Spread the love MUMBAI: A video purportedly showing supporters of senior Maharashtra Congress leader Nana Patole washing his feet during Gurupurnima celebrations has sparked political reactions, with Maharashtra revenue minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule criticising the incident.According to news agency PTI, Bawankule took a swipe at the Congress over what he described as its “culture”.“It is the culture of Congress leaders to...
Vijay’s son Jason Sanjay shares night he almost had a police complaint filed against him
Spread the love 3 min readHyderabadUpdated: Aug 2, 2026 05:49 PM IST Filmmaker Jason Sanjay, son of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and actor Vijay, has opened up about growing up in one of Tamil cinema’s most watched families, sharing candid details about his relationship with his sister and the constant responsibility he feels to protect the family name. In a...
‘Double standards’: Pak rejects UN report on civilian casualties in Afghanistan strikes
Spread the love Pakistan denies UN report that documents civilian casualties in Afghanistan, calls it ‘baseless’ Pakistan’s military has rejected a UN report documenting hundreds of civilian casualties from cross-border fighting with Afghanistan, saying its forces targeted only Pakistani Taliban hideouts and other militant infrastructure and carried out the strikes in self-defence.Pakistan’s military spokesman Lt Gen Ahmad Sharif Chaudhry on...
Built for tomorrow’s wars: How India’s 350kg turbojet reshapes warfare
Spread the love India has successfully developed its first indigenous expendable turbojet engine. (Image credit: DRDO) NEW DELHI: India has entered an exclusive club of countries capable of designing and producing indigenous expendable turbojet engines after the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully developed the country’s first 350kg thrust-class expendable turbojet engine. Designed by DRDO’s Gas Turbine Research Establishment...
The pressure cooker part most people forget to clean—and why it matters
Spread the love 5 min readNew DelhiAug 2, 2026 04:58 PM IST Most of us wash the pressure cooker after every use, but how often do we clean its rubber gasket, the sealing ring tucked inside the lid? The pressure cooker itself may get a good scrub, but the gasket is easy to overlook. However, this small sealing ring can...
‘In map of India, our North East is missing’: Medallist Lovlina felt ‘hurt’ in Glasgow
Spread the love Lovlina Borgohain (AP Photo) Indian boxer Lovlina Borgohain said she felt hurt after noticing that India’s Northeast was missing from a map used by a popular Indian restaurant in Glasgow. The Assam boxer spotted the issue during a celebratory dinner for India’s record-breaking Commonwealth Games boxing campaign and raised it with the restaurant management.The Indian boxing contingent...
The towel on the chair: How it became India’s ultimate status symbol
Spread the love In India, a towel draped over an office chair often became a symbol of power, associated with a govt job. Long ago, my father told me a story about a certain ‘Sunil ji. Nobody ever addressed him by his first name, it was always succeeded by a ‘ji’, because his office chair was covered with a towel....
Delhi lawyer in London reveals why she won’t return to India’s corporate
Spread the love Representative image An Indian woman living in London reveals why she would never return for a corporate job in her home country. Jasleen Kaur, a Delhiite and dual-qualified solicitor (India and England & Wales), says she is done with Indian corporate culture. After working as a legal professional in London for two years, where it is normal...
Market recap: Top-10 firms add Rs 2.51 lakh crore; Bajaj Finance biggest winner
Spread the love India’s biggest listed companies added Rs 2.51 lakh crore in market value last week as a rally on Dalal Street lifted nine of the top-10 most-valued firms. Bajaj Finance emerged as the biggest gainer after its June-quarter earnings, while Hindustan Unilever was the only company to end the week with a lower valuation.BSE Sensex climbed 2,034.87 points,...
Bodies of Nirmal Purja, 9 climbers recovered after Broad Peak avalanche in PoK
Spread the love Ten climbers, including Nirmal Purja, died in a Broad Peak avalanche. Search efforts continue for the remaining bodies after the incident. Renowned British-Nepali mountaineer Nirmal Purja and nine other climbers swept away by an avalanche on PoK’s Broad Peak have been confirmed dead, according to the Alpine Club of Pakistan and Purja’s expedition company.Search and rescue teams...
