Catch a monkey, win Rs.500

Shimla, The Himachal Pradesh government is offering Rs.500 for every monkey that is trapped. And officials said the hill state has an estimated 300,000 monkeys.
Desperate to overcome the monkey invasion, the government Tuesday decided to sterilize 200,000 monkeys by June 30 next year. Read More................Catch a monkey, win Rs.500

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Transfer Baba

There are all sorts of Babas in India. Here is Transfer Baba.

He counts national leaders, chief ministers, legislators, senior civil servants and industrialists among his supplicants. Like most swamis, it is a mystery how he managed to acquire such a following, and the wealth that goes with it, but Ongole’s Ramavadhoota Swamy has got it all.

Swamy’s powers, both political and occult, have earned him the sobriquet of Transfer Baba in Andhra Pradesh. Days after several Indian Police Service (IPS) officers were transferred in the state, sources say the police top brass are changing the list, allegedly at the behest of Swamy. Read More................Transfer Baba, Andhra’s new political Godman

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'Teasers' in tears as cops turn 'eves'

PATNA: Eve-teasers are in for trouble. Ten of them were arrested on a single day on Thursday as it turned out that their love interests were not timid teens but young women cops in civvies deployed as decoys to beat the 'Majnu menace'. Read More................'Teasers' in tears as cops turn 'eves'

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Cop demands graft from cop

PATNA: In what appears to be a case of poetic justice, an SI-rank reader in the DGP office faces the axe for allegedly demanding graft to execute the DGPas order to reinstate a dismissed constable. Read More................Cop demands graft from cop

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What a Love story! Boyfriend in debt, Girl kidnaps cousin

Ahmedabad: A 20-year-old girl, Payal Bhalchandani allegedly kidnapped her 6-year-old cousin, Aditya to pay the debt of her boyfriend, Nishant Shetty.

Police arrested Payal and her boyfriend along with their two co-partners in the crime. Initial investigation revealed that Shetty was in a debt of Rs 10 lakh. Payal and her gang asked Rs 1 crore as ransom from her family members who are in hotel business. Read More................What a Love story! Boyfriend in debt, Girl kidnaps cousin

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Wedding wows! 120-year-old man marries 60-year-old

Silchar (Assam), If their respective ages were to be added up, they'll date back to India's first war of independence in 1857. So, when 120-year-old Hazi Abdul Noor tied the knot with 60-year-old Samoi Bibi, the 500 guests at the wedding ceremony were bound to be left gaping. Read More................Wedding wows! 120-year-old man marries 60-year-old

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The more the merrier, says Mizo man with 39 wives, 94 kids

Baktawng (Mizoram), Many would consider it an achievement of Biblical proportions! With 39 wives and more than 120 children and grandchildren, all staying together, a tribal Christian cult leader in the northeastern state of Mizoram could perhaps claim to head the world’s biggest family. Read More................The more the merrier, says Mizo man with 39 wives, 94 kids

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Temple Sells Human Hair for USD 28 Million

Hyderabad: This is a hair-raising achievement by one of the richest temples in India, the Tirumala temple. The temple administration managed to gather a whopping Rs 133 crore (USD 28 Million) by auctioning off human hair offered by the devotees to the deity. The temple in Andhra Pradesh is known for the unique offering made by the throngs of pilgrims who visit the holy place each year.

The e-auction of the hair was conducted for the first time by the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) and garnered lush returns. The TTD managed to auction as much as 65,000 kg of various categories of hair. It has been reported that close to 49 traders took part in the auction. Read More................Hair raising feat; Tirupati temple sells hair for Rs 133 cr

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Barking dogs attract leopards from wild

Shimla: The elusive, shy leopard avoids humans but has a special affinity for dogs. The reason? The dog is an easy prey and the feline relishes its meat. This is the reason why the wildcat is increasingly straying into human habitation. It is enticed by the barking of canines. Read More................Barking dogs attract leopards from wild

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Slap hubby, win Rs 1000

Hyderabad: Slap your alcoholic or wife-beating husband in public and get a cash reward of Rs 1,000 per whack — up to a maximum of Rs 10,000.

That’s the “incentive scheme” an Andhra Pradesh minister is offering harassed wives in his constituency, Kurnool, provided they turn up with eyewitnesses to their act.

Minor irrigation minister T.G. Venkatesh, who is an industrialist to boot, claims to have “redeemed” the slaps of 210 women over the past six months, paying them out of his own pocket.Read More................Slap hubby, win Rs 1000

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Satisfied with life, couple ends life

PANAJI: A young couple working in the IT industry committed suicide by hanging themselves at their residence in Merces, just outside Panaji. The decomposed bodies were found by Old Goa police on Thursday night after neighbours complained of a foul smell emerging from the flat.Read More................Satisfied with life, couple ends life in Goa

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Parents bury 2-day-old baby girl alive

Bhopal: A 2-day-old baby girl was buried alive in the Bonda village of Madhya Pradesh. Fortunately, a farmer rescued the infant from facing a tragic death.

The farmer reportedly heard sound a baby crying when he was working in field on Thursday, Oct 6. Following the sound, he located the baby and managed to push her head above the ground.Read More................MP: Parents bury 2-day-old baby girl alive

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To bail out lover, girl burgles employer’s house

New Delhi, She might have done it for love but finds herself handcuffed. A domestic maid, to bail out her lover in judicial custody, burgled the house in which she worked and tried to get away with perhaps more than the bail amount.Read More................To bail out lover, girl burgles employer’s house

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Where AK 47s, INSAS rifles are worshipped

Ranchi, The Durga Puja celebration at the Jharkhand Armed Police (JAP) ground in Ranchi is unique in many ways.

Here the idol of Goddess Durga is not worshipped, but arms and weapons. The idol is given a salute of guns, animals are sacrificed and women worship for the safety of their husbands and sons.Read More................Where AK 47s, INSAS rifles are worshipped on Durga Puja

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Where Ravana worshipped on Dussehra!

Bhopal, They don’t regard Ravana as a negative figure. On the contrary, some people in four Madhya Pradesh districts worship Hindu god Rama’s arch rival on Dussehra when all across his effigies are burnt to mark the victory of good over evil.Read More................Here Ravana worshipped on Dussehra!

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