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BKI-linked Batala among 8 Indian-origin men arrested in FBI crackdown on gang violence; assault rifle, hundreds of bullets and magazines seized | India News – Times of India

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NEW DELHI/JALANDHAR: The FBI has arrested Pavittar Singh Batala, a most-wanted fugitive from India, in California as part of its operation against organised crime. Batala, who is linked to Babbar Khalsa International (BKI), had an Interpol Red Corner Notice against him. He was arrested, along with seven others. A cache of arms and ammunition was…

Jesse Kornbluth, Magazine Writer Who Covered Everything, Dies at 79

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The article of which he was most proud was “The Woman Who Beat the Klan,” published in The Times Magazine in 1987, about Beulah Mae Donald, who sued the Ku Klux Klan for the 1981 murder of her son — he was hanged from a tree, with his throat slit, and no one was charged…

Lapham’s Quarterly to Be Acquired by Bard College

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When Lewis Lapham died last year, it appeared that his magazine might go with him. Lapham’s Quarterly, a beloved journal of history and reportage he started, had stopped putting out issues. The fate of the publication was uncertain without Mr. Lapham, a nattily dressed former editor at Harper’s who seemed to personify a bygone era…

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…

N.Y.U. College Republicans President Resigns After Remarks About Barron Trump

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The New York University chapter president of the College Republicans resigned this week, yielding to pressure from the national organization after she was prominently quoted in a “Vanity Fair” profile saying that Barron Trump, President Trump’s youngest son, was “sort of like an oddity on campus.” In the profile, published on Feb. 12, Kaya Walker,…

Jean Jennings, Who Wrote With Verve About Cars, Dies at 70

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The first time Jean Jennings confronted the Mexican federal police, they had just arrested one of her friends for public urination. It was 1983, and she was part of an eight-vehicle road test along the length of Baja California, which she had joined as a writer for Car and Driver magazine. Thinking fast, she called…