August 2026

Natasha Ward. Image via: Sutherland District Athletics Club/ Facebook Natasha Ward, a 21-year-old Australian middle-distance runner, has died, according to a joint statement from NSW Athletics and the Sutherland District Athletics Club released Thursday, July 30. Ward competed at the 2024 Australian Championships against established names like Morgan Mitchell and Claudia Hollingsworth and had recently…

(L) Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke and exiled Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen (R) NEW DELHI: Responding to remarks by exiled Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen, Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke on Monday said comparisons between the group’s protests and student movements in Bangladesh and Nepal were misplaced.“Protests in Bangladesh, Nepal are being…

Two Congress MLAs, Yashavantarayagouda V Patil (R) and Belur Gopalakrishna (L), resigned from the Karnataka Legislative Assembly on Monday BENGALURU: Two Congress MLAs resigned from the Karnataka Legislative assembly on Monday after they were left out of the state cabinet expansion. Indi MLA Yashavantarayagouda V Patil and Sagar MLA Belur Gopalakrishna announced their resignations ahead…

BJP leader Ramesh Bidhuri (L, Photo credit: X/@Ramesh Bidhuri) alleged locksmiths and puncture repairers outnumbered students at a recent protest NEW DELHI: Senior BJP leader Ramesh Bidhuri on Sunday alleged that “puncture banane wale aur tala banane wale” (those who fix tyre punctures and locksmiths) outnumbered students at the recent Jantar Mantar protest against the…