Liquor Filled Tomatoes for Tipplers

Ahmedabad: Necessity is the mother of invention, so goes the adage, and it’s even truer when it comes to the innovativeness displayed by those who are always on the lookout to make a quick buck.

As is the case of the liquor mafia operating in India’s only “dry” state, Gujarat, who have devised a novel way to keep tipplers happy.

Their modus operandi is simple but seems to be very effective. They suck out all juice from inside the tomatoes using a surgical syringe and then refill them with costly Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL). Read More................Liquor tomatoes for tipplers in Gujarat!

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Indian man has world’s biggest family with 39 wives, 94 children, 33 grandchildren

An Indian man, from Mizoram, has the largest family in the world with 39 wives, 94 children and 33 grandchildren.

Ziona Chana and his family live in a 100-room, four-storey house set amidst the hills of Baktwang village in Mizoram, where the wives sleep in giant communal dormitories.

Chana also has 94 children, 14-daughters-in-law and 33 grandchildren. Read More................Indian man has world’s biggest family with 39 wives, 94 children, 33 grandchildren

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Teachers climb water tank in protest

Lucknow: At least 12 qualified Urdu teachers were injured here Monday after police baton charged to break their demonstration demanding appointment in schools, officials said.In a protest inspired by a Bollywood film, six teachers, including three women, climbed atop a 50 feet high water tank just across the Uttar Pradesh assembly complex here and threatened to jump off if their demands are not conceded. Read More................Teachers climb water tank in protest; baton charged

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Demon Fair

Kullu: Thousands attended the traditional eight-day-long Fagli Fair or demon fair on Sunday in Himachal Pradesh.

The fair started with the beginning of the Phagun month of the Hindu calendar and ended in Kullu with Kotlu, a ritual where local youth put on demon masks and perform traditional dances. Read More................Thousands celebrate traditional demon fair in Kullu

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Wearing revealing dress cruel and ground for divorce

New Delhi: Wearing a revealing dress during her honeymoon proved costly for a woman as a court granted divorce to her husband saying improper dressing by the woman brought mental cruelty to the man.

"Cruelty includes not only physical but mental cruelty as well. Ostensibly, she (wife) has indulged in bloating falsehood beyond proportions," Additional District Judge Manmohan Sharma ruled, accepting the husband's plea that he suffered mental agony due to his wife wearing "vulgar" dresses regularly since their honeymoon. Read More................Wearing revealing dress cruel and ground for divorce: court

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Caught in Act, Thieves call the Cops

NEW DELHI: When in trouble, call the police – even if you are a thief. Trapped inside an apartment they were burgling, with a crowd of 250 people waiting outside to teach them a lesson, three thieves decided that getting arrested was better than being lynched. They phoned the cops. Read more: Caught in act, thieves call the cops

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'Dead' man returns to tell his tale

BAGAHA: A dead man tells no tale — so goes the saying! But what happens when a man, believed to be dead, comes back alive and kicking after 18 days much to the astonishment of all. But the return of this "dead man" has thrown up several questions. Read more: 'Dead' man returns to tell his tale

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Teen Makes 350 Obscene Calls to Female Cops

A 15-year-old Indian boy was arrested after allegedly making more than 350 obscene phone calls to female police officers in two days, The Times of India reported. Read More................Indian Teen Makes 350 Obscene Calls to Female Cops in Two Days

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Bizarre Indian Circus

Cows sunbathing on expressways. Bare-bodied sadhus on cellphones. Chappal combats in Parliament. Spitting and urinating in public places. Chaos, golmaal, jugaad... all pieces of a vast multi-cultural mosaic called India. Read more: Let's celebrate a day in the life of India

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Hello eve-teaser, this is SSP on line

PATNA: Even hardened criminals rarely dare badmouth a cop when confronted. But Patna SSP B S Meena got the shock of his life when he called up an alleged eve-teaser to make him feel chastened and got a threatening rebuff instead. Read more: Hello eve-teaser, this is SSP on line

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Prisoners attack jail staff with Cricket bats

Hyderabad: It was a routine check at the Cherlapally Open Air Jail on the outskirts of Hyderabad. The jail staff were checking to see if any prisoner had a mobile phone on Monday, when they were attacked by some undertrial prisoners.

The jailors reportedly suspected that some phones had been smuggled into the jail. When they were conducting searches in the Papagni block of the jail, where those under trial in terror-related cases are lodged, the prisoners attacked them with cricket bats.Read more at: Prisoners attack jail staff with cricket bats in Hyderabad

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