Scroll, feel, repeat: How social media made parasocial love universal In 2025, parasocial became the Cambridge Dictionary’s Word of the Year — and honestly, could there be a more fitting choice? We now live in a world where emotional closeness is streamed, intimacy is performed, and connection is consumed in square tiles on our screens….
With the release of the trailer of Dining With the Kapoors, fans were eager to peek inside one of Hindi cinema’s most celebrated families — and, naturally, their love for food.With the release of the trailer of Dining With the Kapoors, fans were eager to peek inside one of Hindi cinema’s most celebrated families —…
GURGAON: A seven-year-old boy playing outside his house with his father was crushed to death by a car being driven by a teenager in Maruti Kunj on Friday evening.Witnesses recalled the sudden roar of a Maruti SX4 as it sped down the narrow lane and crashed into Yohan, a Class II student. The boy was…
PANAJI: In yet another possible PR disaster for Goa tourism, two foreign women, a DJ and an actress, took to social media to allege verbal abuse by Goa police personnel on a routine stop around midnight on Wednesday.The first woman, who goes by the username Krispie_Kristina and describes herself as a ‘celebrity DJ’, said that…
AHMEDABAD: A 19-year-old BBA student’s complaint of sexual harassment inside a lift in Vejalpur led police to a surprising revelation: the accused is inspector Barkat Chavda from the Gandhinagar control room. The student had initially identified the attacker only as a sixth-floor resident. Police have collected CCTV recordings and are questioning society members. A formal…
NEW DELHI: Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said the borders “can change” and as he hinted that Sindh, which went to Pakistan during Partition, could “return to India again someday,” stressing the region’s deep civilisational ties with the country.Speaking at an event, he said, “Today, the land of Sindh may not be a part…
NEW DELHI: A classmate of 16-year-old Shourya Patil, a Class X student of St Columba’s School who died by suicide, alleged that one of the accused teachers would often use him as an example of under-performing students.Students also claimed that Patil had informed the school counsellor about having suicidal thoughts weeks before his death, but…
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi (ANI photo) Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Sunday alleged that “chaos” has gripped the country in the name of the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, claiming that 16 Booth Level Officers (BLOs) have died due to work-related stress.The SIR exercise is currently under…
Canada is gearing up for a major revamp of its citizenship laws, a move that could benefit thousands of Indian-origin families. Bill C-3, which amends Canada’s Citizenship Act, has recently received royal assent, marking a key step towards its implementation. The law is not yet in force — the federal government must still fix the…
NEW DELHI: Wing Commander Afshan saluted her husband, Wing Commander Namansh Syal, as she paid her last respects to him. Wing Commander Namansh Syal lost his life in the LCA Tejas crash in Dubai on 21st November.The mortal remains of Wing Commander Namansh Syal were brought to his native village of Patialkar in Himachal Pradesh’s…
