NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janata Party founder Abhijeet Dipke on Saturday said that Sonam Wangchuk, who has been on a hunger strike for the past six days demanding the resignation of education minister Dharmendra Pradhan, has lost more than 5 kilograms of body weight.In a video, Dipke said Wangchuk had undergone a medical check-up, which revealed...
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‘Remember the name Cape Verde’: Ashwin lauds FIFA World Cup debutants
Messi shoots the ball during the match between Argentina and Cape Verde (Agency Image) Former India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has showered praise on FIFA World Cup debutants Cabo Verde after their remarkable campaign came to an end with a narrow 3-2 extra-time defeat to defending champions Argentina in the Round of 32.Although the African nation...
‘Rain only good for those in balconies’: Every monsoon, same old story in Mumbai
Visitors watch waves crash against the Marine Drive promenade under dark monsoon skies Photograph by SL Shanth Kumar/TNN MUMBAI: “Bro yeh har saal ka hai, Andheri subway shut hi hoga,” Mumbaikars barely flinch when the season’s first spell of heavy rain arrives.Social media fills up with memes about flooded roads, stranded commuters and delayed local...
Bengaluru road rage: Mercedes passenger caught on camera slapping biker in Indiranagar
What started as a routine traffic stop at a red light in Bengaluru quickly turned ugly.A video that’s now doing the rounds on social media appears to show a man stepping out of a Mercedes-Benz and physically confronting a biker in the middle of the road. The clip, reportedly filmed in Indiranagar, has left many...
‘Pradhan’s birthday cake can’t be baked with children’s blood’: Mahua Moitra joins CJP protest
Mahua Moitra at CJP protest (X) NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP, Mahua Moitra, on Friday joined the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) protest at Jantar Mantar, expressing solidarity with activist Sonam Wangchuk, who is on a hunger strike demanding accountability from the Union education minister.Addressing protesters at the demonstration, Moitra criticised the Centre, saying, “These...
‘1,000 husbands’ remark ‘grave provocation’: HC cuts life term of man for killing wife
MP man’s sentence for killing wife reduced over ‘can have 1,000 husbands like you’ remark NEW DELHI: The Madhya Pradesh high court has reduced the life sentence of a man convicted of killing his 7-month-pregnant wife to 7 years of rigorous imprisonment, holding that the assault was not premeditated but was triggered by a “sudden...
‘Gave Iran week off’: Trump takes swipe as Tehran observes Khamenei funeral
US President Donald Trump on Saturday took a swipe at the ongoing funeral ceremonies for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Iran, saying America gave Iran “a week off” because they are “nice.”Addressing a gathering at Mount Rushmore on the 250th anniversary of US independence, Trump said Washington “knocked the hell out of Iran” and that the...
‘I think that he’ll do that’: Trump on Musk donating SpaceX stock to Trump Accounts
President Donald Trump has expressed confidence that Elon Musk will donate a portion of his newly public aerospace company, SpaceX, to “Trump Accounts”, which is the federal government’s newly launched investment savings program for American children. In an interview to CNBC, Trump revealed that he has not spoken to Musk directly since the billionaire briefly...
Watch: ‘Death to America, Israel’ chants echo as Khamenei’s funeral begins
‘Death to America’ chants echo as Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s funeral begins (AP) “Death to America”, “death to Israel” and “revenge, revenge” chants echoed through Tehran’s Grand Mosalla on Saturday as thousands of mourners gathered for the start of six days of public funeral ceremonies for Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.Mourners carrying red banners,...
Vidit Gujrathi Exclusive: ‘India is a chess powerhouse but still far from becoming esports hub’
Vidit Gujrathi Exclusive (Graphic designed by TimesofIndia.com) NEW DELHI: The race for a place at the Esports World Cup (EWC) 2026 in Paris through the India Rising: Road to EWC Chess qualifiers has boiled down to a blockbuster final between two established Grandmasters.India’s Vidit Gujrathi will take on Benjamin Bok of the Netherlands. Both have...
