When two Simians take Marriage Vows

And so it shall be July 6, when three-year-old groom Raju, in typical north Indian fashion, rides a horse from Banetha town in Tonk district, some 100 km from Rajasthan capital Jaipur to bride Chinki's house in Talwas village in neighbouring Bundi district.

What will follow will be the usual trappings of a Hindu wedding, including seven rounds of the fire and the marriage "vows".

That's not all!

"We have made all the preparations. Marriage invitations have been sent to hundreds of people. The priest had announced the wedding date in the engagement ceremony organized Tuesday," Raju's caretaker Ramesh told IANS. Read More................This marriage is pure monkey business!

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Youth to Marry off Wife to Lover

MEERUT: In a bizarre tale of marriage without consent, a 21-year-old supervisor in an IT company has got his newly-wedded wife tie a rakhi to him — symbolically making her a sister — after learning that she had earlier secretly married another man. The 'groom', Nitesh Tyagi, has also vowed to get the girl, Aarti, married to her lover despite alleged threats from her family. The girl, meanwhile, is living at the supervisor's house in Meerut's Devlok Colony.Read More................Ajab prem ki ghazab kahani: Meerut youth to marry off wife to lover

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When Tattoos Go Horribly Wrong

NEW DELHI: Getting inked is no big deal today, especially when it comes to declaring love for someone. Sounds romantic, but what happens if the couple breaks up? Then follows a never-ending ordeal of covering up the tattoo either with expensive intricate designs or laser sessions to lighten it.

Take 25-year-old Prashant Kale, who inked his girlfriend's name on his nape on an impulse, but regrets it now ever since he has broken off with her. The problem is that a tattoo cannot be completely removed. It can only be lightened by using laser technique or it can be camouflaged with more intricate designs. Read More................When tattoos go horribly wrong

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Now, God to arbitrate Political feud

BANGALORE: Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa and Janata Dal (U) leader H D Kumaraswamy have decided to take their political battle to the gods. At 10am on June 27, they will slug it out, not on the streets or TV studios, but before Lord Manjunatha in Sri Kshetra Dharmasthala (275km from Bangalore). Read More................Now, god to arbitrate Karnataka's political feud

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India's oldest prisoner walks out of jail at age 108

LUCKNOW: In 1987, when he was 84, Brij Bihari went on a killing spree. All his life, he had cherished one dream: to be mahant of Maharajganj's Jagannath temple. Towards that end, he had lived a life of celibacy, remained a staunch vegetarian, prayed every day. But when that didn't happen, in ripe old age, he plotted to kill. Four people were dead when he was through.Read More................India's oldest prisoner walks out of jail at 108

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To prove innocence, 3 minors made to dip hands in boiling water

Three minor boys were made to dip their hands in boiling oil in order to prove that they had not stolen a mobile handset in Girol village of Sagar district, a gateway to the backward Bundelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh.

The test took place at the house of one Preetam Kurmi, whose nephew had lost his mobile phone when he, along with the accused boys, was having a bath near the village well on June 13. Read More................To prove innocence, 3 minors made to dip hands in boiling water

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Beggar dies with Rs 2 Lakh in pocket

Indians, irrespective of whatever strata of the society they might belong to, have an inherent sense of saving money for rough times. We all save, thinking that the deposits would serve us during adverse times and illness. Sometimes, we even take out a few coins to give alms to a poor beggar so that he can conjure up on all his earnings over a period of time and get himself a square meal. Read More................Ajmer: Beggar dies with Rs 2 Lakh in pocket

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Dead Men Working: The Ghost Dams Scam

HITAMETA (DANTEWADA): This year, between January and March, Daya Hirma worked for 48 days and earned Rs 4,800 under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MNREGS). A resident of Hitameta village in Dantewada, he was one of the 145 workers who built a stop dam over a stream. Four such dams were built in Hitameta for Rs 1 crore from MNREGS funds. That's if you believe the records of the irrigation department. Instead, if you visit the village, you will find Daya Hirma is dead, most villagers did not get work or money, and dams never got built. Read More................Dead men working: The ghost dams scam

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Woman forced to dip hands in boiling oil to prove innocence

RAJKOT: A woman in Surendranagar district was forced to dip her hands in boiling oil to prove that she was not having an affair with a married man. Read More................Woman forced to dip hands in boiling oil to prove innocence

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Driven by Superstition, they dig out dead woman’s body

Ranchi: In a bizarre incident, a dead woman’s body was dug out from a Jharkhand village and buried elsewhere as the villagers believed the woman’s unnatural death might bring calamities to the place. Read More................Driven by superstition, they dig out dead woman’s body

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Rejected lover sends bullets to Girlfriend

Rejected in love, a young man in Tripura sent some bullets to his girlfriend, who fainted after receiving them, police said Sunday.

Habib Mia sent six cartridges of a 9 mm pistol from Dharmanagar in north Tripura by courier, East Agartala police station officer-in-charge Narayan Saha told IANS. Read More................Rejected lover sends bullets to girlfriend

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Wedding-day Ragging

Thiruvananthapuram: Ragging seems no longer the nightmare of new comers in campuses alone but even the newly wedded could be its victims, at least in parts of Kerala.
The much abused act has taken a new but more serious form in parts of Kerala by the name "marriage ragging",a practice of playing pranks and springing shocks on the couple on the wedding day by the groom''s friends. Read More................Wedding-day ragging - a new social evil in Kerala

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Man kills daughter for cellphone chat with boyfriend

NAWADA (BIHAR): A man allegedly strangled his 20-year-old daughter, doused her body in kerosene and burnt it before burying her. He did this because he found her talking to her boyfriend on a cellphone. The boy has reportedly recorded Archna's screams on his cellphone. Read More................Man kills daughter for cell chat with boyfriend

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At age 75, she wants her dowry back

Patna: Married at the age of 15, widowed and left in the lurch at the age of 65, 75-year-old Satyavati Devi's life today is one of penuary and she has sought he 220 grams of gold and Rs.7,000 that her parents gave to her in-laws at the time of her marriage. Read More................At 75, she wants her dowry back

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UP's pot-bellied cops to hit gym!

ALLAHABAD: Fitness is going to be the new mantra for pot-bellied policemen at least in Lucknow and Allahabad. Police headquarters, Allahabad, will soon release funds to set up a state of the art gymnasiums in Allahabad and Lucknow. Read More................UP's pot-bellied cops to hit gym!

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A School Where all Students Failed in Board Exams

Amid all the buzz over encouraging board exam results all over India, Jharkhand's Deoghar district has a school where all its 147 students have failed in their secondary board examination.

The Jharkhand Academic Council (JAC) announced the results of the secondary board examinations on Tuesday. A total of 69.31 per cent students passed in the examination.

However, the students of the Kothia High School were in for a rude shock as not one of them managed to pass the examination. Read More................A Jharkhand school where all students failed in board exams

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Cops Sing and Dance at a Wedding & nab a Fraudster

AHMEDABAD: The only police officer who can do Bollywood jhatkas and still look good is Chulbul Pandey, a la Dabangg. But looking good was the last thing on the minds of Navrangpura police station officers as they sang and danced with revellers at a wedding on SG Road recently. And the effort paid off as it helped them nab a fraudster. Read More................Cops Sing and Dance at a Wedding & nab a Fraudster

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Woman cuts off thumb to mark AIADMK victory

SALEM: In a gruesome show of adulation, a woman in Salem cut off her right thumb on Sunday to fulfill a vow and mark the AIADMK's victory in the recent assembly election. Read More................Woman cuts off thumb to mark AIADMK victory

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Can a 4 year old commit murder? Bihar police think so!

A four-year-old boy, resident of a village located 60 km away from Bihar's capital Patna, has been accused of murder.

Alok Pandey, who is yet to join a primary school, has been charged by the police in Bhojpur district for assaulting and seriously injuring his neighbour, who died on his way to the hospital. Read More................Can a 4-year-old commit murder? Bihar police think so!

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