Body in grave, kidnappers walk away with ransom

Shillong/Nagaon: A gang of criminals abducted the 30-year-old son of an Assam businessman, killed him and dumped the body in Byrnihat in Meghalaya’s Ri Bhoi district and then calmly collected Rs 8 lakh ransom from the family with a promise to release him “very soon”. Read More................Body in grave, kidnappers walk away with ransom

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More the marrier: 1 man, 14 wives

MUMBAI: You may find it difficult to live a double life but a Mumbai man has been living 14 different lives - with 14 different wives - over the last couple of years.

The police arrested the 40-year-old man, who used to be an engineer with Air India, on August 18 for marrying 14 women in the last two-and-a-half years. Police officials said Tushar Waghmare alias Tushar Bapat was sacked from his job soon after that. Read More................More the marrier: 1 man, 14 wives

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Dalit tonsured, paraded for dialling wrong number

BHIWANI: A Dalit youth was beaten, tonsured and paraded through the streets in a Haryana village — for dialling a wrong number. Narrating his ordeal to the police on Wednesday, Suresh, a resident of Dani Ramjas in Bhiwani district, said, ‘‘I was trying the telephone number of one of my acquaintances on Monday when I inadvertently dialled the number of Dharam Singh (another villager). The moment I realized my mistake, I apologized immediately and disconnected the phone.’’ Read More................Dalit tonsured, paraded for dialling wrong number

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Diabetic youth dies after laddu-eating contest

Hyderabad: A 39-year-old diabetic died after he tried to gulp down seven laddus without stop in a contest on Tuesday.

Bandu Joshi died during a laddu-eating competition organised by a private FM radio channel at a Ganesh festival pandal here, police said. Read More................Diabetic youth dies after laddu-eating contest in Hyderabad

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Urine thrown at Leader

Union Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh was targeted by a 19-year-old youth in Kolhapur.

The youth threw a bottle of urine at the former Maharashtra chief minister alleging that politicians such as him do not keep their promises. Read More................Kolhapur: Urine thrown at Vilasrao Deshmukh

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TV actress beats, burns little maid for eating

The police nabbed a television actress in Mumbai after she beat and burnt her 10-year-old maid because the child had been "caught eating", an official said.

The actress, Urvashi Dhanorkar, has been accused of brutally assaulting 10-year-old Rameshwari, locking up the child at home and employing a minor as a labourer, said a duty officer of Amboli police station in Andheri west. Read More................TV actress beats, burns little maid for eating

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Tirupati priest booked for mortgaging temple jewellery

Hyderabad: Police in Andhra Pradesh’s temple town of Tirupati Saturday booked a case of theft and cheating against the chief priest of a temple under the control of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD) for having mortgaged its jewellery to a private lender to raise money for personal use. Read More................Tirupati priest booked for mortgaging temple jewellery

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Baby born with heart outside chest

Muzaffarpur: A baby was born with the heart outside his chest at a private nursing home here today, a doctor attending on him said. Read More................Baby born with heart outside chest

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Children's hands dipped in hot oil

Five children in Andhra Pradesh were forced to dip their hands in hot oil after they were accused of stealing their neighbour's cellphone. Read More................Children's hands dipped in hot oil

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Abandoned by family, former MLA's widow found begging

From power to penury, Prema Devi has seen it all in her 80 years. The widow of a two-time Jan Sangh legislator, considered close to former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, has been forced out of home and into the streets to beg for a living. Read More................Abandoned by family, former MLA's widow found begging

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Wild elephant kills French tourist in India

CHENNAI, India – A French tourist was trampled to death by a wild elephant while trekking in southern India Friday, a forest official said.

Del Yotel Annie, a retired teacher from Neuilly Sir Marne, was taking pictures of a herd of wild elephants at Bokkapuram, adjacent to the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve in Udhagamandalam, about 500 km from Chennai, when a jumbo and a calf charged her. Read More................Wild elephant kills French tourist in south India

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Now, dabbas for your dogs

NEW DELHI: Kalu, a stray dog, stares at the colony gate in anticipation as he hangs around in front of the Kapoors’ house while Bagira, a one-year-old Rottweiler, Caesar and Akbar (both two-year old Labradors) wait patiently on the other side of the gate. Read More................Now, dabbas for your dogs

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Woman burnt to death for begetting girl child

LUCKNOW: A 25-year-old woman was allegedly burnt to death by her husband and in-laws for giving birth to a baby girl for the second time in Baghpat district of Uttar Pradesh, police said Wednesday.

"Just hours after Momeena delivered a baby girl Tuesday, she was set on fire by her husband, brother-in-law and mother-in-law," police inspector Somveer Singh told IANS on phone.Read More................Woman burnt to death for begetting girl child

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After a cop, now an engineer who believes he is 'Radha'

Meet V.S. Saxena, 72, a retired senior engineer of the railways, who wears saffron coloured salwaar-kameez and dons anklets, bangles and earrings as he transforms himself into 'Radha' - the consort of Hindu god Krishna.

'I have been doing this for the past three years...It is a feeling that cannot be put into words,' Saxena, who lives in Baljati locality in Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh, told IANS over phone. Read More................After a cop, now an engineer who believes he is 'Radha'

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Sikh priest caught watching porn video in gurudwara

LUDHIANA: In an incident that shocked gurdwara goers on Tuesday, a granthi (Sikh priest) was caught watching clips of a porn film on his mobile phone that was hidden under the table on which he had kept the scripture. Read More................Granthi caught watching porn clips in gurdwara

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Motorcyclist lynched for knocking down goat

Motihari: Villagers beat a 30-year-old motorcyclist to death after he ran over a goat in Bihar's East Champaran district, police said today. Read More................Motorcyclist lynched for knocking down goat

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Youth passes off as girl, spends 2 weeks in hostel

In a bizarre incident, a teenage youth spent at least 13 days disguised as a girl in a women’s hostel in the western Orissa town of Balangir, about 400 km from here, before being caught on Tuesday.

The 17-year-old Mam Sao (the name he gave to the police) was arrested following a complaint from the inmates of the hostel who discovered to their horror that the “girl” was actually a boy.Read More................Youth passes off as girl, spends 2 weeks in hostel

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'Tantrik' brands baby with hot iron to treat fever

Rajkot: An eleven-month-old boy suffering from fever and hydrocele was branded with hot iron by a 'tantrik', police said here today.Read More................'Tantrik' brands baby with hot iron to treat fever

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Family lynched in India for allegedly practicing witchcraft

New Delhi - Villagers in India's north-eastern state of Assam stoned and beat to death four members of a family on suspicion of practicing witchcraft, police said Wednesday.
The incident took place in the Milanpur village in the Sonitpur district some 310 kilometres north-east of the main city of Guwahati in the early hours of Tuesday. Read more....................Family lynched in India for allegedly practicing witchcraft.

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Mother kills son for repeatedly demanding chocolate

A mother beat her six-year-old son to death in Uttar Pradesh s Rae Bareli district for his repeated demands for chocolate, the police said Thursday. "Bandana, 32,a resident of Janhia village, has been arrested for killing her son by repeatedly beating him with a wooden stick," police inspector Ashok Kumar Tiwari told IANS over telephone. Read More................Mother kills son for repeatedly demanding chocolate

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Managing traffic at gun point

GURGAON: I invariably approach the Delhi-Gurgaon toll gate on the expressway prepared for the worst. But I wasn't quite ready for what I saw on Gun on Gurgaon streets "I wasn't quite ready for what I saw on Wednesday night," says Roy. Read More................Managing Gurgaon traffic at gun point

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Haunted house - exorcising 'evil spirits' from Kashmir assembly

Is the new Jammu and Kashmir legislative complex here haunted by evil spirits that have prompted the resignation of two chief ministers and ugly scenes? Sounds naive, but that is exactly what assembly officials and even some legislators who quietly conducted an elaborate religious ritual to exorcise the spirits believe.Read More................Haunted house - exorcising 'evil spirits' from Kashmir assembly

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Curse of a death every 17 days

CHANDIGARH: No one knows exactly why it’s happening or how. But in Amloh, a dusty village of about 600 in Haryana's Yamunanagar district, 'one person has died every 17 days' in the last four months. Read More................In this Haryana village, a death every 17 days

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Free TV and a cow for below poverty families

Puducherry Chief Minister V.Vaithilingam Wednesday announced his government would give free of cost a colour television set and one cow to each below poverty line (BPL) family in the union territory.

Making the announcement during the budget presentation, Vaithilingam, who also holds the finance portfolio, however, did not specify the outlay for the project.Read More................Free TV and a cow for below poverty families in Puducherry

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Doctors baffled by village of 200 sets of twins

KODINJI, India: Walk around Kodinji village and you'll think that you have double vision.

The village is home to as many as 230 sets of twins. Nobody knows why there are so many twins in the village of 15,000 people, although one local doctor suspects it might be due to the water.Read More................Doctors baffled by Indian village of 200 sets of twins

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Hema Malini espouses the cause of Mumbai's 'Dhannos'

More than three decades after her role of Basanti, the horse-carriage driver with her mare Dhanno in Sholay, actress Hema Malini has espoused the cause of horse carts in this financial capital and has sought a ban on them. Read More................Hema Malini espouses the cause of Mumbai's 'Dhannos'

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Student stabbed for not dropping his pants

YAMUNANAGAR: The police are investigating an alleged ragging case in which a youth was seriously injured when a group of seven youths attacked him with knives. Read More...............Student stabbed for not dropping his pants

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On Independence Day, 'harassed husbands' to demand 'freedom'

On India's Independence Day Aug 15, a group of men will meet in Shimla and chalk out a plan for 'equal rights' and 'freedom' -- from 'harassment' by their wives.

'On Independence Day we will raise the issue of freedom and dignity of harassed husbands. More than 100 men, representatives of 30,000 other harassed husbands from across the country, will converge at a day-long meeting to come up with strategies to take on their wives,' Anil Kumar, president of the Save Indian Family Foundation (SIFF), told IANS. Read More................On Independence Day, 'harassed husbands' to demand 'freedom'

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Mishap leaves locals in high spirits

JAJPUR: Booze flowed free for over 100 villagers, including women, who partied hard after a truck carrying foreign liquor overturned on NH-5 in Jajpur district.

Most of the villagers, who are daily labourers, had not tasted foreign liquor and the orgy left them intoxicated. While several people skipped work the next day to sleep it off, as many as 10 villagers were admitted to a hospital after suffering severe hangovers. They were discharged after preliminary treatment. Read More................Mishap leaves locals in high spirits

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Underweight India team told to eat at least 15 eggs a day

CHENNAI, India – India's unfancied rugby sevens side must bulk up if they hope to make an impact at next year's Commonwealth Games, eating seven meals and at least 15 eggs a day, the country's South African coach said on Friday.

"I have told them (his players) they must eat at least 15 eggs a day, six for breakfast and the remaining nine any time, any how, during the day," the country's South African coach Norman Laker told the Telegraph newspaper on Friday. Read More................Underweight India team told to eat at least 15 eggs a day

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Women strip to stop illicit liquor raids

LUCKNOW: Officials conducting raids to recover spurious liquor in Uttar Pradesh had to leave the exercise midway when some women involved in the illegal business reportedly stripped off in front of them, officials said Thursday. Read More................Women strip to stop illicit liquor raids

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'Forcible' hair-cutting of students

Parents of six students of a government school here Thursday accused teachers of the school of allowing adult education students forcibly cut the hair of their wards. Read More................Parents protest 'forcible' hair-cutting of students

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Banana bonanza: Eat it, wear it

Sarees made from banana fibre?

Yes, they existed during the Ramayana era; and the art has been revived after several millennia at a village near Chennai. What’s more, these sarees are eco-friendly. And no, they aren’t slippery. Read More................Tamil Nadu village’s banana bonanza: Eat it, wear it

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Fingers of man caught stealing chopped off

To punish a man caught stealing from a temple in Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur district, some locals chopped off his fingers before handing him over to police Thursday, officials said. Read More................Fingers of man caught stealing chopped off

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Student slaps teacher in school

Three former students of a government school here who were under suspension entered the school and one of them slapped a teacher while she was taking a class, police said. Read More................Former student slaps teacher in Chandigarh school

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Indian girl beheaded by neighbour to 'help conception'

A five-year-old girl was beheaded by a neighbour who believed her 'sacrifice' would help him and his wife conceive a son. Read More................Indian girl beheaded by neighbour to 'help conception'

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Indian Spiderman

Chitradurga (KTK), Aug 1 He is no Marvel comic super hero that lives in the imagination of men, but a 22-year-old flesh-and-blood character who can scale a 300 feet wall, dangle upside down glued to walls and jut out at 90 degree angle--all without the spiderman paraphernalia! Meet Jyothiraju, the Indian Spiderman who is among `must-to-be-watched' list of tourist attractions in the little town of Chitradurga in Karnataka. Read More................ Weaving magic: 'Indian Spiderman' a hit among tourists

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Can't find brides, Haryana barters away little girls

A curious case recently came to light in Jandli Kalan village of Haryana's Fatehabad district. One Nathu Ram was to marry Geeta. His sister was to marry Geeta's maternal uncle on the same day. But Geeta's father complained to the deputy commissioner of police that his daughter was just 15 years old. Read More................Can't find brides, Haryana barters away little girls

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'YouTube' inspired youth to take away ATM in Punjab

It took an 'inspiration' from a similar crime in California state in the US and posted on internet website 'YouTube' for two youth in this Punjab town to take away the automated teller machine (ATM) of a leading private bank here Friday. Read More................'YouTube' inspired youth to take away ATM in Punjab

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Buffalo named after Katrina Kaif!

If actors are equipped in throwing tantrums to their actor friends and showed their smartness in naming their pet in the name of their rival then why not the aam jantas.

In the reality game show hosted by Salman Khan, ‘Dus Ka Dum’, a doodh wala (Milkman) set the show on fire with his tongue-in-cheeks jokes and even left Salman Khan behind who is known for his humorous comments. The studio audience broke into laughter when the dhoodh wala quipped that he named his buffalo after the name of Katrina Kaif and Aishwarya Rai. Read More................A buffalo named after Katrina Kaif!

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