Offbeat
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Drilling machine, dart: Users drop things on their feet in new TikTok trend
A new hazardous trend has broken out online. After choking on cinnamon and consuming laundry detergent, TikTok users in the UK are now dropping heavy household appliances on their feet to gain…
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Two Indian expats from Kerala win Rs 59L each in Big Ticket draw
Two Indian expatriates have won a staggering 250,000 Dirhams (Rs 59,02,552) each in the latest Big Ticket Abu Dhabi weekly electronic draw. The winners—Ramesh Dhanapalan and Rashid Puzhakara—secured their prize in the…
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Watch: Governor refers to AP CM as Narendra Chandrababu
Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh (AP) governor Abdul Nazeer on Monday, February 24 referred to chief minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu as Narendra Chandrababu Naidu. Nazeer made the mistake while addressing a session of the…
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France: 122 yr old woman makes money over lifetime on house sale
If you were a lawyer trying to buy a house from a 90-year-old woman, would you pay the amount upfront or would you strike a deal where you pay her a fixed…
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Video: Woman attends exam in wedding attire
A newlywed woman in Tirupati district of Andhra Pradesh attended her Group 2 exam in her wedding attire on Sunday, February 23. The woman is identified as Mamtha, she reportedly got married…
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‘You had one job’: Internet reacts to Indian national anthem played at ENG vs AUS match
The Champions Trophy 2025 has got social media buzzing, this time not with scores or player’s performance but because of a major blunder where the Indian national anthem was mistakenly played at…
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Wash away sins digitally? ‘Photo snan’ at Maha Kumbh for just Rs 1100!
The world knows AI as Artificial Intelligence, Prime Minister Narendra Modi calls it American-Indian, now we witness a new rendition, ‘Artificial Immersion’ with a new start-up offering a ‘digital snan’ at Maha…
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New app lets you hire bodyguards and a luxury motorcade on demand!
In a booming service-based economy the latest development comes with the app ‘Protector’. You can now try to impress a date by picking them in style or just get the VIP feel…
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14-yr-old Maharashtra boy beats calculators, sets six world records
At a time when we have become accustomed to pulling out calculators for the simplest of calculations, 14-year-old Aaryan Shukla from Maharashtra pulls out results faster than you can type them into…
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Hospital in Hyderabad removes pen cap from man’s lung after 21 yrs
Hyderabad: The KIMS hospital in Hyderabad’s Kondapur successfully operated on a 26-year-old man from Karimnagar, suffering from a persistent cough and unexplained weight loss for ten days, was found to have a…
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Assumed dead in Maha Kumbh stampede, man returns during his Tehrvi
A man presumed dead after the January 29 Mahakumbh Mela stampede in Prayagraj stunned his family by returning during his tehrvi, the ritual observed on the 13th day after death, Times of…
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‘You’re not the President’: Elon Musk’s child shushes Trump, internet explodes
Billionaire and now head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), Elon Musk brought his youngest child X Æ A-Xii, to the Oval Office on February 11, and the internet can’t seem to…
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Video: Woman leaves husband, marries loan agent who visited home for repayments
Patna: A woman who was seeking freedom from an abusive marriage found love in a loan recovery agent who frequently visited her home for repayments. Indra Kumari who is a resident of…
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Bengaluru woman caught driving with laptop, fined for ‘work from car’
Drinking and driving or driving while on the phone have become alarmingly common instances of reckless behaviour, although this woman in Bengaluru took carelessness to another level by driving while working on…
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Indian, Bangladeshi expats win Rs 87 lakh in Big Ticket draw
In an exciting turn of events, four expats from India and Bangladesh have won a total of Dirham 370,000 (Rs 87,66,014) in the Big Win contest, which is part of the Big…
