Holy man resigns over Sex scandal

A Hindu holy man with thousands of followers across India resigned as head of a religious organization on Tuesday after police began investigating his role in a sex scandal, officials said.

Video footage allegedly showing Nithyananda Swami, head of Dhyanapeetam, or "knowledge center," frolicking with two women angered hundreds of devotees who tried to ransack his center outside the southern city of Bangalore this month. Read More................Holy man resigns over sex scandal

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Jessica Simpson tries out Bizarre beauty therapy in India

Jessica Simpson tried out a beauty therapy during a trip to Mumbai – she poured salt water through her nostrils.

As part of her new show The Price Of Beauty, Jessica travelled to Mumbai to try out some of the world's wackiest beauty therapies, reports the Mirror. Read More................Jessica Simpson tries out bizarre beauty therapy during Mumbai trip

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Teenagers kidnap 5-year-old boy to buy bike

Lucknow – Craze for flashy mobile phones and a zippy bike prompted a group of teenaged youth to kidnap a five-year-old boy in Uttar Pradesh’s Kaushambhi district for a ransom of Rs.5 lakh. Police said Wednesday the culprits have been arrested.

The abductors, aged between 15 and 17 and studying in classes 9 to 11, were arrested Tuesday and the five-year-old victim was handed back to his family involved in cloth business in Kaushambhi. Read More................Teenagers kidnap 5-year-old boy in Uttar Pradesh to buy bike

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Drunk Man Found Asleep Inside Jet Engine

AN ALLEGEDLY drunk man was found in a commercial jet engine as it was being prepared for take-off.

The man was only spotted when an engineering and security team member saw a leg dangling from the rear of the engine.

Rubbing his eye in disbelief and after checking again to make sure it wasn't a delusion, he informed others, who then rushed to the engine. Read More................Drunk man found in engine of Indian Airlines Airbus A-320 at India's IGI Airport in Delhi

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Buying a corpse? Cops can help

Everything is sold in today's market - even dead bodies. Ironically, in Rajasthan's Ganganagar district, the corpse traders are the police.

Officials at three police stations in the district are in the dock for having sold over 20 unidentified corpses in the past five years - to private medical colleges. The case came to light after these shocking details were gathered by the family of one of the deceased, under the Right to Information Act. The Gehlot government has now ordered a probe. Read More................Buying a corpse? Rajasthan Police can help

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Jumbo kills Jumbo over LadyLove

Raipur: A tragic love story played out in the jungles of Chhattisgarh when two male jumbos clashed for several hours over a female elephant, eventually killing one of them, a forest official said Tuesday.

'Two male wild jumbos fought a fatal war in Gharghora forest circle of Raigarh district for several hours Monday to have a love-play with a female jumbo in which a 15-year-old jumbo was killed,' R.K. Sisodia, a divisional forest officer, told IANS. Read More................Love turns fatal as jumbos clash over female

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Teenagers stab each other over Rs 100

A brawl over Rs 100 proved costly for two teenagers in the city as they ended up stabbing each other.

Police said Tinku and Manu — both 18 years of age and residents of Vasant Kunj in South Delhi — picked up a brawl over Rs 100 early in the morning. Read More................Teenagers stab each other over Rs 100

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Ghost Fair

Palamu: Though people all over the world visit religious places to seek blessings for happiness and a good fortune for themselves, an annual fair held in Jharkhand's Palamu district attracts people who wish to free themselves of the suspected evil spirits' influence.

Hundreds of devotees of tribal and non-tribal families participated in a unique the 'Ghost fair' hosted in the vicinity of Sheetala Mata temple here recently. Read More................Ghost fair in Jharkhand witnesses a sea of humanity

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Teenagers take on dacoit, 'Sholay' style

In an incident straight from the famous Bollywood blockbuster "Sholay", two teenagers took on a dreaded dacoit, enabling villagers to beat him to death in Chhattarpur district of Madhya Pradesh.

According to the police, Radhey Patel, whose gang was involved in extortion and abduction, Wednesday held a farmer in Bakswah village captive in front of villagers, who stood there helpless. Read More................Teenagers take on dacoit, 'Sholay' style

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Spurned, neta stuffs bribe into woman’s blouse

BANGALORE: Netas are known to push the envelope to lure voters, but a candidate of a prominent political party on Friday went a little too far with a woman in Jaraganahalli ward of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike going to polls on Sunday, promptly incurring her wrath. Read More................Spurned, neta stuffs bribe into woman’s blouse

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Water Theft

In a country where Govt. cannot give basic amenities such as water to millions of people, it is going to happen...............Water shortage in Mumbai slums, leads to water theft

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Girl commits suicide after losing battle over remote

Agra: The war of the remote, played out in households all over the country, took a fatal turn when a 16-year-old here committed suicide allegedly because she couldn’t get the TV from her brother who was watching the IPL match, police said Wednesday.

Geeta was found hanging from the ceiling of her room late Tuesday, shortly after an argument with her 17-year-old brother Rahul, who was watching the T20 match between the Royal Challengers and Chennai Super Kings. Read More at: Teen commits suicide after losing battle over remote

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Leader weighed in blood

Weighing your leader in gold and silver is passé. How innovative can your welcome be after Mayawati's money garland caught the eye of everyone in the country? Read More................BJP leader weighed in blood

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Devotees offer cigarettes, alcoholic drinks to Lord Muneshwara

Karwar (Karnataka): Offering flowers, sweets and fruits to god has been a part of age-old tradition in Hinduism but in Karwar district of Karnataka, devotees offer alcohol and cigarettes to Lord Muneshwara.

Scores of devotees from all over the country including Maharashtra and Goa visit this temple to get their wishes fulfilled by offering cigarettes and alcohol.ccording to Anand Raj Naik, a priest of Muneshwara temple, alcohol and cigarettes were liked by Him. Hence, it is been made a ritual here to offer as a religious offering to please and seek His blessings. Read More...............Devotees offer cigarettes, alcoholic drinks to Lord Muneshwara in Karnataka

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A haircut in a floating boat with hairstylist blindfolded!

A woman hairstylist in Uttar Pradesh's Faizabad city on Sunday attempted an unusual record by performing haircutting while being blindfolded in a moving boat!

Hairstylist Simram, who is in her early thirties, took to hairdressing at the age of 11. But she took to blindfold hair-cutting for last three years. Read More................A haircut in a floating boat with hairstylist blindfolded!

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World’s longest toilet queue created in Bhopal

BHOPAL - In a bid to highlight lack of sanitation facilities for people all over the world, a voluntary organization in Bhopal mobilized people to participate in the world’s longest toilet queue on Saturday.

More than 1,500 people participated in the event organized by the NGO Water Aid, to mark UN World Water Day on March 22, and to stand in solidarity with 2.6 billion people worldwide, who are still waiting in line to use a safe and dignified toilet. Read More................World’s longest toilet queue created in Bhopal

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Citizens told to brush up on etiquette

New Delhi: The government has compiled a list of do's and don'ts for its citzens at this year's Commonwealth Games to help showcase New Delhi's charms.

"We want to tell them don't urinate in public, don't spit, keep your houses and shops clean, keep public transport safe and such things," Delhi tourism chief Rina Ray told the Hindustan Times on Friday. Read More................Citizens told to brush up on etiquette

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Tantric attempts to kill sceptic on TV

New Delhi: An Indian tantric made a futile attempt to kill a sceptic, who challenged him to put him to dead using mystical power.

Buzz up!Both the tantric known as Sharma and the challenger, Edamaruku, part-time journalist and publisher from the southern state of Kerala were invited to a talk show to undergo the entire procedure in front of the camera. Read More................Tantric attempts to kill sceptic on TV

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Kerala oracles and devotees sing filthy songs on Hindu deities

Kodungallur (Kerala): Devotes and oracles gathered at the Kodungallur Bhagavathy Temple here to celebrate the Bharani festival, where they sang filthy and vulgar songs about Hindu gods and goddess with the belief that it praises their main deity. Read More................Kerala oracles and devotees sing filthy songs on Hindu deities

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Chennai beauty salon makes world record bid for longest hair braid

Chennai: A beauty salon in Chennai has attempted to enter the Guinness Book of World Records on Thursday by braiding hair that are more than 100 feet long.

Vasugi, the owner of the Friends Beauty Care salon, with the help of four other beauticians, braided the hair in about four hours. Read More................Chennai beauty salon makes world record bid for longest hair braid

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Panchayat seeks eyes of eloping lovers

Noida: LESS than a week after a Ghaziabad panchayat decided to punish a rapist by five shoe whacks, the panchayat of a village in Greater Noida ordered to gouge out the eyes of a couple and then shoot them in public. Read More................Panchayat seeks eyes of eloping lovers

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Railways ad places Delhi in Pakistan

Kolkata: In yet another blunder by government departments, an advertisement issued by the Indian Railways has placed New Delhi in Pakistan and Kolkata in the Bay of Bengal. Read More................Railways ad places Delhi in Pakistan

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Bizarre ritual of lowering the infants into a 50-feet deep well

Sangli (Maharashtra): Authorities have launched an awareness campaign in Maharashtra's Sangli district to rid the locals of practising bizarre superstitious rituals.

Buzz up!Villagers in Sangli follow a ritual of lowering the infants into a 50-feet deep well with a belief it would help in increasing the life of the kids.

This ritual is very old and the villagers observe it every year on the occasion of 'Gudi Padwa' or the Hindu New Year. Read More................Maharashtra villagers sensitized against bizarre superstitious rituals

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T20 Cricket tournament to curb stone pelting menace

The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) organized a T20 cricket tournament here with an eye on curtailing the stone pelting menace.

The CRPF distributed cricket kits to youths to prevent them from indulging in subversive activities like stone pelting. Read More................CRPF organizes T20 cricket tournament to curb stone pelting menace

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Car, Motorcycle drive over the hands of 50 Kids

Fifty children from a karate academy in Vishakhapatnam had a car and motorcycle driven over their hands and the town's Mayor clapped enthusiastically. For this, shockingly, was meant to be a display of the children's ability to endure pain and a test of their skills.

So 50 children waited hands outstretched and the car and motorcycle drove over them. The Mayor, P Janardhan Rao said: "It is very nice that such karate skills are being taught to the children of Vizag." Read More................Car, motorcycle drive over the hands of 50 kids

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Man chops off woman’s nose over land dispute

Patna: A man chopped off a woman’s nose with a sharp weapon in a Bihar village after a heated exchange over a land dispute, police said Thursday.

Sakaldeo Sah attacked Asha Devi, in her early 30s, in Mainigram village in Purnia district, about 350 km from here, Wednesday evening after a quarrel over the demarcation line drawn between their houses. Read More at................Man chops off woman’s nose over land dispute

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Man sentenced to five slaps for rape

Ghaziabad: In a most shameful punishment ever awarded to a rapist, a man accused of raping a minor was sentenced to 5 kicks as a punishment for his crime by the village panchayat in Ghaziabad.

Buzz up!The accused raped his niece when she was alone in the house at Saulana village on Saturday, Mar 13. The girl reported the matter to her parents who confronted the accused. Read More................Man sentenced to five slaps for rape in Ghaziabad

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'Baba' kicking women caught on camera

Uttar Pradesh police has taken a serious note of a footage telecast by an electronic channel which purportedly shows an Etah-based godman, known as "paani wale baba", kicking and pulling his women devotees by the hair. Read More................'Baba' kicking women caught on camera

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Five ghastly child sacrifices suspected in village

Aurangabad: Police has arrested four people, including three women, in connection with five suspected child sacrifice cases.

Buzz up!Five boys, aged between 4-12, were killed in a village in Hingoli district between Dec 2009 and Mar 2010. Read More................Five ghastly child sacrifices in M'rashtra village

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What's wrong if I install my own statues, asks Mayawati

So here it goes about the strange & weird mentality of an Indian Leader who asks.................What's wrong if I install my own statues at the poor people's cost & money.

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Garlands of Currency Bills

First it was Garland made of Rs.1000 notes presented to Mayawati, then again Another 18-lakh garland was given to Mayawati & Now, Chaos over garland of notes in Patna..........so here it all goes in Indian Politics!!!!!

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It's OK for Cops to Drink while on Duty - Indian Minister

It's really Weird......................It's ok for cops to drink while on duty - Indian Minister.

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Close shave for a plane as cyclist comes on runway!!!!!

It was a close shave for a plane carrying Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, when a cyclist suddenly appeared on the runway as his plane was about to land at Etawah airport in Uttar Pradesh. Mulayam's plane went past the cycle and missed it by a very small margin. Read More................Close shave for Mulayam's plane as cyclist comes on runway

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Groom held hostage for more than 15 hours by Bride's Family

Brave Girl........check here......Groom held hostage for more than 15 hours by Bride's Family

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Marriage made in heaven, Solemnised in police station

Lucknow: The wedding card of this couple who eloped might read something like this — Satish Kumar weds Maya Pasi. You are cordially invited to attend the marriage at a police station in Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao district!

Satish, 24, and Maya, 21 – both residents of Achalganj town in Unnao, some 65 km from Lucknow – who had run away from home ended up tying the knot, thanks to policemen who were moved by their plight.

“The Achalganj police station literally transformed into a wedding venue. We even set up a ‘mandap’ in the police station and decorated it with flowers and called a priest from a nearby town, who solemnised the wedding yesterday (Wednesday) evening,” police inspector Shreedhar Pathak told reporters Thursday in Unnao. Read More................Marriage made in heaven, solemnised in police station

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Where families and friends join students in exams

Students in Bihar can count on the support of their friends and family during their school exams.

The state is now in the midst of its secondary school exams. And what students don't know won't hurt them. Caught on camera are their friends and relatives, scaling walls to pass them cheat-sheets. Read More................In Bihar, families and friends join students in exams

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Godman incarnation supplicated by Cannabis

Bangalore: In a bizarre ritual, large number of devotees visit a temple in Bangalore's Chitradurga district and smoke cannabis during an annual festival as an expression of their devotion to the deity here.

Buzz up!The temple's main deity Nayakana Hatti Tipperudraswami is said to be the incarnation of Lord Shiva.

Visiting this temple during the annual festival shows how men and women consume cannabis during this festival, held in March, in the name of the strange belief.

Also related to this 800-year-old unusual ritual is a belief of some people that smoking cannabis enables the smoker to develop a better focus in the worship of the deity here. Read More................Godman incarnation near Bangalore supplicated by cannabis

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Simple question gets 8000 page answer

A trademark of a good politician, many say, is to provide information, but no real answers. By that standard, Madhya Pradesh is home to some of the world's best politicians.

When the government was asked a tough question by the Opposition, it provided 8,000 pages of information. Delivered by an autorickshaw to the State Assembly.

Somewhere amidst those documents is the government's explanation for a rather simple question put to it in July - how many factories and industrial units cleared anti-pollution requirements between 2006 and 2009? The Opposition claims that the state's Pollution Board is overlooking environmental concerns and issuing certificates to factories that violate basic pollution laws. Read More................That's politics! Simple question gets 8000 page answer

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Principal opens fire to intimidate students!

Lucknow: Principal of a secondary school was arrested for allegedly opening fire with his licenced revolver to intimidate students in Uttar Pradesh's Shrawasti district.

Raj Kumar Yadav, the principal of Ram Dulary Higher secondary school in Shyam Nagar Nadona village, was screening the students appearing in the examinations when he slapped one of them following which he started bleeding, police said. Read More................Principal opens fire to intimidate students!

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Where Demons Are Worshipped

Kullu: People from different parts of Himachal Pradesh thronged Kullu in Chachogi District to participate in a unique fair in which both-the Gods and demons-are worshipped.

Buzz up!The weeklong annual fair locally known as 'Kotlu' is held to celebrate the legendry mythological accord reached between Gods and demons.

According to the agreement, the demons demanded that they should be worshipped at least once in a year, and in return, they would not disturb their meditation or harm human beings. So, 'Kotlu' is celebrated to make the demons happy. Read More................When demons are worshipped in Kullu

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Minister calls women 'vipers'

Shillong: Meghalaya Deputy Chief Minister B M Lanong's controversial remarks calling women activists "vipers" has evoked vociferous protests from women's organisations who boycotted functions to mark the International Women's Day today.

"Some women have the habit of biting like vipers", Lanong had said while referring to two women activists. Read More................Meghalaya minister calls women 'vipers'

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Child dies after eating snake eggs, 4 ill

Sibsagar, Mar 3: Consuming snake eggs turned fatal for a 8-year-old child while four other boys are still battling for their lives in a hospital in Assam.

Buzz up!According to official sources the five children were playing in the fields when they came across snake eggs. Read More................Assam: Child dies after eating snake eggs, 4 ill

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Men in women’s attire celebrate Holi

Bikaner: Bikaner male dancers celebrated the festival of colours 'Holi' by performing traditional dances while dressed in women's attire.

Holi celebrations of Bikaner come after the famous 'Lathmar Holi' festivities of Uttar Pradesh' Mathura city, where women playfully strike men with staves.

In Bikaner, men either dress up in their traditional costumes with colourful turbans, or as women. They sing folksongs and dance till late at night. Read More................Men in women’s attire celebrate Holi in Bikaner

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Unique football match on Holi

Bikaner (Rajasthan): Bikaner locals dressed up in different garbs and played a unique soccer match on the occasion of ‘Holi’, the festival of colours.

‘Phalgunya Football Match’ at the Pushkarna stadium is organized every year in the city.

Manoj Sharma, a participant, said, “We have been organizing this ‘Phalgunya Football’ match in Bikaner for many years, and in this match participants are dressed up in different attires, as you can see me along with two others have come here as three idiots.”

“But these three idiots are not of the modern era, they belong to the ancient period, who spread a message to save water, save electricity and save water, as the absence of these can bring the world to an end,” he added. More at: Bikaner organises a unique football match on Holi

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No Holi for superstitious villagers

RAIGARH - They haven’t played Holi for over a century and blame an age old rumour. Dozens of families of seven villages in Chhattisgarh’s Raigarh district stayed away from Holi celebrations Monday, fearing that tigers would attack them if they defied the no-Holi tradition.

About 2,200 men and women of Hattapali, Mauhapali, Pardhiapali, Amlipali, Manjurpali, Chhinpatera and Jagdishpur villages were eager to celebrate the festival of colour but bowed to superstition that tigers would kill residents if they went against the self-imposed ban. Read More................No Holi for superstitious Chhattisgarh villagers

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Priests offer holy offering through mouth-to-mouth contact

Coimbatore: Hundreds of devotees participated in the seven-day-long Karamadai Sri Ranganathar Temple Masi Magam Car Festival in Coimbatore.

Buzz up!The festival culminated with a temple procession in a village at Karamadai on Sunday, in which the priests offered prasadam (holy offering) to the devotees through mouth-to-mouth contact.

People in the outskirts of Coimbatore still practice this tradition and believe in the superstition that if the priest, who is considered as god's messenger, puts prasadam in their mouth through his mouth then the childless women conceive soon and all their family problems disappear. Read More................Coimbatore priests offer holy offering through mouth-to-mouth contact

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Naked man enters Delhi airport, detained

New Delhi: Police at Delhi airport detained a naked man who was spotted near the runway Friday evening. According to police sources, the man, identified as Arun Rai, jumped the periphery wall of the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) and started moving towards a taxiway, near runway 29. Read More................Naked man enters Delhi airport, detained

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Naked Russians corrupt minds: Goa Congress MP

Panaji: Russian tourists in Morjim, a beach village in north Goa, move around naked on the beach or are scantily clad, Congress MP Shantaram Naik said Sunday after touring the area popular with Russians.

Naik, who went to the village Saturday with state law commission chairman Ramakant Khalap and Congress leaders, said that such bohemianism "besides corrupting minds of locals left a horrifying impression on children". Read More................Naked Russians corrupt minds: Goa Congress MP

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Man eats street dog's heart after being bitten

A labourer in Jharkhand, who was bitten by a street dog, killed the animal, cut out its heart and ate it to protect himself from rabies.

After the dog bit him Saturday, Chukna Ganju, 30, a resident of Dakra village, on the outskirts of Ranchi, caught hold of the animal and killed it by flinging it on stones, local media reports said Sunday. Read More................Man eats street dog's heart after being bitten

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Nagaland pays 24 crores annually to imaginary teachers

Over Rs 24 crore is drained out annually from the Nagaland exchequer for paying salaries to 'bogus and physically unavailable' teachers, an investigation by the state vigilance commission has revealed.

Reports of the special investigation team (SIT) under the vigilance commission submitted to the government on February 26 has unearthed as many as 1,156 bogus teachers and 1,096 cases of appointments made under "doubtful circumstances".

Moreover, as many as 1,084 teachers were physically unavailable for verification, chief secretary Lalthara disclosed today quoting those reports. Read More................Nagaland pays 24 crores annually to imaginary teachers

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Teacher forces girl to strip for speaking in Telugu

A teacher allegedly forced a girl student to strip for speaking Telugu in an English medium school, sparking a protest by parents and women organisations against the management, police said.

Annoyed over the third standard student speaking with her friends in Telugu in the classroom, the English subject teacher asked the girl to remove her shirt and stand on the bench for an hour as a punishment. Read More................Teacher forces girl to strip for speaking in Telugu

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Leopard eats own cub in Orissa zoo

Bhubaneswar - A leopard ate her own cub in an enclosure of the Nandankanan Zoo in Orissa, hampering the captive breeding efforts of the zoo authorities, an official said Saturday.

'We have recovered the severed head of the leopard cub from the enclosure. The mother leopard has eaten the young leopard,' the official said. Read More................Leopard eats own cub in Orissa zoo

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