Man with record-breaking 14-foot mustache has some grooming tips

Ram Singh Chauhan of India has the world's longest mustache, 14 feet, according to the Guinness Book of World Records.

Chauhan had received attention long before entering the world record books. According to the London Telegraph, his famous facial hair was featured in the 1983 James Bond film "Octopussy" and he has made cameos in several Bollywood films.

And the 54-year-old has offered some grooming tips to the BBC for anyone interested in sporting some unusually long facial hair. Read More................Man with record-breaking 14-foot mustache has some grooming tips

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Village sets up its own ‘High Court’

BATHINDA: A Punjab village has been forced to set up its own " high court" to resolve disputes due to rising litigation costs and slow pace of justice. Pulha village elders claim the "court", comprising 35 "jury" members, has settled over 250 cases primarily related to land disputes piled up over last three years in as many months. Read More................Justice delayed, Punjab village sets up its own ‘high court’

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Deity gets permission from High Court to participate in Festival

Shimla: A deity of the Kullu Valley in Himachal Pradesh has got justice in the state's high court which told the administration not to bar its participation in the annual rituals during the Dussehra festival.

The battle for one-upmanship among the followers of two deities -- Shringa Rishi and Balu Nag -- has been settled with Justice Dev Darshan Sud of Himachal Pradesh High Court directing the festival organisers to honour Shringa Rishi during the centuries-old Kullu Dussehra festival. Read More................Himachal deity gets back role in Dussehra festival

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Silly to Bizarre reasons for Divorce

MUMBAI: From frivolous to ridiculous, the reasons why people are seeking divorce is growing bizarre day by day. If a husband wants to step out of his marriage because his wife cooks meat in a cooker while his mother used to do it on slow fire, a woman wants to walk away from her husband as she does not want to employ the same doctor and chartered accountant her husband engages because she cannot understand his mother tongue. Read More................Divorce reasons go from silly to bizarre in Mumbai

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28-year-old engineer in hurry jumps off plane

Chennai: It is always a common sight across India where one gets to see passengers making a bee line to the exit as soon as the flight touches down for landing at the airport. The matter took an altogether different turn when one person redefined impatience and reportedly jumped out of an Dubai-Chennai Air India flight as soon as it touched down at the Chennai airport. Read More................28-year-old engineer in hurry jumps off plane in Chennai

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Govt department says no jeans, t-shirts for women staff

CHANDIGARH: Directing its field staff to wear "decent" clothes to work, the women and child department (WCD) department in Haryana has asked them to desist from wearing jeans and T-shirts to work.

The controversial order has virtually termed jeans and T-shirts as 'indecent' clothing. Its subject line read: "To wear decent clothes in office." Read More................Haryana govt department says no jeans, t-shirts for women staff

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Staff crunch drives headmaster to wield broom

KOLKATA: Imagine the headmaster, a figure we usually address with reverence, of a school having to perform the duties of the group-D staff and sounding assigned to ring the gong that marks the end of a period. At times, he also has to pick up a broom to sweep the floors clean. No, we aren't talking about a school in a remote district of the state. Welcome to the government-aided Adarsh Hindi High School on Mominpur Road. This government-aided higher secondary school has 1,450 students. Read More................Staff crunch drives headmaster to wield broom

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Fighting over Facebook post, boy stabs schoolmate

NEW DELHI: A picture posted on Facebook led to such bitterness among two Class X students of a well-known private school in central Delhi that one of them stabbed the other with a paper cutter in school on Wednesday morning.

The victim suffered six stab wounds, with the cutter slashing through his veins. He was rushed to the Ganga Ram Hospital in Rajender Nagar where an operation was conducted to stop the bleeding. The boy is now reported to be stable. Read More................Fighting over Facebook post, class X boy stabs schoolmate

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Man murders brother for touching his car

New Delhi, A 42-year-old man was bludgeoned to death by his younger brother who was infuriated because the former had touched his car, police said Thursday.

Ravinder, 36 murdered his brother Jagminder by repeatedly hitting him with an iron road May 15 in north Delhi’s Auchandi viilage near Bawana. Read More................Delhi man murders brother for touching his car

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600 teachers go ‘deaf’ to avoid transfers

MUMBAI: Six hundred teachers employed at zilla parishad schools in Yavatmal district have gone to extreme lengths to avoid being transferred. All of them have submitted identical certificates claiming that they are "deaf", and therefore, ineligible for transfer to other schools in the district. Read more.....600 teachers in Yavatmal go ‘deaf’ to avoid transfers

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World's largest paper envelope

Aligarh: A group of students of the Aligarh Muslim University today displayed what they claimed was the world's largest paper envelope.

The 39-ft x 27-ft envelope was made by 12 students of the AMU belonging to faculties of Engineering, Architecture, Fine Arts and Law over a period of ten days.

The envelope is addressed to the UN Peacekeeping operations and carries messages, signed by more than 10,000 youth, for promotion of world peace and prosperity, said Syed Nabeel Mehdi, leader of the group that made the envelope. Read more.........Aligarh university students claim to have made world's largest paper envelope

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The grooms were drunk, the brides said no

Patna, Left at the altar - alone and drunk. That was the fate of two grooms in normally patriarchal Bihar when their would-have-been brides and their families walked out on them because they were simply too sozzled. While one incident took place in Rohtas district’s Khaira village, the other was in Aurangabad’s Judahi village. Read more........The grooms were drunk, the brides said no

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Man uses Barack Obama's photo to get new mobile phone connection

HYDERABAD: If the records of a private telecom operator are to be believed, then US President Barack Obama is a 21-year-old resident of Nalgonda in Andhra Pradesh. In a telling laxity of the telecom service providers in granting telephone connections to all and sundry without proper verification, a Nalgonda resident by the name of M Prasad secured a cellphone connection with the number 9177523297 by passing off the photograph of the US President as his. Read more.....Man uses Barack Obama's photo to get new mobile phone connection

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Where Ramayana recitation continues for 18 years

Achnera (Uttar Pradesh): A Hindu temple in this small, bustling town on the outskirts of Agra is making a record of sorts with the continuous recital of the Indian epic Ramayana for the past 18 years. The Ram Hanuman temple opposite the Achnera railway station, about 25 km from Agra, has become a major centre of attraction for locals and those visiting the town. The recital of the holy book since 1994 is a feat every resident of this town is proud of. Read More................Where Ramayana recitation continues for 18 years

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Student killed over TV remote

New Delhi: Protest in New Delhi and Bangalore will be held on Sunday to seek justice for Richard Loitam, who died following a brawl over TV remote on Apr 18. The student of Acharya NRV School of Architecture in Bangalore passed away in his sleep after suffering a cerebral haemorrhage, hours after his fight with his fellow mate. Reports reveal that Loitam was allegedly punched on his head by his hostel mate. Read More................Student killed over TV remote, protest in B'lore, Delhi

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4-year-old boy shot dead for plucking mangoes

Lucknow: In a shocking incident, a four-year-old boy was shot dead allegedly by his neighbours for plucking mangoes from their orchard in Kharai village in the district. Read More................4-year-old boy shot dead for plucking mangoes in UP

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