{"id":34596,"date":"2026-08-25T08:21:25","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T02:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/petrolnews.in\/live\/engineer-rides-elephant-to-office\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T08:21:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T02:51:25","slug":"engineer-rides-elephant-to-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/petrolnews.in\/live\/engineer-rides-elephant-to-office\/","title":{"rendered":"Engineer Rides Elephant to Office"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<article class=\"bf64dc76\">\n<div class=\"f3e032cb\"><picture class=\"c62bd949\" style=\"visibility:visible\"><source media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.bhaskarassets.com\/webp\/thumb\/360x0\/web2images\/1884\/2026\/08\/24\/comp-71_1787593129.gif\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.bhaskarassets.com\/webp\/thumb\/512x0\/web2images\/1884\/2026\/08\/24\/comp-71_1787593129.gif\"\/><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/images.bhaskarassets.com\/web2images\/1884\/2026\/08\/24\/comp-71_1787593129.gif\" alt=\"\" loading=\"eager\" class=\"f97587ba\"\/><\/picture><\/div>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"word-break:break-word;text-align:left;white-space:pre-line\">From a humanoid robot becoming the chief guest at a shop opening in Ujjain to a rat biting a passenger\u2019s nose in a First AC train coach, these five unusual stories have caught people\u2019s attention.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:0\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"word-break:break-word;text-align:left;white-space:pre-line\">An engineer celebrated his birthday by riding an elephant to his office, while a woman\u2019s house in Karnataka yielded \u20b98.40 lakh in cash and coins after her death. 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