Girl scores poor marks, forced by father to Beg

MYSORE: Enraged by his daughter's performance in Class VII exams, a father forced a girl to beg in her school uniform in front of a city temple.

As the 12-year-old girl, from a reputed school, sat weeping in front of a temple on Monday night, she caught the attention of MP Varsha, an NGO worker, who took her to a police station. There, she told her story: she was being punished by her father for not doing well in exams.

The father was arrested and a case registered against him under the Juvenile Justice Act. Angry neighbours damaged his car. He admitted he made his daughter beg in front of a temple. "My intention was to teach her the hardships of life," he told cops. Read More................Girl scores poor marks, forced by father to beg

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21-hour wait for fraction of a second darshan of the Lord at Tirumala

TIRUPATI: It's an arduous 21-hour wait in the queue for a darshan of their favourite Lord which lasts no more than a fraction of a second. Even as the scorching sun beats down on them, pilgrims patiently await their turn for a darshan of Lord Venkateswara at the hill shrine of Tirumala. Read More................21-hour wait for fleeting darshan of the Lord at Tirumala

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Man spends 2 yrs in jail for murders committed while he was behind bars

With the kind of frenetic lives we lead these days, many of us have often wished we were in two places at the same time. Going by the version of the cops, it seems 27-year-old Ramu Shinde actually pulled off this feat.
Malegaon police arrested the illiterate 'dacoit' for a double murder, but it later turned out he was lodged in Kalyan jail at the time of the incident. Read More................Man spends 2 yrs in jail for murders committed while he was behind bars

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Angry Brides

New Delhi, Shaadi.com’s anti dowry game ‘Angry Brides’ has struck a chord amongst women gamers with more than 10,000 females playing it since its launch, less than two weeks ago.

The game Angry Brides was launched on ibibo.com on Women’s Day, March 8.

It also has a loyal following of 110,000 monthly players on the popular social networking site Facebook.

The game, named similar to the popular game Angry Birds, allows players to thrash three dowry-seeking grooms with a whole arsenal of weapons such as slippers, stiletto heels, rolling pins or even pressure cookers and potted plants.

The grooms, portrayed as an engineer, a doctor and a pilot, come with a dowry tag varying from Rs.15 to Rs.40 lakh. The players hit the groom with their weapon of choice. Each hit puts some money in the anti-dowry fund. The objective is to fill the fund before time runs out. Read More................Women gamers thrash dowry-seekers online

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Controversial minister puts foot in mouth

Bhopal, A controversial Madhya Pradesh minister made a bizarre statement in the state assembly Wednesday, asserting that promises made in election manifestos are by a party and not the government and hence, there was no need for a government to implement them.

State Cooperatives Minister Gauri Shankar Bisen’s statement was in response to a question by Congress legislator Arif Aqueel on the issue of loan waiver. Aqueel asked as to when loans up to Rs.50,000 to small farmers would be waived off as promised by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in its election manifesto. Read More................Controversial Madhya Pradesh minister puts foot in mouth

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‘Dead horses’ come alive

Srinagar, In a glaring example of man’s apathy towards animals, two horses given up as dead turned out to be alive after a fortnight in Srinagar Wednesday.

People in the uptown Rawalpora area of the city Wednesday called the helpline telephone numbers set up by the Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) during the recent windstorm, complaining about the carcasses of two horses lying in the local swamp for the last fortnight. Read More................‘Dead horses’ come alive in Srinagar

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Sachin Chalisa

Agra, A packed audience made up of Sachin Tendulkar fans and local sportspersons joined a popular bhajan singer at Eklavya Stadium here to recite the ‘Sachin chalisa’ - otherwise a devotional genre, but in this case dedicated to the cricket maestro!

They were celebrating his 100th century, of course. Read More................Now, cricket lovers celebrate with ‘Sachin chalisa’

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Half of India defecates in the open but owns a Mobile Phone

New Delhi: Nearly half of India defecates in the open but at the same time more than 63 per cent have access to either a landline or a mobile phone.

And, even more interestingly nearly half (47.2 per cent) of India also have a television set at home.

Television also emerged as the key mode communication for India registering a 16 per cent growth over the last similar Census of 2001.

These, rather startling figures, were revealed today at Household Amenities Census 2011. In contrast, however, 58 per cent households have bathing facility within the premises. Read More................Half of India defecates in the open but owns a mobile phone: Household Amenities Census

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Three sons beat father to death over loud TV

Bhopal, A 55-year-old man was beaten to death in front of his mother by his three sons for watching television at high volume in a slum area here, police said Tuesday. Read More................Three sons beat father to death over loud TV

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Now, Deoband issues fatwa on body scan

NEW DELHI: Islamic seminary, Darul Uloom, Deoband, has issued a fatwa against full body scan saying it's against the sharia. Read More................Now, Deoband issues fatwa on body scan

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Bank auctions wrong house to recover loan

PATNA: Anita Singh, 47, and her husband Dwijendra Kumar have been chasing authorities since February 16. That day they came to know that their only house at Adarsh Colony in Muzaffarpur had been auctioned by Punjab National Bank (PNB) to recover a loan of Rs 5 lakh which their neighbour, Ajay Sharma, had taken from PNB's Bela branch in Muzaffarpur in 1999. Read More................Bank auctions wrong house to recover loan

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Woman delivers outside hospital, pig tries to drag baby

Bhopal, A newborn baby was dragged by a pig soon after her mother delivered her outside the government hospital in Madhya Pradesh’s Guna district, the baby’s father said Thursday. The baby was rescued. Read More................Woman delivers outside Guna hospital, pig tries to drag baby

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Son-producing clinics

AHMEDABAD: When district officials in Mehsana studied records of gynaecologists recently, they were stunned to find out that many were virtually running son-producing centres. Mehsana town is infamous with its ratio at just 760 girls per 1,000 boys - the lowest in the country. Read More................Son-producing clinics in Gujarat, 15 doctors penalized

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Stadium comes alive with buffaloes on the ramp!

Jind (Haryana), Every time a contestant stepped on the ramp, there were no ‘Uhs’ and ‘Aahs’ that normally go with ramp shows. But there was cheering and clapping. Not for any models though. Read More................Stadium comes alive with buffaloes on the ramp!

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