Dog Celebrates Birthday having a Pool Party with 20 Canine Friends

NEW DELHI - Oreo marked her birthday this year with a pool party in a posh New Delhi neighbourhood. Nothing unusual - except that the two-year-old is a dog.

The Dalmatian celebrated with a cake of flour, cheese and chicken tikkas, garnished with a rib-shaped biscuit on top and spent the day splashing in a swimming pool and chasing her 20 canine friends at a sprawling dog resort.

"It was like I was having my daughter's birthday party," said Priyamvada Sharma, Oreo's owner, who also has a 2-year-old female Labrador. "We had every possible type of biscuit and bone any pet shop would have." Read More................Life not so ruff for India's pampered pooches

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Mumbai college professors fisticuffs over class timings

Two professors allegedly came to blows in the staff room of Ismail Yusuf College in Jogeshwari over the issue of timing of lectures. One of them had to be hospitalized with an injured arm.

On Wednesday morning, as D Khare entered his second year BCom class, he was asked to wait by W K Acharya, who was already teaching there. "I called my head of the department and there was an argument. The matter was settled and, after lectures, I went to the staff room. There, we again had an argument. The senior professor then hurled a chair at me," said Khare. Read More................Mumbai college professors fisticuffs over class timings

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This Raksha Bandhan women to tie rakhis on photographs of insects

JIND: This Raksha Bandhan, a group of women from Nindana and Lalitkhera villages in Jind district will tie rakhis on photographs of insects as part of their campaign against use of pesticides in agriculture fields.

"All insects are our brothers, don't kill them. Shun pesticides to save them," is their plea this rakhi season even as they attend classes on ill-effects of pesticides on humans and insects. Read More................This Raksha Bandhan women to tie rakhis on photographs of insects

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Cop made to work as peon for booking judge’s kin

NEW DELHI: In a written complaint against an additional sessions judge at Tis Hazari courts, a traffic head constable has alleged he was abused and forced to report as a peon in a traffic court because he had issued a challan to the judge's brother for riding a two-wheeler without a helmet.

The head constable, Mahee Lal, said the judge first tried to stop him from issuing the challan. When Lal went ahead and issued the ticket, he was summoned to the judge's court. There, he was abused by the judge for doing his duty and illegally forced to work as a peon in a traffic court for three days, the complaint says. Read More................Cop made to work as peon for booking judge’s kin

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Students forced to sweep floors before class

Mumbai: Like Harry Potter and his colleagues at Hogwarts, children at the Kulgaon Badlapur Primary Municipal School bear brooms too. But for the latter, the floor brushes spell trouble instead of joyrides and wizardry. MiD DAY has visual evidence to prove that the students from classes I to VII are made to come an hour early every day to sweep the three-storey school building. Read More................School shocker! Students forced to sweep floors before class

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Karnataka orders all temples to hold prayers for rain; bill will be 17 crores

Bangalore: Karnataka is staring at its worst drought in 42 years and its government has asked all the 34,000 temples in the parched state to conduct a special pooja seeking rain. At about Rs. 5000 each, the special prayers will cost Rs. 17 crore. Read More................Karnataka orders all temples to hold prayers for rain; bill will be 17 crores

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Women to burn jeans, tops

LUCKNOW: A group of women from three villages in western UP's Muzaffarnagar would burn jeans and tops at an all-women mahapanchayat on Sunday to express solidarity with a khap diktat imposing restrictions on them.

Last week, a panchayat in Aasara village of Baghpat prohibited women below 40 years of age using cellphones or going to the market without a male member of the family, triggering a debate on the very existence of such self-styled courts in the country. Read More................All-woman mahapanchayat of western UP to burn jeans, tops

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Baby sold for Rs. 30,000 on bond paper

Hyderabad: On a humid June evening, near a majestic church in Medak district of Andhra Pradesh, a deal was struck. For Rs. 30,000 a poor mother sold her ten-month-old son to a couple who didn't have a child. The deal was signed on a Rs. 10 bond paper. The fine print gave the mother, 25-year- old Yessama, the right to take back her baby if she changed her mind. But she would have to pay Rs. 1.5 lakhs as a penalty for breach of contract.

That was on June 28. A fortnight later, the "buyers" were visited by a woman named Yashoda, who had brokered the transaction. She demanded more money on behalf of the mother for the baby. Arguments and a fight broke out, so the carefully inked deal became public. Read More................Andhra Pradesh baby sold for Rs. 30,000 on bond paper

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Teacher gets jail for cutting 10-year-old girl’s hair

COIMBATORE: A woman physical education teacher was sentenced to one month's imprisonment by a Coimbatore court on Monday for forcibly cutting the hair of a 10-year-old girl four years ago. The teacher was enraged when she saw the girl's hairstyle, which was not in conformity with what was prescribed by the school. She beat her up before taking a pair of scissors and forcibly cutting her hair. Read More................Tamil Nadu teacher gets jail for cutting 10-year-old girl’s hair

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Higher your education, harder it is getting a job

NEW DELHI: India's official unemployment rate last year was 3.8%, data released recently by the Labour Bureau shows, but, as always, averages hide many stories. A closer look at the numbers shows that unemployment rises with education level to 10% among graduates, and higher still for backward castes. Read More................Higher your education, harder it is getting a job

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Poor woman in Bihar sells child for Rs.62

Patna, Police have began an inquiry into a poverty-stricken woman in Bihar’s Araria district selling her four-month-old son for just Rs.62 to a Nepalese couple, sources Sunday said.

“I was informed that a poor woman sold her child to a Nepalese couple. Police have now begun investigation into it,” Araria police chief Shivdeep W. Lande told IANS on the telephone.

Shannu Khatun, in her mid-30s, who is struggling for survival, sold her son to a Nepalese couple at Forbesganj railway station, near the Indo-Nepal border in Araria. Read More................Poor woman in Bihar sells child for Rs.62, cops begin probe

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Man Challaned for Driving Car without Helmet

HISAR: Next time you drive a four-wheeler in Haryana, you might feel the need to carry a helmet: not to save your head, but pocket.

Hisar-based lawyer Amit Saini, 26, was issued a challan by traffic cops for not wearing a helmet while driving his WagonR to the court. Read More................Man challaned for driving car without helmet

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Minister weighed in blood

Surat: Narendra Modi's Food Minister Narottam Patel turned 77 yesterday with a bizarre celebration. He was weighed in blood on a weighing scale bedecked with flowers and garlands.

Mr Patel's supporters would have been happy he is no heavyweight. Reports suggest almost 70 litres of blood was collected to balance his 70 kg frame. His supporters had organised blood donation camps across Surat. Read More................Gujarat minister weighed in blood

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Rahul Gandhi offered Rs 15 crore dowry!

New Delhi: Gandhi scion and young Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi is undoubtedly the biggest youth icon and the most sought after groom in the country. And what further proves this point is an interesting proposal made by a woman who claims that she will give Rs 15 crore as dowry if the young leader marries her daughter.

According to a popular tabloid Mid Day, which first reported this interesting incident, the woman - Om Shanti Sharma - has been sitting on an indefinite fast at Jantar Mantar since July 9, and has taken a vow of silence. Read More................Rahul Gandhi offered Rs 15 crore dowry!

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Where Cellphones, Evening walks banned for women

Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh: The village of Asaara in Baghpat is tense because of the camera crews and reporters that have lined up to talk to residents after their panchayat decided on Thursday to ban cellphones for women, along with unescorted walks in the evening.

This part of Uttar Pradesh falls within the constituency of union minister Ajit Singh; he has refused to comment on this all day. Read More................In Ajit Singh's constituency, cellphones, evening walks banned for women

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Policemen caught on camera beating traffic offender with belts

Greater Noida: A 25-year-old youth was pinned to pillar and beaten with belts, by two Uttar Pradesh policemen in a Greater Noida police station for driving in a wrong lane.

The constable duo has been suspended as a video showing these policemen beating the youth reached the top officials. The incident took place Wednesday afternoon. Read More................Policemen caught on camera beating traffic offender with belts

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Sweeper becomes Surgeon and Doctor

LUCKNOW: State health minister Ahmed Hasan has ordered probe into reports of fourth class staff performing work of a surgeon and doctors in the district hospital of Bulandshar.

The probe was ordered after a news channel reported that the sweepers of the hospital stitch wounds and ward boys administer injections. Ideally, this stitching wounds is the job of a qualified surgeon and injection should be administered by a trained nurse. But locals reportedly said that such shocking anomalies were a 'routine' affair in the hospital. Read More................Sweepers stitch wounds, ward boys administer injections in Bulandshahr government hospital

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Weird red rain in India panics people . . . ‘blood red’ rain falls

As per one report on Thursday, July 5, 2012, around 6:50 p.m. local time, a mysterious red rain shower fell for about 15 minutes in Kannur, Kerala, India. Locales within a one kilometer area in the Indian state of Kerala experienced this phenomenon, as it filled courtyards with blood red rain and stained people's clothes pink. Read More................Weird red rain in India panics people . . . ‘blood red’ rain falls

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Zero in exam? In Andhra, you can still get admission

By Mohammed Shafeeq, Hyderabad: They may have handed over blank papers but they have still qualified for admission into professional degree courses in Andhra Pradesh. Unbelievable but true, say officials.

Twenty-two of 78 students who scored zero in the entrance test this year will get admission in engineering and agriculture courses as they belong to Scheduled Caste (SC) or Scheduled Tribe (ST) communities. Read More................Zero in exam? In Andhra, you can still get admission

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Cook killed for delay in serving tandoori chicken

Mumbai: While delay at being served in a restaurant can lead to irritation and anger, no one in their right minds would go to the extreme that four BMC employees went to yesterday - killing the cook.

According to the Navghar police, the incident took place over a delay on part of the owner of a dhaba in Mulund (E) in serving a meal of tandoori chicken and eight rotis ordered by the BMC employees. Read More................Cook killed for delay in serving tandoori chicken

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Jesus Wept

A skeptic faces possible charges for debunking Mumbai’s miracle statue.

Sanal Edamaruku faces a Catholic backlash after insisting that the "holy" water dripping from a statue of Christ in Mumbai, India, came from a leaky drain. Edamaruku is the founder and president of Rationalist International, president of the Indian Rationalist Association, and honorary associate of the U.K. Rationalist Association. Read More................Jesus Wept

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Frog weddings performed in India to appease rain Gods

In a ritual aimed at appeasing Lord Indra, the mythological rain god, residents in central and western India have been playing host to wedding feasts for frogs.

Disappointed at the delay in the onset of the southwest monsoon and also over the less than favourable predictions of the weatherman, these people are now seeking divine intervention to give them respite.

In Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh, the residents performed a traditional Hindu wedding, but the bride and groom were frogs, and not human beings.

The wedding was performed under the supervision of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator Lalita Yadav.

A group of women sat with the frogs during their wedding, singing songs and dancing while the amphibians were anointed and led through the ceremonies that aimed to appease Lord Indra, the rain god. Read More................Frog weddings performed in central and western India to appease rain gods

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