Times Square

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People walk past a "Gun Free Zone" sign posted on 40th Street and 7th Avenue on August 31, 2022 in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images/AFP)

New York's Times Square to become 'Gun-Free Zone'

New York governor said that arms, even if they are concealed, will be prohibited in bars, libraries, schools, govt buildings and hospitals

01 Sep 2022 11:34 AM

The 30-foot-high billboard featuring a model binding a Trump look-alike with red, white and blue rope while stomping on his face, was put up Tuesday as part of an advertising campaign by Dhvani, a Portland-based clothing company. (Photo: AP)

Times Square billboard depicts hog-tied President Donald Trump

Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr, tweaked the media Friday for not writing about the billboard sooner.

19 Oct 2019 3:12 PM

New York allowed the siblings to attempt Sunday's walk on the condition that they wear safety harnesses, a mandate Nik had said added physical weight and stress to the challenge. (Photo: AFP)

Watch: ‘Flying Wallendas’ cross Times Square on high wire in death-defying stunt

The near-fatal incident left her seriously injured, including breaking most bones in her face.

24 Jun 2019 12:11 PM

Ashiqul Alam, 22, sought to buy guns stripped of their serial numbers and ammunition from undercover investigators and surveilled the popular Manhattan district to identify the best place for an attack, according to the charges. (Photo: Facebook)

22-yr-old Bangladeshi immigrant charged with planning Times Square attack

Alam, a Bangladeshi national with permanent residency in the United States, was arrested Thursday in Brooklyn.

08 Jun 2019 11:21 AM

As part of the commemoration of Guru Nanak's 550th birth anniversary as well as to mark Baisakhi, this year the Consulate associated with The Sikhs of NY on Turban Day. (Photo:AP)

Times Square overloads with Sikh culture as thousands tie turban on 'Turban Day'

'The Sikhs of New York' organised the annual Turban Day on Saturday in association with the Consulate General of India in New York.

14 Apr 2019 2:31 PM

It is intended as homage to the era when Saarinen’s gull-winged TWA Flight Center opened in 1962. (Photo: AP)

Times Square to have a new cocktail lounge

Vintage plane, soon to become bar, tours Times Square.

25 Mar 2019 9:51 AM

Following the 9/11 attacks, Sikhs remain hundreds of times more likely to be targeted in cases of profiling, bigotry. (Photo: Twitter/NewJerseyAG)

Thousands participate in annual 'Sikh Day Parade' in US

Men, women and children, dressed in their traditional finery, turned out in large numbers for the 31st Sikh Day Parade.

29 Apr 2018 7:47 PM

The Polar Bear Paint was organized by artist Andy Golub, who uses body painting as a way to promote human connection through art. (Photo: AP)

Dozens of nude models brave cold, rain for Polar Bear Paint

Dozens of body-painted models walked through the chilly streets and posed for photos in a drizzle.

13 Feb 2018 1:55 PM

A smashed car sits on the corner of Broadway and 45th Street in New York's Times Square after driving through a crowd of pedestrians. (Photo: AP)

US: Car plows into Times Square crowd; 1 dead, about 20 hurt

Times Square also has a heavy police presence at all hours of the day and night.

18 May 2017 10:20 PM

The organisation’s founder Chanpreet Singh said Turban Day was started in 2013 at Baruch College to promote and educate people about the Sikh religion and identity. (Photo: AFP/Representational)

US: ‘Sikhs of New York’ organise Turban Day at Times Square

A proclamation by Congressman Gregory Meeks of the 5th Congressional District of New York declared April 15, 2017 as ‘Turban Day’.

16 Apr 2017 3:59 PM

Protesters in New York’s Times Square during a solidarity march against the travel ban on Muslim-majority countries ordered by US President Donald Trump. (Photo: AFP)

Thousands declare 'I am Muslim too' at rally in US

The ‘I am a Muslim Too’ solidarity rally drew several thousand people who raised slogans.

21 Feb 2017 6:56 AM

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