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Speaking in Washington after the success of three progressive candidates in New York's Democratic primary elections this week, Trump called left-wing ideology an "uncontrollable form of cancer" that will ensure America is "taken down."
Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president Mahesh Kumar Goud, MLC Balmoor Venkat and students at the launch of “Chhatron Ki Goonj” campaign in Hyderabad | Photo Credit: BY ARRANGEMENT The Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) launched the “Chhatron Ki Goonj” campaign in Hyderabad, calling for educational reforms and improved employment opportunities for youth.The programme, organised under the aegis of the All India Congress Committee (AICC), was attended by Vikrant Bhuria, ST Cell chief. Also present were TPCC president Mahesh Kumar Goud, MLC Balmoor Venkat and several NEET aspirants and students.During the event, campaign posters and pamphlets were unveiled, and details of the nationwide outreach programme were announced.Addressing the gathering, Vikrant Bhuria alleged that the policies of the BJP-led Central government had created uncertainty about the future of students and youth across the country. He said that Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, had launched a nationwide movement to amplify the concerns of students and unemployed youth. Mr. Bhuria said Rahul Gandhi was directly engaging with students and job seekers to understand their challenges, suggestions and experiences.According to the campaign schedule, groundwork and mobilisation activities, including pamphlet distribution, corner meetings and student outreach programmes, will begin in 28 cities from June 30. Weekly student engagement programmes, campus outreach initiatives and Ambedkar Samvaad events will be held throughout July. Simultaneous Collectorate gheraos are planned in all 28 participating cities on August 1, followed by a Delhi Sansad Gherao on August 9. Published - June 26, 2026 11:57 am IST
12 minutes agoHenry MooreNurPhoto via Getty ImagesZelensky was presented with the Order of the White Eagle by then-President Andrzej Duda in 2023Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky has been stripped of Poland's highest state honour, the Order of the White Eagle, over Kyiv's decision to name a military unit after controversial World War Two fighters.Polish President Karol Nawrocki branded Ukraine's decision late last month to name the unit after the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) "outrageous", "incomprehensible" and "deeply disappointing".Nawrocki stressed the diplomatic row would not impact Poland's support for Ukraine against Russia.Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha denounced Warsaw's move, calling it a "strategic mistake" and "disrespectful".Many in Ukraine regard the UPA, which existed in the 1940s and 1950s, as heroes who fought for Ukrainian independence against the Soviet Red Army as well as Nazi Germany and Polish authorities. So for Ukrainians the title "Heroes of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army" is a major honour.Poland, however, accuses the UPA of carrying out a genocide of ethnic Poles in Volhynia (now Volyn in Ukraine) in 1943-45."For the overwhelming majority of Polish society, the UPA remains, above all, a formation responsible for the brutal crimes committed against citizens of the Republic of Poland during World War II," Nawrocki said in a video released on the president's official website."That is why the Ukrainian authorities' decision to glorify the UPA is not only outrageous, it is also incomprehensible and deeply disappointing," he said."It hurts not only our historical memory. It also undermines the trust built up over the years and in recent months," he added.The Polish president pointed to the hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian refugees welcomed into the country following the launch of Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022."Poles opened their borders, their homes, and their hearts to millions of Ukrainians," he said.ReutersPoland's President Karol Nawrocki (left) said the decision to strip Volodymyr Zelensky's Order of the White Eagle would not impact Warsaw's support for Kyiv against RussiaHe went on to say: "Ukraine's path toward European structures also requires a willingness to honestly confront the difficult chapters of its own history. "A united Europe was built on the rejection of totalitarianism and the cult of violence. These principles must apply to everyone. For those who do not understand this, there can be no place in the European Union, and Poland will certainly not allow it."Ukraine has ambitions to become an EU member state and attended the first phase of membership negotiations this week in Luxembourg.For Ukraine, the UPA is a symbol of resistance and struggle for independence, even though Warsaw says about 100,000 ethnic Poles were killed in the Volhynia massacres.The group's red and black flag is often used by Ukrainian troops on the front line today. That's why Zelensky said he would use the UPA's name for a military unit, "with the aim of restoring the historical traditions of the national army".The Polish Order of the White Eagle was bestowed on Zelensky in 2023 by then-President Andrzej Duda.Zelensky himself has not directly commented on the row. But Sybiha called it "a strategic mistake by the President of Poland, from which only Moscow benefits".He said as a result of the announcement, he would be returning an award he received from Poland in 2022."No president of another country will dictate our history to us," he said.
Leader of Opposition in the Assembly R. Ashok and State BJP president B.Y. Vijayendra with party-elected candidates Lingaraj Patil and Raghu R., who emerged victorious in the Council elections. Cross-voting by at least three BJP MLAs, which could be as many as six, in favour of the Congress in the Council elections held on Thursday, has left the party red-faced, especially at a time when several opposition MPs elsewhere in the country appear to be breaking away from their parties and extending support to the National Democratic Alliance (NDA).Three or six? Leader of Opposition in the Assembly R. Ashok told mediapersons that three of their MLAs had cross-voted in favour of the Congress. “We will definitely find out who cross-voted and betrayed the party. It will come out. The party will take suitable action against them,” he said.The BJP has a strength of 63 MLAs in the Assembly. The party had allotted 30 votes each to its two candidates, Raghu Kautilya and Lingaraj Patil. While Mr. Kautilya secured 29 votes, with one vote declared invalid, Mr. Patil polled 27 votes. He did not secure the required number of votes in the first round and eventually won with the help of second-preference votes, further embarrassing the party. Mr. Ashok argued that at least three BJP MLAs had cross-voted.However, the BJP had allotted four votes — three from its MLAs and one from expelled MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal (who had announced support to the BJP) — to the JD(S). While the BJP maintains that these votes were transferred, JD(S) sources claim this did not happen. Excluding Mr. Yatnal’s vote, who is not bound to any party, the extent of cross-voting from the BJP could go up to six.‘Changes bound to happen’The fiasco is likely to lead to structural changes in the State leadership of the party, which was already under contemplation, sources said. “This is a clear reflection of the sorry state of affairs in the party — disgruntlement, factionalism, lack of control over MLAs and opposition to the alliance with the JD(S),” a senior party leader, who did not wish to be named, said.“Coming just two years before the Assembly polls in the State, the party high command will not take this lightly and is likely to tighten control over the State unit,” he added. Another leader said Union Home Minister Amit Shah would not take defections from the BJP lightly.The term of party president B.Y. Vijayendra — against whose leadership there has been open rebellion — ends in November. There has also been speculation that the party may appoint a new Leader of Opposition in the Assembly, given that D.K. Shivakumar, a Vokkaliga, has assumed charge. The current Leader of Opposition, Mr. Ashok, is also a Vokkaliga.However, another senior leader said that only Mr. Vijayendra and Mr. Ashok cannot be blamed, arguing that it was a failure of the collective leadership. He added that some leaders had been “driving factionalism” ever since Mr. Vijayendra took charge. Published - June 18, 2026 09:49 pm IST
3 min readNew DelhiJun 18, 2026 04:24 PM IST Aman Sanger, the Indian-origin co-founder of Cursor, is in the spotlight following SpaceX’s proposed $60 billion acquisition of the AI coding startup. (Express Image: Cursor/LinkedIn)Elon Musk’s SpaceX has agreed to acquire Anysphere, the startup behind the artificial intelligence (AI)-powered coding assistant Cursor, in a deal valued at $60 billion, drawing attention to Aman Sanger, one of the company’s co-founders and a rising name in the AI industry. The proposed acquisition is among the largest transactions involving an AI software company and reflects growing interest in tools that use AI to assist software developers.Cursor, which was founded in 2022, has emerged as one of the fastest-growing startups in the AI-assisted coding space, attracting millions of users. Sanger co-founded the company along with Michael Truell, Sualeh Asif, and Arvid Lunnemark while they were students at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Indian roots and early years Sanger, 25, was raised in New York. His father, Arvind Sanger, is an IIT Bombay alumnus and founder of investment firm Geosphere Capital, while his mother, Shilpa Sanger, is an orthodontist, entrepreneur and angel investor. According to reports, Sanger developed an interest in programming at a young age and began coding as a teenager. His academic journey eventually took him to MIT, where he studied Computer Science and met the future co-founders of Cursor. Before launching the startup, Sanger also gained experience through internships at major organisations, including Google and Bridgewater Associates. A Forbes report suggests he was involved in AI-related projects even before founding Cursor. Building Cursor The founders launched their company, Anysphere, in 2022 with the aim of building practical AI tools. Initially, they developed products related to computer-aided design, but later shifted their focus to software engineering after recognising a larger opportunity in developer tools.Story continues below this ad That pivot led to the creation of Cursor, an AI-powered code editor designed to help developers write, edit and understand software more efficiently. Unlike traditional coding assistants that mainly provide autocomplete suggestions, Cursor can analyse larger codebases, answer questions about software projects and generate code based on user prompts. The platform has become popular among individual developers as well as enterprise customers looking to improve productivity. Rapid growth As demand for AI-powered developer tools increased, Cursor experienced rapid growth. The company attracted funding from prominent investors and reached multibillion-dollar valuations through successive funding rounds. The proposed SpaceX acquisition values Cursor at $60 billion, underscoring the increasing strategic importance of AI coding tools as businesses seek to integrate AI into their software development workflows.Story continues below this ad Why the deal matters The transaction highlights how AI-powered developer platforms have become a key battleground in the technology industry. It also places Aman Sanger among a growing group of Indian-origin entrepreneurs making their mark in the global AI ecosystem. For Sanger, the deal marks a significant milestone in a journey that began with learning to code as a teenager and led to the creation of one of the industry’s most closely watched AI startups. (This article has been curated by Shivani P Menon, who is an intern with The Indian Express)
TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee. File. | Photo Credit: PTI The Enforcement Directorate questioned Trinamool Congress general secretary Abhishek Banerjee for 11 hours on Monday (June 15, 2026), in connection with the alleged primary school jobs scam case.Mr. Banerjee arrived at the ED’s CGO Complex office at 11 a.m. in response to a summons in a money laundering probe linked to alleged irregularities in the recruitment of primary school teachers. He left the office at night.“I was questioned for over eight hours yesterday [on Sunday] and for 11 hours today [Monday]. This is a 2023 case and I have appeared before the agency 10-12 times. I won’t say whether there is a political pressure or not. The less said of the BJP, the better. On the one side, they break our party and indulge in post-poll violence. Even if you slit my throat, I won’t cower down... I will appear before the agency if they summon me even in the future,” Mr. Banerjee said, while leaving the ED office.Officials said Mr. Banerjee was questioned over the alleged money trail in the scam. “He was asked questions regarding some financial documents, digital records, and statements of other accused to trace the alleged proceeds of crime. Investigators sought details about who handled the funds, how they were moved across accounts and entities, and whether these transactions were layered to conceal their origin,” said an officer on the request of anonymity.The ED questioning came a day after Mr. Banerjee was quizzed by the West Bengal CID in connection with the alleged forgery of Trinamool Congress MLAs’ signatures on documents related to the appointment of the Leader of Opposition in the State Assembly.He is also scheduled to appear before the CID again on Tuesday in connection with the same case. Meanwhile, a court in West Bengal’s Paschim Medinipur district issued an arrest warrant on Monday against Sumit Roy, a close aide of Mr. Banerjee, in connection with an alleged land scam case.Mr. Roy, meanwhile, approached the Calcutta High Court seeking anticipatory bail. His counsel mentioned the matter before the Bench of Justice Joy Sengupta, and the plea is likely to come up for hearing later this week.Trinamool Congress MLA and former Minister Rathin Ghosh also appeared before the ED on Monday in connection with the alleged municipal recruitment scam. Former Minister Sujit Bose was arrested in the same case on May 11. Published - June 15, 2026 11:33 am IST
In Brief Posted: 10:26 AM PDT · June 12, 2026 Image Credits:Beata Zawrzel / NurPhoto / Getty Images Google is suing to dismantle the infrastructure behind an alleged massive AI-powered cybercrime operation. On Friday, the tech giant announced a lawsuit against an alleged Chinese cybercrime network called Outsider Enterprise, which Google says uses AI in its campaigns to send scam text messages impersonating Google and other brands to steal passwords and credit card numbers. Outsider Enterprise has financially scammed “hundreds of thousands of victims” with losses “estimated in the millions.” The group deployed 9,000 fake websites, 1 million fraudulent web domains, and 2.5 million texts sent to Android users in a two-week period, according to Google. “55,000 spam texts were flagged by Android users in just two weeks this past May — that’s more than two text spam complaints a minute,” Google said. Google said it uses “AI-powered tools to fight AI-powered scams”, which enable the company to detect scams and alert users of suspicious calls and text messages, leading to the interception of more than 10 billion scam messages a month. The company said it has been collaborating with AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon to block the scam text messages and said it is coordinating with the FBI, which is taking unspecified law enforcement actions. The FBI did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Topics Subscribe for the industry’s biggest tech news Latest in Security
After you’ve worked on rockets that find their way to outer space, it can be hard to come up with a second act. For SpaceX alumni Andrew Redd, it meant looking deep in the ocean. Redd, who grew up in the Pacific Northwest, a region affected by uncharacteristic heat waves and catastrophic fires in recent years, knew he wanted to tackle something in renewable energy. “But the experience at a very hardcore company like SpaceX made me realize that I can’t just come up with an incremental solution. It actually has to be brand new and it has to be approached from first principles,” according to Redd, who was an engineer on Dragon and Starship at SpaceX. Redd left SpaceX and founded Endurance Energy, a startup that has raised a $54 million Series A to eventually harness terawatts of geothermal energy deep in the ocean, TechCrunch has learned. Founders Fund led the round with participation from 72 Ventures, Construct Captial, Felisis Ventures, First Round Capital, Riot Ventures, and Voyager Ventures. The new funding will allow the company to develop its plans for power plants at a time of surging energy demand from AI data centers, electric vehicles, and heavy industry. Since founding the company last year, Redd has grown the team to 21 employees, 11 of whom used to work at SpaceX. The company’s vice president of engineering previously worked at Helion Energy, the fusion startup. Geothermal energy isn’t a new idea — humans have been using the Earth’s heat for millennia, whether it be from spa-like hot springs or geothermal power plants. But Redd, drawing on his experience at SpaceX, figured there was another opportunity people were overlooking. Here’s how he distilled the problem: Any future energy source should be renewable, or at least non-polluting, in his opinion. “That’s my non-negotiable,” said Reed, who is CEO of Endurance. It should also be available 24/7 — or baseload power, as the industry calls it — and it should quickly deployable and able to generate tens or hundreds of gigawatts of electricity, according to Redd. He quickly ruled out nuclear power because regulatory and construction timelines can stretch on for years. Solar and wind aren’t available 24/7 without batteries, and hydropower is limited in where it can be built (plus all the good spots have been taken). That left geothermal. “Geothermal is the only real deployable, baseload renewable,” he said. “But why is it only 0.4% of U.S. energy?” There are other startups pursuing geothermal, including Fervo and Zanskar. But those companies need to drill thousands of feet into the Earth’s crust to access temperatures hot enough to drive a power plant. So far, the best opportunities for many geothermal startups has been in the Western U.S., far from large population centers. The best places to drill, where the crust is thin and magma flows close to the surface, like in Iceland or California, have long been claimed. More recently, startups like Fervo Energy, XGS Energy, and Sage Geosystems have found other sites, but to find rocks that are hot enough to drive a power plant, they need to drill thousands of feed deeper. Those locations have so far been away from large population centers. But no one has tapped the oceans. At several points around the globe, the Earth’s tectonic plates are spreading apart, allowing hot magma to flow to the surface. The U.S. West Coast, Japan, and a good chunk of Southeast Asia are near the so-called Ring of Fire, the geologically active zone that encircles the Pacific Ocean. Heading out to sea poses several challenges. Operating underwater, at the depths Endurance is proposing, isn’t easy. Robots will need to do much of the work. Saltwater is famously corrosive, so anything placed down there will have to be hardened against both water pressure and corrosion. But Redd said those are surmountable hurdles, pointing to the oil and gas industry’s decades of experience drilling in the ocean. Endurance’s work should pose less risk to th
Jupiter and Venus approach conjunction behind Rocca Calascio castle in Italy on April 30, 2022. (Image credit: Lorenzo Di Cola/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Shortly after sunset on June 9, Venus and Jupiter will look very close together, in what is known as a planetary conjunction.Sunlight will reflect off the cloudy tops of Venus and Jupiter before journeying millions of miles to enter Earth's sky in almost the same place, making the planets appear very close to one another on Tuesday (June 9). But in reality, the two planets will be separated by at least four Earth-sun distances in space.A conjunction between Jupiter and Venus also happened just ten months ago, in August 2025. Before that, in May 2024, preceded by March 2023. Its occurrence roughly once every year is a sign of a wonderful arrangement of planets that may be absent around other stars. And as it turns out, the conditions that set Venus and Jupiter up for their conjunction are the same that are critical for life to survive on Earth.'Pie' in the skyThanks to the explosion of exoplanet discoveries over the past decade, planetary scientists like Kat Volk, who works at the Planetary Science Institute in Tucson, Arizona, know there are many distant worlds taking wonky and puffed-up loops around their parent stars. But the solar system is more like a pie of pizza.The flat-disk shape means that, although the sky is a huge dome above our heads, the planets can only appear in part of it.Venus, Jupiter, and their planetary siblings travel in almost concentric circles around the sun. That means that the planets appear just a handful of degrees above or below the sun's apparent path through the sky, called the ecliptic. (The ecliptic is really the Earth's orbital plane, but from our perspective it appears as though the sun is in motion.)The Earth's orbital plane is only tilted a little relative to the average plane of the solar system, called the invariable plane, Volk tells Space.com."That's why, as we're watching them in the sky, they're all kind of following a path along the ecliptic plane."It's all reflective of how the sun and the planets formed, said Volk."When the sun was being born out of some cloud of gas and dust, it was collapsing down to form the star. Then, angular momentum caused the material surrounding that [star], that didn't make it into the sun, to form a disk that is rotating and orbiting around the star. The really massive bodies in the solar system — the planets — tended to form within that disk," said Volk. A simulated view of the orbits of the planets on June 9, 2026. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech)But no two stars are the same. Some systems deviate significantly from this proto-structure. "If there's another Earth out there, there's no guarantee that the observers on that 'Earth' would see the same kind of nice ecliptic plane that we see in our solar system."Our cosmic neighborhood is flat and relatively circular, but that is not universal. "The sun isn't by itself in the galaxy," said Volk. "A lot of stars form in clusters. Sometimes stars actually interrupt and interact with each other," which could boot baby planets into a "wider range of inclinations."Larger planetary tilts may have happened in the ancient past to our solar system. But after the gas giants migrated from nearer to the sun to the cold reaches they inhabit today, the inner planets and the remaining mass of small bodies like comets and asteroids likely helped to balance out their orbits.As a result, Earth gets to inhabit what's known as a "dynamically cold" configuration. The planets coast past one another on the ecliptic, and appear to us to nuzzle one another every so often. Jupiter and Venus as seen during conjunction over Italy on April 30, 2022. (Image credit: Lorenzo Di Cola/NurPhoto via Getty Images)The planetary dance and life on EarthThese celestial musings are a symptom of a solar system that supports life on Earth. Orbital dynamics control the distance a planet is from
3 min readNew DelhiJun 7, 2026 06:47 AM IST The drive comes in the wake of a fire at Flourish Stay bed-and-breakfast (B&B) in Hauz Rani, Malviya Nagar, which claimed 22 lives.As part of a citywide drive against illegal and unauthorised structures in the Capital, the District Level Committee of the Delhi government sealed 124 properties on Saturday, officials said. The drive comes in the wake of a fire at Flourish Stay bed-and-breakfast (B&B) in Hauz Rani, Malviya Nagar, which claimed 22 lives. On Saturday, notices were issued to violators after inspections were carried out at 10 sites each in North District and East District, officials said. While 21 sites were inspected in the West District, the number stood at 13 in the South-West District and 10 in the Central District (North), they added.“During inspections of 30 sites in South District, 11 premises were sealed while show-cause notices were issued in 19 cases,” said officials. In the North-West District, three unauthorised buildings were demolished for violating building by-laws. “No violations were found during inspections in the South-East District,” said the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) in a statement. In a separate drive against illegal constructions that began on Monday, MCD officials said demolition action had been carried out against 94 properties and 114 properties were sealed between June 1 and June 6. This drive, however, was triggered by a building collapse at Saidulajab near Saket Metro station on May 30 that claimed six lives. As per MCD officials, 84 show-cause notices were issued in cases of unauthorised construction, sealing notices were sent to 41 properties, and 33 demolition orders were also issued. “Delhi Government is not limiting itself to enforcement action but is also working in action mode on long-term solutions to the problem. She has directed officials to explore the possibility of developing a third-party insurance system for buildings, guest houses, nursing homes, and other public-use structures that witness large public footfall,” said the CMO. According to officials, stringent action will be taken if serious violations of approved building plans are detected, including removing the concerned architect from the panel and blacklisting them with immediate effect.Story continues below this ad Further, DDA’s Flying Squad and Quick Response Teams (QRTs) have been asked to intensify the identification and removal of encroachment and illegal construction across the city, officials added. On June 3, a day after the blaze at the B&B, the Delhi government constituted 13 district-level and 39 sub-division-level committees to conduct a citywide survey of all buildings with six storeys (ground plus five floors) and above, including hospitals and nursing homes, to determine whether they are violating fire safety norms. Officers said the preliminary inspection of the B&B had allegedly uncovered multiple violations, including the lack of a fire No Objection Certificate (NOC).
Just nowKayla EpsteinGetty ImagesJohn Bolton, a onetime national security advisor to Donald Trump who evolved into one of his most prominent critics, has reached a deal to plead guilty in his federal classified documents case, according to two people familiar with the matter.Federal prosecutors indicted Bolton last year on 18 counts related to improper handling of classified material. Bolton initially pleaded not guilty.He will plead guilty to one count of retention of national defence information and will pay a $2.25m fine, both people said, requesting anonymity to discuss the not-yet-public deal.Bolton is expected to enter his plea at a re-arraignment hearing on 26 June.A spokesman for the US attorney's office in Maryland, the division handling the case, noted the hearing date to the BBC but did not comment further. The justice department declined to comment.The agreement would have to be approved by a judge before being finalized.The plea deal also recommends no jail time, according to one person familiar with the agreement, but it would fall to a judge at a separate sentencing hearing to decide a sentence.The charge carries a potential penalty of up to 60 months in prison.The justice department charged Bolton last October, accusing him of putting the public at risk by allegedly mishandling classified documents, some designated as top secret or sensitive compartmented information, during and after his stint as Trump's national security advisor between April 2018 and September 2019.Some of those documents related to "diary-like" entries from his time as national security advisor, which contained national defence information classified up to the top secret level, the indictment alleged. Bolton was accused of transmitting some of these materials to two relatives, as he wrote his book about his time as national security advisor.The single charge to which Bolton will plead guilty relates to the diary-like entries, the individuals familiar with his plea deal told the BBC.Bolton's indictment came on the heels of other high profile criminal cases brought against Trump critics, including former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James.Bolton has spoken critically of Trump since leaving his first administration, and wrote a book that contained criticism of the president. Trump has suggested that Bolton should go to jail.But former federal prosecutors and other legal experts told the BBC that Bolton's case stood apart from prosecution of other Trump critics due to the evidence gathered by prosecutors."The ambassador has admitted to what he has done," one of the people familiar with Bolton's plea deal told the BBC.Bolton also understood that if he continued to fight the case, "other classified information might have been released in his defence" and he did not want to "damage" the United States, the person said."Unlike others, he's stood up and said he takes responsibility," the person added.
5 min readMumbaiJun 1, 2026 11:56 AM IST Bobby Deol talks about son Aryman and wife Tanya (Photos: Bobby Deol / Instagram) Actor Bobby Deol has been witnessing great professional success ever since he returned to the screens with a diverse body of work, starting with the web series Aashram in 2020, followed by Animal, and then Ba***ds Of Bollywood. Before this, there was a long phase of professional downtime for Bobby Deol, during which he battled alcohol addiction and other challenges. Recently, in a conversation with Rajat Sharma on Aap Ki Adalat, the actor spoke about his downtime and also addressed rumors about his wife Tanya leaving him during his bad phase. Bobby Deol on alcohol addiction during his dull professional phase Revisiting the time when things were not working out for him in the industry, Bobby Deol found solace in alcohol. Looking back, he said, “When you give up, you get into self-pity. It’s human nature. You feel your world is over, no one likes you, and then you get addicted to a few things which help sedate you. Even my father loved to drink, and I too started drinking and got addicted. But my wife helped me out of it.”Also Read: ‘Alia Bhatt, Ranbir Kapoor are my favourites’: Bobby Deol says no tiffs on Alpha set “If Tanya wasn’t in my life, I wouldn’t be sitting here today. She took care of our house financially. She was working and bearing all the expenses at home. It was when my children started asking why I was always sitting at home and their mother would go to the office that something snapped within me and I decided to work on myself,” Bobby further added. Bobby Deol on rumors about wife Tanya walking out of his life The actor also addressed rumors of his wife Tanya walking out of the marriage during his bad phase. He said, “Feels like I am hearing a joke. Women are so strong mentally and emotionally; my wife never left me. She would threaten to leave me if I didn’t stop drinking, but she never did, and I continued to drink. But that was never the case.” Bobby also revealed how he has an addiction to online shopping and shared how his wife Tanya often scolds him over the bill. He added, “I have a bad habit of shopping online when I am unable to sleep; the next day Tanya pulls me up for the bill. Later she styles me in those clothes and gets the credit, and I tell her that she shouted at me for nothing. It has been 30 years, and I have become so spoilt that I don’t know what to wear until she guides me. She has pampered me and my sons.” Bobby Deol on his sons wanting to be actors Bobby Deol also spoke about how both his sons – Aryaman and Dharam aspire to be actors. He said, “My younger son is very talented; he has technical know-how of editing, sound effects, dubbing, and photography. He worked on his physique and dancing skills. After COVID, he got mentally affected and would fear taking off his mask; my good friend Avinash Gowariker mentored him for a year. My younger son clicks most of my photos. Both my sons want to be heroes; this industry is such. My sons have seen all this and grown up. My elder son studied finance at NYU (New York University), so I thought maybe he would do something different, settle abroad, and I would visit him for vacations. But he wanted to be an actor. Now he is doing acting courses.” Last year, talking about the attention his elder son Aryaman has been getting, Bobby Deol told Hindustan Times, “I feel happy when people praise my sons and talk about them, though it comes with stress too because people have high expectations. Both want to become actors, but I prefer keeping them away from the limelight. My younger one is shy, but my elder one will soon make his entry. I always tell them, you’ve seen how your father reinvented his career. Even being an insider doesn’t make things easy. They’re working hard, truly from the heart, and all they need is your love and blessings.” On the work front, Bobby Deol will be seen in YRF’s spy universe film Alpha starring Alia Bh
