Hyderabad: Amid heavy police presence, an auction for the sale of plots in the western division of Kukatpally Housing Board was completed on Friday, January 24. The maximum bid placed was Rs 1.85 lakh per square yard and the minimum was Rs 1.50 lakh per square yard. Many people actively participated in the auction with … Read more
A Texas bankruptcy judge blocked The Onion’s bid to purchase Infowars Tuesday, leaving the future of the infamous conspiracy site uncertain—and reigniting the national debate around founder Alex Jones’s accountability. In his ruling against The Onion, the satirical news site that had planned to turn Infowars into a parody after winning the site at auction … Read more
A diamond necklace linked to the dramatic downfall of France’s Queen Marie Antoinette has sold for an astonishing $4.81 million (R92.5 million). The historic piece contains about 500 diamonds. It far exceeded its pre-sale estimate at Sotheby’s auction house in Geneva on Wednesday night. MARIE ANTOINETTE’S NECKLACE The necklace, adorned with two tassels of sparkling … Read more
HOUSTON — The gold bikini-style costume that Carrie Fisher wore as Princess Leia while making “Return of the Jedi” in the “Star Wars” franchise has sold for $175,000, according to the auction house that handled the sale. The costume was made famous when Fisher wore it at the start of the 1983 film when Leia … Read more
NEW DELHI: A 150 million-year-old well preserved nearly complete Stegosaurus fossil, known as “Apex,” was sold at a Sotheby’s auction on Wednesday for an astonishing $44.6 million, surpassing the pre-sale estimate of $4 million to $6 million. The anonymous American buyer outbid six other contenders and plans to explore the possibility of loaning the specimen … Read more
IndiGo’s domestic market share rose to 60.6 per cent in April, as per the latest official data.(Representative Photo) InterGlobe Aviation, the parent of IndiGo, recorded a profit after tax of Rs 1,894.8 crore for the fourth quarter of 2023-24 compared to Rs 919.2 crore in the same period a year ago, a release said The … Read more
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The Mandela family is divided over the auctioning of the late Statesman’s personal items. Ndaba and Mbuso Mandela, who are the grandchildren of South Africa’s first democratically-elected president Nelson Mandela, told eNCA that their family has not had a chance to sit down and discuss the upcoming sale of 70 of Madiba’s belongings. ALSO READ: … Read more
ALEXANDRIA: Alfred King was lying in the parking lot of a small apartment building, mortally wounded when police in Alexandria, Louisiana, got to the intersection of 12th and Magnolia streets shortly before 1:30 am, Jan 20. The 34-year-old was the first fatal shooting of the year in the small city where I grew up and … Read more
Cinephile celebrated the 99th birth anniversary of actor-filmmaker Raj Kapoor on December 14. And now, the centenary year has taken a kick start with the posters of Raj Kapoor’s film creating a world record. Recently, an online auction was held, Raj Kapoor @100, where Raj Kapoor’s underrated film, Banwara’s poster was sold at a record … Read more
