He enjoys playing with electric current!

Touching a heater when the electric switch is on, is something that is dangerous, could even be fatal. But Saroj Kumar of Uttar Pradesh loves playing with electric current.

Believe it or not, Saroj Kumar of Parankha Village in Uttar Pradesh's Hardoi District can touch an electric heater with bare hands and still remain safe and sound. The 29-year-old has an unusual immunity to electric current. Read more................He enjoys playing with electric current!

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A Club for people with negative blood group

A non-government organisation (NGO) named Medical Bank in Kolkata in West Bengal state of India has opened a club for people with negative blood group.

The NGO has opened "Negative Blood Group Club" to help in emergency, as it turns a crisis during medical emergency. On an average, one in every 4,000 people has AB negative blood group. The ratio of A, B or O negative blood is 1:1000. Read more...............Kolkata has a club for people with negative blood group

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UFO Sighted in Kolkata

As per Aaj Tak TV channel report a bright spherical object, streaking across the eastern sky have left many Kolkata residents intrigued.

A claim by a senior executive of a private company that he had captured on video camera an unidentified object in the eastern sky early Monday had left scientists and the media in a tizzy, triggering a frenzy among people to spot the object.

Farhan Akhtar claimed to have captured the bright multi-coloured object from his 10th floor flat at Kalikapur in east Kolkata in West Bengal state of India, around 3.20 a.m. Monday. He said the phenomenon lasted for around three hours and disappeared when daylight appeared.

The video footage of the object, as telecast on a Bengali television channel, showed the fireball changing its shape from a round object to a triangle and then turning into a straight line.

The object, spotted at a 30-degree angle from the horizon, also emitted a bright light that formed almost a halo and radiated a range of colours.

"If the person who shot the object with his handycam is to be believed, the fireball was seen moving from the east to the west. I first thought it could be a fragment of the Holmes Comet that had broken up on Oct 24, but if it is indeed a remnant of Holmes, it should have been seen in the western sky and also at 60 degrees above the horizon. But this is not the case here," M.P. Birla Planetarium director Debprosad Duari said.

"The object could be Venus because it is spotted in the eastern sky. But one cannot capture Venus on his handycam so close and so bright. So, if it is not Venus or a Holmes Comet, then it must be an optical illusion or just a figment of one's imagination," he said.

Duari said he would like to tally the claims made by a US citizen recently regarding sighting of an unidentified flying object with the claims made by the city-based executive.

Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics astro-particle physicist Kamalesh Kar said: "A cosmic body cannot change its appearance so rapidly. An expert needs to observe it for a longer period to comment on it. It is very difficult to draw any conclusion based on television pictures."

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Thief swallows diamond

A trickster in Mumbai in Maharashtra state of India tried to cheat a diamond merchant by swallowing the original jewel and replacing it with a flawed duplicate, but doctors at Mumbai's JJ Hospital X-rayed the accused, located the diamond and gave the man an enema to recover the stone 12 hours after he had gulped it down. Read full story............Thief swallows diamond, docs flush it out

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Man shoots Sister in parking lot rage

In India's Financial Capital Mumbai, Lalit D'Souza, who owns a chain of restaurants in the city, shot his sister Laurna six times after a heated argument over parking at their posh Cuffe Parade residence, Sainara, at around 3.30 am on Sunday.

Police said D’Souza, 37, and Laurna, 40, were in an inebriated state at the time and that they were not on good terms because of a property dispute. Read more..........Hotelier Lalit D'Souza shoots sis 6 times in parking lot rage

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Security guard shot at for an Orange

In India's capital New Delhi, a security guard was allegedly shot and injured by a colleague here for merely refusing to share an orange.Read more......Security guard shot at for an Orange

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Man gambles wife in India

During Durga Puja festivities that concluded recently in India, a man in a Bihar village staked his wife to another villager after he lost his money, land and possessions in gambling.

Umashankar Choudhary of Chaksaid village in Vaishali district gambled his wife, Sunanina Devi, to Manoj Singh of the same village.

'Umashankar gambled his wife when he lost his money, land, gold chain, motorcycle and even his watch in gambling,' said Mahavir Pal, a local politician.Read more......Man gambles wife in Bihar village

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Dead Boss's office looted by Employees

In an incident in Pimpri near Pune in Maharashtra state of India, three employees working in the office of their deceased boss took away important documents and cash from his office. Their Boss was a sharebroker & was recently killed in a road accident..............Employees loot dead boss's office

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'Dress Properly' for a morning walk

Now if you go for a morning walk, maintain decorum as you have rules to abide by. Early birds in Surat in Gujarat state of India were in for a bad start on Saturday when they were barred from entering the campus of Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, because they were in shorts! Read more.......'Dress right' for a morning walk

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New Yorker beaten in India for Demanding Dowry

Patiala (Punjab): As per Indian TV Channels report, a New York-based non-resident Indian (NRI) doctor was arrested here on Friday for demanding a dowry of Rs 50 lakh, but not before he and his family were given a sound thrashing by the bride's side for putting forth such a demand just before the wedding was to commence here.

The doctor, Gurpreet Singh, and his parents were arrested by the Patiala police after the girl's family filed a police complaint.

Singh and his relatives originally hail from Ludhiana district. They have been settled in the US for many years. They were assaulted and beaten up by the bride's family and friends at the Chahal Marriage Palace - an upscale wedding venue - here.

The groom, Gurpreet Singh, received sound thrashing from several relatives and his turban and other finery for the occasion went flying. His father was not spared either.

Total chaos prevailed at the marriage venue where hundreds of guests from both sides had gathered for the wedding. The police were called and they took the groom and his relatives away.

"I thought they would lynch the boy," said a relative who witnessed the scene at the wedding venue.

The bride, a doctor herself, refused to marry Gurpreet after the dowry demand was made on Thursday night. But the bride's family did not call off the wedding ceremony in order to teach the groom and his family a lesson in full public view.

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Doctors left locket in child's lungs

As per Indian TV channels report, doctors at the Delhi Government-run LNJP Hospital have allegedly left a locket inside a nine-month-old boy's chest after lung-surgery.

Uday was operated upon over the weekend and the locket, which he was wearing at the time of the surgery, was detected after a X-ray two days later.

Hospital Medical Superintendent and doctors were not available for comment. Surender Kumar Jha, the child's father, first admitted the child to Kasturba Gandhi Hospital on October 19 with complaints of cold, chest congestion and fever. ''He was referred to LNJP and was diagnosed with pleural effusion. The doctors said the boy needed an operation to drain out water and puss that had collected in his lungs,'' he said. ''After the surgery the child has been crying continuously.

After the X-ray I have been running after doctors to tell me what was happening but nobody helped,'' he added.

Mr Jha alleged that the hospital was trying to cover up the the incident and was trying to save its doctors.

The Indian Medical Association has sent a team to the hospital and are looking into the incident.

Delhi Health and Family Welfare Minister Yoganand Shastri has ordered an inquiry. ''In case negligence is proved, strict action will be taken against the erring doctors,'' he warned.

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Boy dies after being punished for reaching school late

Here is a 16-year-old student from Ahmedabad in Gujarat state of India who was told to run five times around his school ground for being late. Student collapsed after completing three rounds and died this morning before he could be taken to hospital.

Milan Tanna, usually punctual, had reached Narayan Guru School 15 minutes late and was ordered to do the rounds as part of what principal Taruna Ben claimed was “routine” punishment to “maintain discipline”.

It proved fatal as the Class XI student didn’t regain consciousness after he collapsed. By the time he was rushed to a hospital, he was dead. Read more.......Late for school, boy made to run to death

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Find Corporate Uniforms on rent

It is not only bridal dresses and jewellery that are available on rent. Now even corporate uniforms can be rented.

Chennai-based Lindstrom India Services Pvt Ltd, a 100-percent subsidiary of Finnish company Lindstrom Oy, has launched work wear services in India, which will include renting uniforms to firms.Read more.........Now, corporate uniforms on rent

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When 'New-age Draupadi' walked out with the winner

“ Ab hum apne apko daon par lagate hain. Jo jitega, hum par usi ka hak” hoga (now I put myself at stake. I will belong to whoever wins)."

The above words are of a woman from Teldiha village of Bihar's Banka district in India who lost herself away in a game of dice to a villager on Dussehra day.The 25-year-old woman was taken by the victor to his house from where she was 'rescued' and restored to her husband two days later after fellow villagers intervened.

In Mahabharat, Pandavas gambled away their wife Draupadi to Kauravas but this moderen day Draupadi, has been a regular visitor to the Jua Mela or gambling fair organised here during Dussehra. She always won "handsome amounts". This year too, she won Rs 1,400 during the initial one-hour game. Then her luck ran out and she ended up losing even her principal — Rs 700. "In exasperation, she yelled, “ ab hum apne apko daon par lagate hain. Jo jitega, hum par usi ka hak” hoga (now I put myself at stake. I will belong to whoever wins)." Read more..............................'New-age Draupadi' walks out with winner

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IT Employees found 'inappropriately' dressed sent home to change

In India IT is a hot word as India produces remarkably good IT professionals in the world. But here is one India’s top IT company "Tech Mahindra" with its head office in Pune in Maharashtra state which has enforced a strict dress code for its employees.

"Employees found "inappropriately" dressed are being sent home to change. Over 23,000 professionals work at Tech Mahindra's global network of 24 locations, including 11 development centres and 13 global sales offices."

Employees would be given a warning for the first offence. In case the offence is repeated, the employee will be slapped with a penalty of Rs 1,000, the dress code says. Read more.......Are you sure IT's proper dress?

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Elephants die after Beer binge

Six elephants, including three calves, died after raiding an Indian village's rice beer and rampaging through a paddy field where they were electrocuted, as per the officials and residents.

Enticed by the aroma of rice beer being brewed by local tribal people, a herd of about 40 wild elephants came sniffing around the village of Chandan Nukat, about 250km west of Shillong, the capital of the north-eastern state of Meghalaya.

The elephants gorged on the beer on Sunday night after taking apart casks kept outside by local villagers and ran through a nearby paddy field that had an electrical pole running through it. Read more.........Elephants die after beer binge

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Man burns wife in full public view

Two months ago, Babita from Gaya district in Bihar State of India was poisoned by her husband, a quack, for not bringing enough dowry. She survived, thanks to the spurious poison.

This time, however, Babita wasn't lucky. Sanjeet had poured kerosene over his wife before flinging a match stick. The police in Gaya district have registered a case of dowry death against Sanjeet and his parents after the incident in Maulanagar village over here........Read more........Man burns wife in full public view for dowry

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'Parents' kept their child chained along side the dog.

Here is an instance from a place "Idukki" in Kerala state of India where parents of a three-year-old child kept their child chained at home along side the family's pet dog. They were charged with attempt to murder and also under juvenile justice laws and were sent to judicial custody here.

The 'parents', Benny, 35, and Manju, 34, and Benny's father Antony, 65, were arrested after a relative of theirs brought the matter to light.

Visiting the home, the relative found the child, Araomal, chained along side the family's pet dog. Read more.......'Parents' nabbed for keeping child chained

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Private Detectives to Spy on Children

Here is new trend for the parents in Gujarat state of India where parents are hiring private detectives to spy on their teenage children during Navratri when late-night dance celebrations attract tens of thousands of youngsters.

"It is strange to pay someone to keep a night watch on my daughters but it is better than regretting later," said S. Doshi, a 42-year-old mother of two girls, aged 17 and 19. Read more..........Navratri is boom for private detectives

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Ravan, Kumbhakaran and Meghnad in Designer Clothes

The tradition may be centuries old in India but the look is definitely new. Effigies of Ravan, Meghnad and Kumbhakaran to be burnt here at Gandhi Maidan in Patna in Bihar state of India during Dusshera festivities have designer clothes this year.

'Designer clothes have replaced the traditional clothes of three effigies this year to make them more attractive to young people,' as per Ashok Sudhakar, the man behind the new look............Read more...........Ravan in designer clothes in Patna

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When, 'Witches' cure the ill by slapping them

A group of women, believed to be blessed with powers of witchcraft, claim to have treated people suffering from dreaded ailments like cancer and Aids by stroking or even slapping them - an annual tradition in a Chhattisgarh slum during the festive Navratri season.

As hundreds of people gathered at the banks of a pond at a slum called New Purena, on the outskirts of Raipur, about five women began their ‘healing’ with cries of “Maa Jagdambe” at midnight Friday.

They picked up a few children suffering from heart ailments, three women with cancer and two HIV-positive rickshaw pullers from the crowd of around 500. Read more............Here, 'witches' cure the ill by slapping them

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3-year-old Girl makes Musical album

She will turn three on Nov 2, but little Asthajitananda Bordoloi from Assam has already etched her name in history by cutting a musical album under the banner of HMV Saregama India Ltd.

By releasing the nine-track Assamese VCD titled 'Tumar Ganor Kulaat', Asthajitananda is said to have become one of the youngest Indian singers ever to have an album released under a big label like HMV. Read more........Three-year-old Assamese girl makes music history

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Tired at work? Your garment will massage you

Here is ajacket which will "massage" you — right in the middle of your all important board-room meeting, while driving, or even during a movie. This innovation, made of brown corduroy, has vibrators at the back and shoulders. If a massage is not enough to relax you, your favourite music on the click of a button, will do the trick. The right pocket of the jacket has a plug to attach an MP3 player or an iPod, the ear piece of which comes out right next to your ears.

These may not remain mere wishes any longer, with students of the National Institute of Design (NID) creating special garments to make you feel better. Read more.......Tired at work? Your garment will massage you

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Where Ravana is worshipped as son-in-law and learned man

The burning of Ravana's effigy marks the triumph of good over evil during Dussehra across the country but in two towns of Madhya Pradesh, Ravana is worshipped as a son-in-law and a learned man.

Members belonging to Hindu sect Namdeo Vaishnav Samaj in Mandsaur town, around 350 km from here, worship Ravana on Dussehra and believe that his wife Mandodari hailed from the town. So residents thus regard him as their son-in-law. Read more......A 35-feet, 10-headed statue Where Ravana is worshipped as son-in-law and learned man

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Where Durga gets a Gun salute during puja

Durga Puja is celebrated by the Jharkhand Armed Police in Ranchi not with the traditional incense and flowers but with a gun salute. And the deity is not a 10-armed idol of the goddess but a 'kalash' or a sacred urn!

What's more... apart from the goddess, sophisticated weapons like Self Loading Rifles, pistols, carbine guns and grenades are also worshipped at the Jharkhand Armed Police-1 (JAP-1) grounds in Ranchi. Read more.......Where Durga gets a gun salute during puja

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Beauty pageant to find Miss & Mr. Donkey

At Looniyawas, around 20 km from Jaipur in Rajasthan state of India, a donkey fair is held every year & it's on nowadays. It's a 500-year-old traditional donkey fair. Over here Donkeys from various parts of the country come for a three-day fair.

Traders have also caparisoned their donkeys and horses in a bid to entice the highest bidder.

"I came here on Thursday from Gujarat and since then I have been busy dressing up my donkeys. In today's world it is necessary to have good packaging to get a higher price," said Ram Singh, a donkey seller He said he must have put in at least Rs.1,000 on decking up his four donkeys.

As per Bhagwat Singh Rajawat, the vice-president of the fair organising committee, "We are trying our best to make the fair attractive, and on Saturday we have planned a beauty pageant where Miss Donkey and Mr. Donkey of the fair would be chosen by a panel of judges."

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Walk more to Charge Your Cellphone

A group of students in Surat in Gujarat state of India have developed a footwear which can generate enough electricity to charge a cellphone. Springs attached to the heel propels a small wheel attached to a dynamo to generate power.

So now if you walk more, you can talk more. Read more.......Walk more if you want to talk more

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Five Lions electrocuted in India

In a shocking instance, five Asiatic lions were electrocuted in Amreli district within the Gir forest range in Gujarat state of India.

Dead bodies of five lions in a field in the village has made forest department in state sit up. Preliminary examination has revealed that they were electrocuted accidentally. The village is near the Gir sanctuary the only abode of Asiatic lions in the world.

The incident took place when the lions tried to enter into a farm, which had electrified fencing. It happened about a week back. this came to the notice of the forest department when it launched search for five lions which were missing. The department tracks movement of all lions in the Gir forest, Chief conservator of Gir forest Bharat Pathak said.

Forest department found badly decomposed bodies of three lioness and two lions. On inquiry the farmer said that he had buried the dead lions to avoid any problem. the farmer Durlabhji Vadodoria and four others have been arrested in this case.

Inspection of the bodies confirms the accidental death, as the bodies are intact. There is no indication of any kind of poaching. Forest department sources say electrified fencing was a very common phenomenon in the region as wild animals like blue bull are a great threat to the farmers.

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Just Log on to attend Funeral

Christians in Chennai in Tamil Nadu state of India are figuring out a way to include the entire family at funerals, even if they cannot be physically present.

The Madras Cemeteries Board will soon start online telecast of funeral services, a move seen as keeping pace with the times, since several kin of the deceased stay too far away to make it the ritual. Read more.......Can't make it to funeral? Just log on

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Sister marries Brother

A Dalit girl, reported missing since October 7 and later traced by the police to Hulas Tola village in Bhojpur district in Bihar state of India, stunned everybody by claiming that she had married her own brother. Read full story..........Girl ties knot with brother

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A 50-foot tall Sandwich

After a 10-hour effort by 42 employees, a Kerala state resort prepared a 50-foot tall sandwich with an eye on breaking the world record for the tallest sandwich ever.

Uday Samudra Leisure Resort at Kovalam claimed it broke the existing record for the tallest sandwich, held by O'Brien's Irish Sandwich Bar that made a 42 feet tall sandwich April 25, 2003. Read full story.......This sandwich is for record books

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Cop wrote letters for 22 yrs to get back job

It took Subal Moharana from Harirajpur in Orissa state of India, 22 years to get back his job with Railway Protection Force after a dismissal for allegedly stealing 25 kg of coal from a wagon.Read full story.........Cop wrote letters for 22 yrs to get back job

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Where ailments are cured with hot iron rods!!!!!!!

Call it superstition, blind faith, lack of education, proper awareness or just the stupidity but residents of some villages in Jodhpur district in Rajasthan state of India would rather subject themselves to hot iron rod treatment at the hands of witch doctors instead of going to qualified doctors.

Most people of Doli, over 30 km from Jodhpur city, and nearby villages are all for the witch doctors’ prescription. And shockingly, the same treatment is given to sick animals as well!

Bruise marks can be seen on the bodies of a majority of villagers. Read more......Treating ailments with hot iron rods!

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Railway station, where dogs enjoy a feast every day

As the train reaches the Hind railway station in Uttar Pradesh state of India and the loco siren whistle hoots, several dogs run up to the drivers for their food.

The locomotive (engine) drivers of the trains running between Delhi and Saharanpur via Shamli, also known as the sugar-belt track, do not miss to feed dogs with Chapatis here.

"I am here for the last four years and ever since I came here all the drivers have been feeding the dogs here everyday," said S. P. Singh, Station Master of the Hind Railway Station.Read more.......Uttar Pradesh's Shamli railway station, where dogs enjoy a feast every day

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One in seven people go to bed hungry,every day in India

Today, India's benchmark Bombay Stock Excahnge Index ( BSE) crossed 19,000 & it is daily making new high records. India may be the second fastest growing economy in the world but it still has a long way to go in eradicating hunger where it is ranked at 94th position well behind neighbouring China and Pakistan, a global report says.

According to the latest Global Hunger Index 2007 from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), although India has improved its score of 25.03 on the index compared to 33.73 in 1990, it is lagging behind China and Pakistan ranked at 47th and 88th positions, out of the total list 118 countries, respectively.

The index is mainly based on proportion of undernourished in the population, prevalence of underweight in children under five years and those under-five mortality rate.

"One in seven people go to bed hungry every day. That's 854 million people worldwide. Hunger is one of the world's major problems and therefore one of its most important challenges," say the report's authors.


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A Dictionary of Demons

Intersted in knowing about the grandfather of the demon King Ravana? Or may be his children? Ravana, the archetypical 'Rakshasa,' was a gentleman yet ogre and son of a Brahmin, a great scholar of Sanskrit and devout worshipper of Shiva and if author Nandita Krishna, a Chennai-based historian and environmentalist is to be believed, Rama and Ravana did exist.........Read full story........Now, a dictionary of demons!

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Cash rewards to kill 400,000 rats

In India, north-eastern state of Mizoram has offered cash rewards for people to kill a population of an estimated 400,000 rats as widespread destruction of paddy crops by the ravenous rodents has sparked fears of a famine in the region,as per a news report "We are motivating villagers to kill rats and bring tails as evidence to local authorities," James Lalsianliana, the head of the state's rodent-control cell told, "We are awarding two rupees [5 cents] per rat killed."..........Read more.......Indian state offers cash rewards to kill 400,000 rats

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A Tree laden with books

A roadside tree at the gate of the Ambar Hall in Kothrud in Pune city in Maharashtra state of India is currently drawing huge crowds. The reason — instead of fruits and flowers, the tree is laden with books written in Marathi. Read full story here..............A tree to teach reading habits

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Trekker survives 32 days in dense forest

A man from Pune in Maharashtra state of India got lost in the dense forest of the Sahyadri ranges near Khandala & spent 32 days without food and potable water before finding his way back to civilisation. Read full story here.......Pune trekker survives 32 days in wild

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Many women justify wife beating in India

If you thought domestic violence was on the wane in India with the rise in education levels, take a look at these hard figures. Over 40% of women in a nationwide survey reported being beaten by their husbands at some point of time. More shockingly, around 54% of the women surveyed thought that such violence was justified on one ground or the other........Read full story here.............Many women justify wife beating

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Tree-frog inspires new super glue in India

INSPIRED by the toe pads of tree frogs and crickets, researchers in India have created a form of sticky coating that is both strong and reusable.

When conventional adhesive tape is pulled off a surface, cracks form on the tape, which also picks up dust and other particles, quickly losing its stickiness.

Writing in the journal Science, the researchers described how the toe pads of tree frogs contain 'microscopic channel patterns' that stop cracks from forming.Read more...........Tree-frog inspires new super glue in India

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Cats Protect Family From Snake

In Bhubaneswar city in Orissa state of India, a group of three domestic cats protected a family here from a poisonous cobra by preventing the snake's entry into the house.

The snake appeared in the front yard of the house of Santilata Das, a resident of Orissa's capital city Thursday morning when no one was at home, a local TV channel reported.

The cats surrounded the snake and did not allow it to enter the house. 'I came a few hours later and thanked the cats for protecting us,' Das was quoted as saying by the channel.

'They had also prevented the entry of a snake the same way last year,' she said.

Das's neighbours and local journalists rushed to witness the incident. Later, a volunteer from a city-based snake help line went to the house and captured the reptile.

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Superstitious doctors kill younger son to make elder 'smarter'

Here is another bizarre incident where blind faith and superstition won over science and logic & cost a 12-year-old boy his life.

The boy was killed by his own parents, Ashok and Pramila Malik - both of them doctors in Rohtak city in Haryana state of India - all because a tantrik (quack) told Pramila that she needs to transfuse the boy's blood into the body of his older brother to help him pass his medical exams.

Pramila and her Ashok made a cut in an artery in their younger son's neck and tried to transfuse the blood into the older one. Read more..........Doc parents kill younger son to make elder 'smarter'

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Man kills daughters to save wife's killers

In a bizarre incident, a man in a Jharkhand village killed his three daughters who were witness to his wife's murder, allegedly by his two sisters.

Nundev Yadav, a resident of Soraiyahat village in Dumka, around 450 km from here, killed his three daughters Sep 28. Lator he confessed to his crime................Read full story..........Man kills daughters to save wife's killers

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A Suicide every 5 minutes in India

It's a number that will send a chill down your spine: As many as 1.2 lakh people end their lives every year in India by committing suicide that comes out to be, a suicide every 5 minutes in India.

Besides that, more than four lakh people attempt to commit suicide. A majority of them have been found to be suffering from some sort of mental disorder or depression. Read full story here...........Suicidal cases show rising trend; Health Ministry to come up with Suicidal Prevention Programme

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In prison everything is available for a price

It happens only in India. In Madurai, Temple Town of South India, which is also called the Cultural capital of Tamil Nadu state of India, central prison inmates are having things going great as several facilities like -- cell phones, drugs, unauthorized visitors, food of choice, tobacco -- can be attained by paying money. Not even that, even prisoners can have their rivals killed too!!!!!!!!!!!.................Read full story..........In Madurai prison everything is available for a price

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Dead naxalite walks back to life

Hyherabad/Vijaywada:It seems to be a scene straight out of Bollywood potboiler. In July 2006, police handed over a decomposed body of a naxalite to his parents in the city, claiming that their son was ‘killed’ in Prakasam district. The shocked parents without a murmur performed his last rites.

But the joy of the family knew no bounds when they saw their son alive when on Monday, the police brought to the family a person arrested from Jaggaiahpet in Krishna along with an accomplice for establishing their identities. Read more......Dead naxal walks back to life in AP

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Driven to despair by hunger, man wants to be jailed

A young man from Orissa state of India said he wanted to go to prison as he “did not want to go hungry as his father abandoned his family to marry another woman”, was stopped from doing so. Read full story..........Driven to despair by hunger, man wants to be jailed

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Man puts up Son for sale to save Daughter

In a bizzare incident a landless labourer from Udaipur village in Kanpur Dehat in Uttar Pradesh state of India put up his son for sale to save his daughter from the clutches of death. Prospective buyers, who lined up at the hospital to buy the 14-day-old son, were later chased away by the hospital staff.

"Kya karta? Aur koi rasta bhi to nahin tha?" distraught father of the children, Ram Babu, told this correspondent from Kanpur. Read full story........Up man puts up son for sale to save daughter

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'Ghosts' haunt Indian school

The scare of ghosts is haunting 345 Class V students of Degri Girls High School in Domjur, Howrah near Calcutta in west bengal state of India. On Saturday, the school authorities were forced to suspend classes for the day after terror-struck students claimed seeing poltergeist activity.Read full story here.........'Ghosts' haunt Howrah school

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Pet's 'hostel' helps canine lovers to have a carefree vacation

Dog owners in Pune in Maharashtra state of India do not need to think twice for their pets' care, especially while going outstation, courtesy the "Dogs Training and Hostel", a dog hostel-cum-grooming centre here........Read full story here........Pet's 'hostel' helps Pune's canine lovers to have a carefree vacation

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Student impersonates doctor, examines female patients

Read an interesting story......Student impersonates doctor, examines female patients

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Judge ordered back to law school

Go, learn law again. In what could be a perfect example of irony, an Additional Sessions Judge of Delhi will go back to law school to gain basic knowledge of law and its procedures.

The decision was announced by the Delhi High Court after describing Additional Sessions Judge Rakesh Tewari ‘incompetent’.

The High Court ordered Judge Tewari to undergo training for three months in the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) at the Judicial Academy.

"Since the Additional Sessions Judge Rakesh Tewari does not have even elementary knowledge of the CrPC, it would be appropriate if he undergoes a refresher course at the Delhi Judicial Academy for the law at earliest for three months,” Justice V B Gupta said in an order.

Irked over a wrong judgement given by a Sessions Judge, the High Court Judge said, “It also seemed he did not know that the subordinate courts are constitutionally bound by the decisions of the High Courts.”

The case was of Rohit Kumar, an accused of power pilferage. Kumar had moved the High Court after Judge Tewari issued non-bailable warrants against him.

According to his lawyers, the High Court had stayed the arrest of Kumar till September 19. Despite it, the trial court took the petitioner into custody and denied him bail.

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Sai Baba's 'Moon miracle' fails

Puttaparthi (Andhra Pradesh) : As per one India TV channel report, It was a hoax by god man Satya Sai Baba's followers as thousands of people gathered at the airport here Thursday night after word spread that controversial god man Satya Sai Baba would be 'sighted' on the moon - but returned disappointed when the 'miracle' did not happen.

The 81-year-old Sai Baba was also present at the airport and later returned to his 'Prshanti Nilayam' ashram here in Anantapur district, about 500 km from state capital Hyderabad.

It all started when an official of the Sai Trust announced that the god man would make a 'moon appearance' 6-7 p.m., and asked devotees to proceed towards the airport.
Thousands of the Baba's devotees from neighboring villages rushed to the airport but were disappointed as a cloud cover hid the moon. They waited for an hour before dispersing.

Police had a tough time in clearing the traffic on the airport road to enable the Baba to return to his abode amid tight security. There was no word from Sai Trust as to why the 'miracle' failed to materialize.

His devotees believed that the clouds played spoilsport while rationalists termed it an attempt by Sai Trust to revive the Baba's waning popularity.

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Tomb of a Dog / 'Kutha Ka Qabr'

In Indian history, it was very common for Muslim rulers to raise tombs for themselves and also for their relatives but a tomb for a dog is something many would not have come across & may find it weird.

But here in Bidar in Karnataka state of India which is bestowed with many such magnificent tombs belonging to the rulers of the erstwhile Bahmani and Barid Shahi dynasties, there lies a "Kutha Ka Qabr" or "Tomb of a Dog", which is a small tomb dedicated to a devoted dog, which was killed by its master unknowingly.

This tomb of the dog has not got its due owing to the significance attached to the tombs of great rulers of the dynasties which ruled Bidar.

The tomb of the dog is located to the west of Ibrahim Barid’s tomb in the city. Ibrahim Barid was a ruler of Barid dynasty.

A Karnataka Tourism booklet says there is history behind the tomb. The booklet adds that a devoted dog saved the life of its master but was killed by its master under the mistaken impression that it had harmed his friend.

Later, learning about the dog’s devotion to him, the Muslim master raised a tomb over its grave. Read more.......In remembrance of a devoted pet

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School introduces comic books in history classes

Earlier there used to be a joke on college campuses that a thorough reading of comics was good enough to pass university exams. Now a school in Mumbai in Maharashtra state of India has actually included comics as part of their course materials for class VI. Read full story here........Mumbai school introduces comic books in history classes

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Man killed for Rs 1000 (US$ 25)

In a shocking incident in Ahmedabad in Gujarat state of India a man attacked his friend with a knife and stabbed him in his chest —- all this for only Rs 1,000(US$ 25). Read full story........Man killed for 1K in Ahmedabad

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Shirt as tall as two-storeyed building

You can easily go in its pocket and take a nap, enter from its neckline and sneak out of its sleeves accompanied by a friend. Welcome to the 'biggest shirt' in India, as tall as a two-storeyed building.

This 20-feet-long and over 10-feet-wide shirt is the realisation of a big dream by Mahtab Alam, a small businessman in Phusro, a small town in Jharkhand.

"I always wanted to do something different. I often read in newspapers and watched on television about people doing something unique and I wanted to be one of them," Alam, who was in the capital to apply for a place in the Limca Book of Records, told media.

Its pocket measures 3.4 x 4.2 feet, collar 7 feet, sleeves 14 x 5 feet and cuffs 5 x 1.8 feet. The shoulders are 6.8 feet long. For buttons, 17 carom board strikers have been drilled into the cloth.

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Wife Puts Herself on Sale

A woman put her five-year-old son and herself on sale in India to meet the treatment cost of her husband who has met with an accident, as per one Times of India report.

Harsh Sharma's husband Bhupinder has been lying unconscious in hospital since August 28 when he was hit by a train in the north Indian state of Punjab.

The 34-year-old woman has sold her jewelry and belongings and spent 2,500 U.S. dollars on her husband's treatment.

"I arranged this money somehow. But now doctors say we need three-four lakh rupees (around 10,000 U.S. dollars) more. I don't have any other belongings to sell except for my five-year-old son. I am ready to sell myself too," the Times of India quoted her as saying.

Doctors, however, said they were unsure how long Bhupinder would take to recover fully.

"The patient is improving, but we can't say how much time he would take to recover completely. It may take a month or much more than that," said Ashwani Kumar Chaudhary, his doctor.

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Priests in short supply

Hindus in parts of northern India are finding it difficult to find priests to perform yearly rituals for the dead.

Priests/Pandits in Agra, Mathura and neighbouring districts of Uttar Pradesh are working overtime because of the huge number of people who perform the annual ritual of feeding their ancestors during 'Pitr Paksh Shradh', a fortnight when people pay their respects to the dead.

"On occasions we have to eat at three different places with hardly a gap of one hour," says Pandit Mahesh Shukla, whose family specialises in performing rituals for the dead............Read more........Priests in short supply in Shradh season

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Journalist 'told man to kill himself'

AN Indian journalist who allegedly persuaded a depressed businessman to kill himself on camera, before police stopped him, has been charged with abetting suicide.

The video journalist, identified only as Vipin, urged Tilak Raj to drink poison outside a police superintendent's residence in northern Punjab state yesterday.

"Tilak Raj was extremely depressed after losing a property case in court,'' the superintendent, R.K. Jaiswal, said.

"He approached Vipin for help and Vipin told him to kill himself to attract public attention to his plight.''

Police managed to thwart the suicide bid.

"Raj was on his way to my house when he was caught near a shopping mall. Now both men have been arrested and cases have been registered against them,'' the senior officer said.

Vipin was charged with abetting suicide "in search of an exclusive'' while Mr Raj was being held for attempting suicide.

"Both are crimes under Indian law,'' Mr Jaiswal said.

"These days, all journalists want an exclusive. This was Vipin's way of trying to get one,'' said a local district administration official, asking not to be named.

Numerous fabricated stories have undermined the image of India's booming television media.

Last week, a television reporter in New Delhi was charged with fomenting riots after the LiveIndia station aired a sting operation that allegedly exposed a school teacher forcing female students into prostitution.

Furious parents of the supposed victims publicly stripped 42-year-old teacher Uma Khurana and went on a rampage. The sting was later found to have been faked.

At least 40 Indian cable news channels are battling for ratings today.

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Grandpas on job hunt

In India the new-age Grandpas would rather upload their CVs on the internet and spend their retired lives on a corporate swivel chair instead.

"I want to work as long as possible," says Kaushal, one of the Gradpa from Ahmedabad in Gujarat state of India........Read full story here.......Now, grandpas on job hunt

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Non-stop 'nonsense' for 25 years!!!!!!

Jaspal Bhatti & his band of faithful friends have been successfully selling 'nonsense' for the last 25 years. Welcome to the mad world of the 'Nonsense Club' founded and run by satirist-actor-director-engineer Jaspal Bhatti who hails from Chandigarh.

The unique thing about Bhatti's Nonsense Club is that it has no building, no permanent or life members, no venue and does not even hold regular meetings. Yet it has done well in these 25 years, delivering social messages every few months to highlight the plight of the middle class through street shows.

'We started on a small level with just a few friends to highlight social evils with a lot of satire. There has been no looking back,' as per Mr. Bhatti.

Among the issues Bhatti's club has highlighted are bride-burning, bridegroom sale, fuel price hike, Diwali gifts, black-marketing of cinema tickets, adulterated food, high onion prices, heavy school bags and sycophancy.

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Balance Sheet of one's Earning & Spending

Here is 60-year-old Padmanabhan Iyer of Thane from Maharashtra state of India who has been keeping an account of the amount spent per every rupee earned for the last 28 years.

The result of all this diligent accounting is that he knows he has earned Rs 2.29 crore and spent Rs 1.56 crore in the last 28.16 years.

For him, noting down daily expenses is an unavoidable part of personality, like hairstyle. It is not meant to have any consequence. "It's just a hobby," says the bespectacled man, a retired mechanical engineer. Read more.......The break-up man

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Cops go on a wild goose chase for a dog

Read how Cops in Surat in Gujarat state of India went on a wild goose chase for a dog.................Read full story here.........Cops go on a wild goose chase for a dog

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Patient asks for water, Hospital staff give him acid instead

A patient was handed a bottle of acid when he asked for water to wash his hands at Eastern Railways’ B R Singh Hospital in Kolkata city in West Bengal state of India............Read full story here........Patient asks for water, Kolkata hospital staff give him acid instead

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Tallest ever Sandwich

The Uday Samudra Leisure Resort at Kovalam in Kerala state of India is gearing up to make the tallest sandwich in the world in an attempt to enter the Guinness Book of World Records.Read full story here......Kerala resort to set record with tallest ever sandwich

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Teacher's face blackened by Students

Activists of a student organisation today blackened the face of a school vice principal in Gujarat state of India and also ransacked his office for punishing a student in the class, police said today.

The incident occurred in the Academy School in Udhna area when around 15 activists reportedly belonging to one of the factions of the National Students Union of India (NSUI) barged into the campus, heckled Dinesh Chauhan and blackened his face with ink, they said.

No one was injured in the fracas when the activists ransacked Chauhan's office. When contacted, Chauhan said NSUI activists had humiliated him after one of the students in class eleventh complained against him for being punished for misbehaviour.

"The student and his friends misbehaved in the class and the administration decided to make them seat at a distance from each other during class examination a few days ago. The student objected to this and complained to the NSUI activists", Chauhan told reporters.

The student countered Chauhan's statement by saying "when I was seated in the last row of the class he approached me and said that I was seated in the last row as I was from the minority community."

The school authorities, who refused to be quoted, said the students were seated separately as they were mischievous.

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