Jewish city picked vocal Israel critic Zohran Mamdani for Mayor

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In choosing Zohran Mamdani as their candidate for mayor, Democrats in America’s most Jewish city have nominated an outspoken critic of Israel, alarming some in New York’s Jewish community and signalling a sea change in the priorities of one of the party’s most loyal voting groups. The 33-year-old democratic socialist’s surprisingly strong performance against former…

Amid riots, JD Vance’s meme threat to deport fashion critic who hates his suits

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As immigration sweeps intensified in Los Angeles, one of the internet’s most unexpected voices joined the conversation — only to find himself in the crosshairs of Vice President JD Vance. Derek Guy, the fashion commentator behind the popular X account known as “Menswear Guy”, on Monday revealed that he is living in the United States…

Richard Bernstein Dies at 80; Times Correspondent, Critic and Author

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Richard Bernstein, a former correspondent and critic for The New York Times whose deep knowledge of Asia and Europe illuminated reporting from Tiananmen Square to the Bastille, and who wrote things as he saw them in 10 books driven by unflinching intellectual curiosity, died on Monday in Manhattan. He was 80. His death, in a…

Trump to Name Right-Wing Media Critic Ambassador to South Africa

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President Trump plans to nominate L. Brent Bozell III, a conservative media critic and fierce defender of Israel, to be the U.S. ambassador to South Africa, according to the Congressional website. Mr. Bozell had previously been nominated to lead the United States’ global media agency, but that nomination was withdrawn on Monday, the congressional website…

New Yorker Cuts Ties With Critic Jackson Arn After Complaints About Behavior

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The New Yorker has parted ways with its art critic after the magazine received complaints about his behavior at its 100th anniversary party in February, according to two people with knowledge of the decision. The critic, Jackson Arn, who joined the magazine in 2023, was accused of making inappropriate overtures to some of the attendees…

Indian-origin Paul Kapur, a Pak critic, is Trump nominee for top South Asia job

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In another appointment aimed at prioritising the US’s relations with India, the Donald Trump administration has tapped Paul Kapur, an expert on India-Pakistan security and nuclear issues, to be the Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia. If confirmed, Kapur will become only the second Indian-descent US diplomat overseeing the South Asia bureau,…

Stephan Thernstrom, Leading Critic of Affirmative Action, Dies at 90

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Stephan Thernstrom, a Harvard history professor and author who, with his wife, the political scientist Abigail Thernstrom, vaulted to national prominence during the 1990s as a leading critic of affirmative action, died on Thursday in Arlington, Va. He was 90. His daughter, the author Melanie Thernstrom, said his death, at a care facility, was from…

Mum cops book EVM critic for ‘false claims’ | India News – Times of India

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NEW DELHI: Acting on a complaint from the Maharashtra chief electoral officer (CEO), the Mumbai Cyber Police on Saturday registered an FIR against foreign-based EVM basher Syed Shuja in connection with a video showing him making “false, baseless and unsubstantiated claims” that he could hack and tamper EVMs in the recent state polls by isolating…

Trump names Big Tech critic Brendan Carr Federal Communications Commission head

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President-elect Donald Trump will tap Brendan Carr, a critic of the Biden administration’s telecom policies and Big Tech, as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, he said in a statement on Sunday. Carr, 45, is currently the top Republican on the FCC, the independent agency that regulates telecommunications. He has been a harsh critic of…