Offbeat
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Groom jumps off wedding stage to celebrate RCB’s IPL win
After an eighteen-year dry spell, Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) won their maiden IPL trophy on Tuesday night, June 3, to raucous celebrations across the country. Multiple metropolises witnessed crowds celebrating on the…
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IPL 2025 final: ‘Nimbu-mirchi’ meets match fever as RCB fans turn superstitious
Hyderabad: Cricket fans in India are known to dive into their superstitious beliefs when it comes to their team. From wearing their ‘lucky’ clothes to matches and organising ‘havans’, die-hard fans will…
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‘What is this, a crown?’: Uppal cops crash birthday celebration on road
Hyderabad: A birthday celebration went wrong for a group of friends when Uppal police showed up at their celebration and booked them under a petty case for blocking the road. The incident…
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Dubai woman orders essentials from Temu, gets stickers
An Indian expat in Dubai ordered essentials from an app. However when she received it, things turned hilarious. Temu is an app where an online marketplace connecting consumers with manufacturers, often offers…
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Hyderabad IT firm appoints golden retriever as ‘Chief Happiness Officer’
From uprooting weeds to planting smiles in the office, this Hyderabad-based agricultural machinery manufacturer startup, located in Gandi Maisamma, is gaining attention online for their newest recruit – a golden retriever. The dog…
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Bengaluru man turns thief to maintain three wives, nine children
Bengaluru: A 36-year-old man, who became a thief allegedly to take care of his three wives and nine children, has been arrested in Bengaluru, a police officer said on Thursday. Police recovered…
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Telangana: Fake IAS officer arrested for blackmail, honey-trapping youngsters
Hyderabad: Miryalguda police arrested a young woman posing as a doctor and an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer and blackmailing wealthy youngsters after honey-trapping them. As per reports, the young woman was…
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Hyderabad teen makes history, among India’s youngest to scale 7 summits
Hyderabad: It is a record of endurance and perseverance that has taken 16-year-old Padakanti Vishwanath Karthikey, a Hyderabad teen, to etch his name into mountaineering history. He has become the youngest Indian,…
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From real estate to Zomato delivery agent: Story of hope, resilience
How often does life deal a tragic blow to people who flourish in their fields? The ability to deal with setbacks reflects one’s character. Such is the story of a differently abled…
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Sweet shops rename ‘Mysore Pak’ to ‘Mysore Shree’ amid India-Pak tensions
Amid rising India-Pakistan tensions, sweet shops in Jaipur, Rajasthan, have taken the unusual step of renaming popular sweets by dropping the word ‘Pak’ from their names. A shopkeeper told NDTV that they…
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Video: Two policemen caught sleeping on duty in Bandlguda
Hyderabad: Two police personnel were caught sleeping while on duty in the Bandlaguda police station on Wednesday, May 21. The policemen were identified as Constable Shahbaz and Home Guard Imran. Around 3…
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US student seeks college tuition fee refund after catching teacher using Chat GPT
Students are often advised not to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) for their assignments, whereas teachers don’t seem to have such instructions for delivering lectures. In one such case from the United States,…
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Welcome gone wrong? Bride spits on groom’s hand in viral video
A video of an angry bride spitting on the bridegroom’s hand as he welcomes her on the marriage mandap has gone viral. It is unclear whether it is scripted. In the 10-second…
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Telangana man jumps into well over bike demand, climbs out unharmed after drama
Hyderabad: In a hilarious incident that could have gone seriously wrong, a young man jumped into a well, demanding that his mother either buy him a bike or watch him die. He…
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Dubai Duty Free draw: Indian expat wins Rs 8 cr after 24 years of trying
Dubai: In a surprising turn of luck, a 69-year-old Dubai-based Indian expat won a staggering one million dollars (Rs 8,53,98,263) on Wesnesday, May 14, in the latest Dubai Duty-Free (DDF) Millennium Millionaire…
