NEW DELHI: With the Transgender Person (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026 becoming law with President of India Droupadi Murmu’s assent on Monday, all eyes are now on the way forward as the amendments do away with the provisions in the 2019 law that allowed “self-perceived gender identity” to be the basis for self-determination and…
NEW DELHI: Accusing BJP of using women’s quota as a cover for delimitation, Congress lead speakers Gaurav Gogoi and K C Venugopal said Modi govt was “bulldozing” the redrawing of the electoral landscape to strengthen itself for the 2029 elections.Congress challenged govt to implement the women’s quota immediately in the current Lok Sabha of 543…
Suvendu Adhikari; Mamata Banerjee Bengal breathes politics. Take a walk through the streets of Howrah, Kolkata or any town in the state and you will find tea stalls where kakus (uncles) argue over ideology, leaders and the future, as if each conversation carries the weight of history. This is not new. From the era of…
India’s Varun Chakravarthy and teammates (ANI Photo) India spinner Varun Chakravarthy has revealed a deeply troubling chapter from his career, speaking about the intense backlash and abuse he faced after testing positive for COVID-19 during the 2021 edition of the Indian Premier League.Chakravarthy was among the first players to return a positive test ahead of…
Famed actress Charlize Theron bravely recounted a harrowing childhood incident where her mother fatally shot her father in self-defense. The star revealed the traumatic event occurred in 1992 when her father, in a drunken rage, broke into their home and began shooting. Theron emphasized the importance of sharing such stories to help others feel less…
Robert Mueller (File photo) Former FBI director Robert Mueller who led the high-stakes investigation into alleged ties between Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign and Russia, has died at the age of 81.“With deep sadness, we are sharing the news that Bob passed away last night,” his family said in a statement on Saturday, requesting privacy, reported…
Public anger is brewing across the country over the alleged “illegal” removal and “mistreatment” of community dogs by authorities at Delhi’s IGI Airport, after a series of disturbing videos went viral on social media.One widely circulated video shows a brown stray dog, Dholu, being tied with ropes and dragged across Terminal 1 by sanitation workers…
The BBC recreated the controversial 1974 Stanford prison experiment in The Experiment to explore human obedience/ screengrab Youtube The idea of recreating one of psychology’s most controversial experiments for television should have been unworkable from the outset. When the BBC announced in 2002 that it would run a controlled prison simulation as a documentary series,…
A 69-year-old Florida man has been arrested after allegedly posting a threatening comment on Facebook about participants at a “No Kings” protest.According to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office, Joseph McClain was taken into custody following a tip-off about a social media post referring to protestors on the Matlacha Pass Bridge as “AR-15 practice time.” Deputies…
Harbhajan Singh and Ashish Nehra NEW DELHI: After a slow start to IPL 2026 with two straight losses, Gujarat Titans have turned things around with three back-to-back wins, climbing to fourth on the points table. Their recent success has been backed by strong performances on the field and steady leadership off it, especially from head…