Snake in woman's handbag creates flutter in hotel

Udhagamandalam: A two-foot long snake in a Kerala tourist's handbag created a flutter in a hotel in Udhagamandalam today. The couple from Kochi had arrived at the hotel after spending the night at a resort in Mudumalai yesterday. When the woman opened her handbag in the hotel, she discovered a snake nestled inside. It was later identified as belonging to the non-venomous 'wolf' species..........Read more....Snake in woman's handbag creates flutter in hotel

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Failed students lock teachers inside school

Jhargram, West Bengal: Class XI students of a school in West Midnapore district who had failed in the annual examination, today allegedly locked up the 50-odd staff and secretary of the school after their meeting failed to yield any result. The students of the Nayabasan Janakalyan Vidyapeeth at Gopiballabhpur said they would not open the gate till they all were promoted to class XII, said Ashok Pattanaik, secretary of the school's managing committee............Read more....Failed Class XI students lock teachers inside school

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Groom thrashed for being late, bride marries someone else

Ghaziabad: Being late for his own wedding proved costly for a bridegroom as he and his relatives were beaten up by irked family members of the bride who was married off to another person...........Read more....Groom thrashed for being late, bride marries someone else

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Married Romeo paraded in undergarments by women

Guntur: 25-year-old Narasimha was paraded around town in his undergarments, wearing a garland of slippers. He attempted to take off the slipper-garland but it was put right back by the angry crowd following him on the roads of Vinukonda town in the Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh. Read More................Married Romeo paraded in undergarments by women

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Contractors paid for roads that don't exist

HYDERABAD: The GHMC has landed in a tight spot after realizing that it has paid contractors for the construction of CC roads which do not exist in reality. This has come to light following numerous complaints from residents putting the corporation in a damage control mode. After scrutinising books, it found glaring shortfalls in measurement and even cases where no work has been done at all. Read More................Hyderabad contractors paid for roads that don't exist

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Couples disown girl, fight over baby boy

JAIPUR/JODHPUR: A newborn girl has been abandoned in Jodhpur's Umaid Hospital since her birth seven days ago, and is waiting for a DNA test to identify her biological parents. Read More................Couples disown girl, fight over baby boy

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Refused cheating in exam, youths kill teacher

SONIPAT: In a bizarre incident, a teacher succumbed to his injuries on Sunday after two youths ploughed their car into him on Saturday evening when he refused to allow their friend to cheat in the matriculation examinations of Haryana Open School, near Lahrada village of the district. Read More................Refused cheating in exam, youths kill teacher

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Boy barred from exam over grandfather's death

BHOPAL: A Class II school student in Madhya Pradesh was barred from taking his examination because his grandfather died a few days ago and his teacher told him to "get pure" first. Read More................Boy barred from exam over grandfather's death

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Mentally challenged child was placed on train tracks by father

Mumbai: A father first pushed his mentally-challenged three-year-old daughter from the second floor of their building. She survived. So he took her bleeding body to railway tracks in Mumbai and waited there, hoping a train would end their lives.

A neighbour spotted them and persuaded the father to move off the tracks just as a train was approaching, reports Mumbai newspaper, MiD DAY. Read more.......Mentally challenged child was placed on train tracks by father

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Young children thrown from top of a temple in ritual

Bangalore: As hundreds of people gather, young children are thrown from the top of a 30-foot temple. This is as an annual ritual in Karnataka's Bagalkot district that was conducted on Monday and yesterday.

Locals believe this brings health and luck to newborns. Most of the infants tossed in the air are less than two years old. People hold up blankets to catch the tumbling babies. Read more........Young children thrown from top of temple in Karnataka ritual

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