Friday, January 21, 2011

Alive man receives his death certificate

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Noida: A 70-year-old man has received a photocopy of his death certificate by post at Chaura Raghunathpur area here, police said.
Ishwar Chand Sharma, a resident of Noida Sector-22, received his death certificate on January 14 which declared him dead as on August 18 last year, police said. Read More................Alive man receives his death certificate

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Now a Mosquito Scam

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Bangalore: The health ministry's refusal to allow the use of a highly potent mosquito control agent developed by one of its own institutes and granting permission to an imported product, has kicked up a controversy. At stake is not only a Rs.1,000 crore (approx $220 million) market, but also the eradication of diseases like malaria, dengue and chikungunya. Read More................A mosquito scam breeding in India?

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World's oldest prisoner at 108

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Serving life sentence in a prison in Uttar Pradesh’s Gorakhpur town, about 275 km from here, 108-year-old Brij Bihari could very well be the oldest prisoner in the world.

After spending about 24 years in the jail on the charge of killing four people along with some others, Brij Bihari, a resident of Barahara Mahant village, could finally expect to breathe fresh air on Republic Day.

Bihari and 18 others were sentenced to life imprisonment for the killings at Bariyapur Shahi village in the district in 1987. Of them, three died while serving their sentence in jail.
As many as 16 members of Brij Bihari’s family, including himself, had been named in the killings. The sensational killings, which were attributed to old enmity, had evoked an outcry then. Read More................World's oldest prisoner at 108

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Where Babus sleep on bed of cash

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BHOPAL: In 'bimaru' Madhya Pradesh, bank lockers of bureaucrats and government officials are bursting with cash and gold.

An IAS couple here owns 25 flats and 400 acres of land. A middle-ranking engineer's wife owns three houses and has more than 10 kg gold in her bank locker. And wherever the income tax department conducts a raid, so much cash is unearthed that counting machines have to be brought in. Read more: In MP, babus sleep on bed of cash

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Protesting slow pace of trial, woman strips in court

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NEW DELHI: Unhappy with the slow pace of her trial a former director-level officer of the Research & Analysis Wing (RAW) stunned the Delhi high court on Thursday by stripping in the courtroom. She tried to strip again when the judge heard the matter in his chamber. Read more: Protesting slow pace of trial, woman strips in HC

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They packed & moved but never delivered

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NEW DELHI: They renamed their company often. One of the names they chose was Love God Packers and Movers. But Ratibhan, Somveer Singh and Sanjay Singh — all residents of Haryana's Bhiwani town — often had ungodly things on their mind.

The trio, all in their twenties, often vanished with their parcels. A Maruti Swift car, Kinetic scooty, refrigerator —they stole them all. To evade the law, they would soon move to another area and set up shop with a new name. Read more: They packed & moved but never delivered

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Now fatwa against prophecy by Muslims

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New Delhi: Leading Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Deoband has issued a fatwa prohibiting the practice of prophecy by Muslims, citing tenets of the Sharia and warning that if a follower of the faith indulges in soothsaying, his prayers for 40 days become unacceptable.

The fatwa was issued this month by the Islamic seminary in response to a person's query whether prophecy can be practised in Islam. Read More................Now fatwa against prophecy by Muslims

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Monday, January 17, 2011

Man's nose cut for asking money for water

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Bhopal: A man in Morena district of Madhya Pradesh who gave water from his well to some of his neighbours had his nose cut off after he asked for payment, police said Tuesday.

Ashok Sharma, a resident of Ambah village, had given water to some of his neighbours for farming. Read More................Man's nose cut for asking money for water

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After 30 years, 85-year-old granted divorce

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New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) After a three-decade-long legal battle, a man, who is now 85, finally got divorce with the Delhi High Court Thursday rejecting his wife's appeal challenging a lower court order. The court voiced anguish over the slow process of justice that prevented the couple from starting their lives afresh.

Upholding the decision of the trial court, which granted the divorce to 85-year-old J.M. Kohli in 1994, Justice Kailash Gambhir said it should be the endeavour of the courts to expeditiously decide these matters so that people involved can start their lives anew. Read More................After 30 years, 85-year-old granted divorce

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Father treks 14 km with daughter’s body tied to cycle

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Bhopal: In a shocking instance of absolute helplessness, a poor tribal farmer in Madhya Pradesh had to trek 14 kilometres with his teenage daughter’s body on a makeshift bier tied to his bicycle to get her autopsy done.The local police in his village had told the farmer it was his responsibility to take the body for the autopsy because there were no vehicles in the place.

Gokul Gond, a tribal farmer from Dudhmunia village, was Monday yet to come to terms with the death of his 16-year-old daughter Sohaga, who had reportedly consumed poison Saturday.

The local police made the report, told Gond to get the autopsy done and left. Read More................Father treks 14 km with daughter’s body tied to cycle

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Class 3 tribal girl branded with iron rods in hostel

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Bhopal: An eight-year-old tribal girl was allegedly branded with iron rods several times by a hostel superintendent in Madhya Pradesh’s Shahdol district, officials said Wednesday.Shushila, a Class 3 student, was studying at Adivasi Kanya Ashram in Shahdol and living in the school hostel.

The latest incident reportedly took place Jan 4 when hostel superintendent Anita Sant took Shushila from her hostel room to her office and subjected her to the torture.

“At 8 p.m. she came and took me to her office room and hit me with iron rods,” a frightened Shushila said. Read More................Class 3 tribal girl branded with iron rods in hostel

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Vellore dad drowns 2 girls, says he's no means to raise them

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VELLORE: A father of three murdered his two daughters by drowning them in a well in a village near Vellore on Tuesday morning. Later, confessing to the crime, the leather worker said he did it because he did not have the means to raise them although he had spared his four-month-old son.

An employee of a leather shoe-making unit in Melvisaram village in Vellore district, Mohamed Ali, 30, had approached the Arcot taluk police at 11 am on Tuesday and lodged a complaint that his baby girls, Taniya Tashiba, 3 and Ghaziya Nashiba, 2 were missing from his house since morning.

Superintendent of police TS Anbu said a complaint was lodged and investigations conducted, during which family members informed them that they had spotted two strangers on a motorbike near their residence, and they suspected that their babies may have been kidnapped. Read more: Vellore dad drowns 2 girls, says he's no means to raise them

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1326 Indians die due to accidents, suicide every day !

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NEW DELHI: Every fifth person who killed himself in Maharashtra in 2009 was a farmer, recent suicide data says, nailing the state for most farm suicides for the tenth year in a row. Nationwide, 17,368 farmers killed themselves in 2009, 7% more than the count in 2008.

The data is part of National Crime Records Bureau`s annual report of deaths and suicides across the country. Overall, India reported 418 accidental deaths a day in 2009. Road accidents killed 348 people a day; as many killed themselves daily for reasons ranging from illness to failure in love. The suicide count rose 1.7% compared to 2008 while accidental deaths, including those in road mishaps, increased by 7.3% over the last year. Around 1.27 lakh people committed suicide and 3.57 lakh died accidental deaths. Read More................1326 Indians die due to accidents, suicide every day !

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Jeans banned for girls

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MUZAFFARNAGAR (UP): A khap panchayat (caste council) banned girls from wearing jeans. Village elders blamed the attire for provoking eve-teasing and encouraging young couples to elope.

The khap panchayat led by Battisa Khap Council head Baba Suraj in Bhenswal village passed the diktat which claimed that wearing jeans had a "bad effect" on young women and eve-teasing incidents had increased due to their objectionable clothes". Read more: UP khap bans jeans for girls

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Yes, I beat them. So what? Asks Jharkhand MLA

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Bokaro: In a series of photographs, a man who is a big deal in this part of Jharkhand, thrashes one young man after another with sticks.

Jagannath Mahto has been elected twice as the MLA from Dumri in Jharkhand. He believes he has the right to enforce discipline in any manner that he sees fit. Read more........Yes, I beat them. So what? Asks Jharkhand MLA

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Devotees bathe on railways tracks, trains delayed

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Salem: Seven trains bound for Chennai were delayed by up to three hours after some Ayyappa devotees on board two trains took bath on the railway track at Erode, Railway sources said. Read more..........Devotees bathe on railways tracks, trains delayed

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Monday, January 10, 2011

Alien Baby Scares Mother

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A mother delivered an abnormal baby last morning at Dr Hiren Thumer's hospital in Gondal in Gujarat. Sonal Waghela who delivered the baby fell unconscious when she saw its face for the first time.

She is not willing to look at its face, as it is deformed and looks like a baby from a different planet. Read More................Alien baby scares mother

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Temple town with doorless homes gets a bank with no lock

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Ahmednagar (Maharashtra): Shani Shingnapur, the world famous temple town in Maharashtra where houses have neither doors or locks, now befittingly has its first commercial bank branch - with no locks on its front door! The public sector UCO Bank is the first to throw open the doors of commercial banking to this unique town of 3,000 people. Bowing to local religious sentiments, the bank last week decided to open the branch without a lock on its front door. Read More................Temple town with doorless homes gets a bank with no lock

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Born on train, girl is named Mamata Banerjee

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Karnal (Haryana): A girl child born on a moving train has been named Mamata Banerjee! That's right, after the railway minister.

The girl was delivered on board the Barauni Express train between Kurukshetra and Karnal stations Saturday, with a handful of women travelling on coach S-9 volunteering to help in the delivery of the child in the absence of any medical aid on board. Read More................Born on train, girl is named Mamata Banerjee

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11-year-old chained for disobeying uncle

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MYSORE: Child abuse can't get worse than this. Sameer, 11, was found on Thursday with his hands and legs in chains in a bylane of Shaktinagar here. All because he didn't obey his uncle Asgar's orders to go to work.....Read more: 11-year-old chained for disobeying uncle

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This Dog is worth 3 Nano Cars

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MOHALI: To own this dog, you have to shell out money equivalent to the cost of three Nanos — Rs 3.25 lakh. This was the price at Mohali dog show on Sunday. And, if you want a mating session of your female canine with Zoro, the two-year-old Pit Bull, it will cost you Rs 50,000 per session. Read more: This Mohali dog is worth 3 Nanos!

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Friday, January 07, 2011

Dead Woman 'Wakes up' at Funeral

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VISAKHAPATNAM: A woman, who was declared dead by doctors and whose body was being taken in a procession to the burial grounds, suddenly stirred and stood up sending shivers down the spine of relatives and others present here on Thursday. Read more: Dead woman 'wakes up' at funeral

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Monday, January 03, 2011

Weird Names...'High Court', 'Military', 'Coffee', 'English' etc.

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BIDADI: If you visit Bhadrapura village and ask for coffee, you won't get a drink. If you ask them if they know English, the entire village will say yes. If you think they don't know who Raj Kapoor or Shashi Kapoor is, you can't be more wrong. And you will be surprised to know that the village boasts of a High Court.

For, Coffee, English, High Court, Raj Kapoor and Shashi Kapoor are names of persons in this village, located on the outskirts of Bangalore. You also have a Congress and Janata. Read more: This village boasts of a 'High Court' & 'Military'

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Monkeys unite MPs on ‘9 to 5’ job for Langur

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New Delhi: It’s a cause that seems to have united Members of Parliament across party lines on Mahadev Road. Till a month back, there was no peace for the nearly 20 MPs residing there. Monkeys of all sizes moved in batches in their bungalows, destroying their kitchen gardens, bathing in their water tanks and walking away with their clothes and eatables. When even enjoying a cup of tea on their manicured lawns became a luxury they could not afford, BJP spokesperson Prakash Javadekar wrote to the six MPs residing in houses adjoining his residence — 24, Mahadev Road — to pool in money to hire the services of a langur. Read More................Monkeys unite MPs on ‘9 to 5’ job for langur

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Egg rage: Man stoned to death in Delhi

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NEW DELHI: A few broken eggs and an ill-timed laugh led to the death of a 32-year-old in Vikas Vihar, west Delhi, on Thursday.

The incident occurred around 10.45pm, when Jasbir Singh (45), who runs a roadside egg stall, and his wife Chiranjeet Kaur (38) had just returned home from work. The victim, Jaiprakash Pahuja, reportedly poked fun at the couple who were struggling to balance an egg cart. This enraged the couple, who threw bricks at him. Read more: Egg rage: Man stoned to death in Delhi

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Sunday, January 02, 2011

Now a Dog God comes as Saviour!

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Ramanagaram : Dog is man's best friend, but South India's Karnataka villagers are worshiping the canine in a temple as their protector.

At A V Halli village in Ramnagaram district, situated 57 km from Bangalore, people believe that the dog deity— 'Sri Naayidole Veerappa', saves them from all sorts of troubles.

The temple of the 'Sri Naayidole Veerappa' (dog God) is located next to the temple of the village deity called 'Sri Veeramasti Kempamma'. Read More................Now a Dog God comes as saviour!

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Bollywood Personalities Who Ride On Superstition

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Superstition among Bollywood stars is not unheard of but it is surprising when they do not mind to let go off lakhs of rupees just to satisfy their superstitious interests. The latest fad among our favorite Bollywood actors is their obsession with the number plates of their prized vehicles. Once look at them and you will realize that most Bollywood celebrities ride on superstition! Read More................Bollywood Personalities Who Ride On Superstition

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Teacher not allowed to use chair because of caste

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For five years, Seema Kumari has taught Science to children aged 3 to 12 at a government school in Bihar's Gopalgunj district.

She sits on the floor while she's coaching her students. In her classroom, there is no chair for her. "I am from a lower caste. That's why they don't let me sit on a chair. I have gone through a lot of agony because of this discrimination," she says, matter-of-factly. Read more at: Teacher not allowed to use chair because of caste

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Students asked to write their exams barefoot

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Pune: For students attempting the board exams in Maharashtra next year, stepping inside the examination hall may be akin to visiting a temple. The state education ministry is mulling over a proposal where students appearing for the boards will be asked to remove their shoes before entering the examination halls. This means they will write their exams barefoot. Read more at: Students in Pune asked to write their exams barefoot

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