Man shot dead for refusing to pay for cigarette

Patna: A shopkeeper shot dead a man after he refused to pay for the cigarettes purchased in Saran district of Bihar, police said Tuesday. Read more: Bihar man shot dead for refusing to pay for cigarette

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22-yr-old kidnaps self for Rs 20L

NEW DELHI: Had his improvised self-kidnap gone to plan, Pawan Verma would have been in Macau with his girlfriend, free of debt and ringing in the new year with a couple of lakhs to spare. The 22-year-old's travel plans came to an abrupt end this weekend, thanks to his father who proved to be one step ahead. Read More................22-yr-old kidnaps self for Rs 20L

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Jailed gangster, Cops nabbed enjoying luxuries

Lucknow: A jailed gangster who audaciously checked into a government guest house with the connivance of policemen and was having a good time has been caught in the act. Gangster Ateeq Khan is headed back to prison while four guilty policemen have been suspended.

Charged with murders, abductions and other heinous crimes, Khan was brought from Uttar Pradesh’s Siddhartnagar district jail to Kanpur Dec 17 to attend a court case. Read more: Jailed gangster, cops nabbed enjoying luxuries

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Cops' frame-up formula: Blood group A+B = AB

Is AB blood group a result of mixing blood group A with group B? At least some Delhi Police sleuths think so. But for this lack of knowledge of elementary biology, these cops would have got away with their devious plan of planting evidence to "solve" a murder case and framing an innocent man.

In a desperate attempt to crack a double murder with no eyewitnesses, these policemen planted blood group AB on the weapon of offence thinking it would explain the killing of a man and his wife who had blood groups A and B, respectively. Read More................Cops' frame-up formula: Blood group A+B = AB

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Maoist uncle please do not bomb our schools

PATNA — Hundreds of poor school children in Aurangabad district have appealed to Maoist guerrillas not to damage or target their schools as it impacts their education badly.

In an open letter to Maoists, the school children urged Maoists not to deprive them of education by damaging and blowing up the school buildings.

“Maoist uncle, what is our mistake that you blow up schools and deprive us of education? You may have problems with the police but we fail to understand why are we your enemy? What is our mistake that our schools have become a soft target for you,” school children wrote in their letter to Maoist terrorists. Read More................ ‘Maoist uncle please do not bomb our schools’

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At this temple, devotees offer brooms to deity

Devotees come with brooms and line up at a 10-year-old temple in Uttar Pradesh everyday - not to clean the premises but to offer the 'jhadus' to the deity, Hindu god Shiva.

At the Shivpataaleshwar temple in Beehajoi village near Moradabad, some 250 km from state capital Lucknow, people offer brooms in the belief it will appease Shiva and ward off skin ailments, heath disorders and also make their wishes come true. Read More................At this temple, devotees offer brooms to deity

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Teachers told to mind their blouses

CHENNAI: Teachers in government schools are unhappy over a recent circular sent by the school education department asking chief and district education officers to instruct teachers to ‘‘dress decently”. However, officials say that a dress code for teachers only makes them more dignified and respected.

The instruction is not new; it’s just a reminder. And teachers are aghast at the reason cited for the move. The communication apparently was issued after parents of students in government schools complained that female teachers came to school wearing blouses that were too fashionably cut and that male teachers wore casual attire. Read More................Tamil Nadu teachers told to mind their blouses

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Man loses wife to fellow gambler in card game

A man in western Uttar Pradesh allegedly gave away his 32-year-old wife to a fellow gambler after he lost a card game, police said on Wednesday.

The incident came to light when the woman, a resident of Billauchpura village in Baghpat district, about 400 km from Lucknow, managed to escape from the house of the man to whom her husband lost the game, police added. Read More................Man loses wife to fellow gambler in card game

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2,000 men participate in a group-shaving event

Mumbai: Around 2,000 men participated in a group-shaving event in Mumbai to create a record on Monday.

They claimed to have entered the Limca book of world records, as the last record was set when 1858 persons held a shaving event.

They are also confident that, after their formal application to the Guinness book of world records, they will succeed in making a mark in it as well. Read More................Around 2,000 men participate in a group-shaving event in Mumbai

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Thieves caught emptying house, owner feeds them rosogollas

In an example of Gandhigiri, a man fed sandesh and rosogollas to two petty thieves who were caught red-handed while stealing valuable items from his house at Kamardanga village in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district.

The two teenage thieves, Bablu Mistry and Tapas Das, had sneaked into Jayanta Gutpa's house by breaking open a rear window Monday. Gupta was away in Kolkata where he works at the NSC Bose International Airport. Read more: Thieves caught emptying house, owner feeds them rosogollas

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Sorry, Indians not allowed

My friend Ramit (name changed on request) called me late Friday night. He sounded quite agitated. “You know, Haagen Dazs has opened its Delhi outlet”. I reacted with a joke. “Good, now you can spend a lot more on an ice cream than you normally would. But why are you agitated?”

“Because I am not allowed to enter”, he said. Now, Ramit is not like one of the politician’s son or into drugs, the sort who are often in news in India’s capital for all the wrong reasons, nor is he the kind who will shoot someone down because she refused to serve him a cone of ice cream. Read More................Sorry, Indians not allowed

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Now, a doctorate on vada pav

Next time you curl up your nose at what some call the burger's Indian street cousin, think again as the humble vada pav is going places after becoming the subject of a Ph D thesis by an American scholar. Read More................Now, a doctorate on vada pav

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Many commit suicide for separate state of Telangana in India

When a new state is carved out of an existing state in India, what do you & me gain? I think our lives hardly change as we get more of such corrupt politicians & our taxes go into hands of more such number of corrupt politicians. But here are 25 people who just committed suicide for Telangana state which central congress government has given it's go ahead to be carved out of existing Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Is it rational in any sense to commit suicide for such a cause? It's absolutely weird as per me do such an act. You just think over it & decide yourself & just read about it over here...............Three more commit suicide for Telangana

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Actor detained for drinking, listening to music at home

Could you be charged by the police for relaxing at home over a glass of wine and some music?According to Charkop police, yes. Television artiste Arti Dave realised this the hard way when three cops from the Charkop police station came knocking at her door at 3 a.m. Read More................Actor detained for drinking, listening to music at home

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Pilot hits hijack button by mistake

Airport officials in Mumbai went into a tizzy for a while on Tuesday as the pilot of a Hong Kong-Mumbai Kingfisher aircraft pressed the hijack button accidentally.

Shortly after Kingfisher Airlines flight IT 072 landed at Mumbai airport from Hong Kong, the crew accidentally triggered a communication alert that indicates a Hijack situation. Read More................Pilot hits hijack button by mistake

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Seventy-year-old mother celebrates daughter's first birthday

Fifty-five years after her marriage, Rajo Devi last year became the world's oldest mother at 69. As she and her 73-year-old husband proudly celebrated their daughter's first birthday Friday, she said she was ready to have a second child. Read More................Seventy-year-old mother celebrates daughter's first birthday

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51-yr-old completes B-Tech after 27 years

JAIPUR: Domestic problems may have prevented him from completing his B-Tech way back in 1982 but 51-year-old English teacher Alan Ali Khan has finally managed to get his degree after 27 years.

Khan who got admission on merit in BITS Pilani in 1977, had to discontinue his studies after seven semesters and joined as an English teacher in Rajasthan Government Service. Read More................51-yr-old completes B-Tech after 27 years

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No sound, so West Bengal assembly adjourned for 10 days

The winter session of the West Bengal assembly was adjourned for 10 days Tuesday due to a faulty sound system.

Speaker H.A. Halim adjourned the house up to Dec 9, soon after the second day's proceedings of the session began, following complaints from members that nothing was audible to them. Read More................No sound, so West Bengal assembly adjourned for 10 days

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'Sacred' goat got Rs 21 lakh offer on Bakr-Eid

NEW DELHI: He is just 21 months old but already a `superstar'. Khusi, as his owner Jeetender Singh endearingly calls him, is by far the costliest goat selling in Delhi on the eve of Bakr-Eid.

According to Singh, Khusi has a buyer willing to pay a staggering Rs 21 lakh for him. Singh, however, is hoping to get Rs 51 lakh for the animal. Read More................'Sacred' goat gets Rs 21 lakh offer on Bakr-Eid

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