Indian politician wears a Rs. 1.25 crore shirt. It is made of gold

Pune: Datta Phuge has a new shirt. It's made of gold. The 32-year-old politician wants a ticket to contest Lok Sabha elections next year, and reckons that the 3.5 kg, Rs. 1.25 crore shirt will help get him easy attention.

The trick has worked so far. Mr Phuge, who belongs to Sharad Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party, has grabbed prime time space on many Marathi television channels. To ensure that the glitter and novelty do not fade, he has added a gold belt and also dons gold chains and bracelets when he makes an appearance on TV. Total cost, Rs. 7 crore.Read more.........Pune politician wears a Rs. 1.25 crore shirt. It is made of gold

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Thief forgets to steal, takes shelter under warm blanket

Madhyamgram (West Bengal): He entered the house as a thief in a cold night but could not ignore the warmth of a blanket he found in one of the rooms. He fell asleep!

The incident occurred at Madhyamgram in West Bengal on Sunday. According to the report published in Bengali daily Ei Samay on Monday, the housewife, Pratima Modak, thought it was her daughter sleeping under the blanket. Read more.........Thief forgets to steal, takes shelter under warm blanket

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Indian Railways serves ‘Rat biryani’ to Pilgrims

AHMEDABAD: A family from Valsad was served a revolting dish of 'rat biryani' from the pantry of the Sarvodaya Express while returning home from a pilgrimage to the Vaishno Devi shrine in Jammu & Kashmir.

Teacher Nilesh Patel and his wife Veena had ordered three vegetarian biryanis — one to be shared between their two sons. When their seven-year-old son Monik dug a spoon in the dish, something heavy obstructed him. When Patel tried to help him out, it was found that a rat had been cooked in the biryani. Read more.........Railways serves ‘rat biryani’ to Gujarati pilgrims

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Man allegedly kills daughter for being late to serve food

Bhubaneswar: A 19-year-old girl was allegedly killed by her father in Odisha because she was late in serving food to him.

The incident took place Tuesday afternoon at Odanga village in Jajpur district, about 60 km from the state capital Bhubaneswar.Read more.........Man allegedly kills daughter in Odisha for being late to serve food

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A most unusual swayamvaram

Sswayamvaram is well entrenched in our ancient texts. There is the famous one in the Ramayana, where Sita chooses her life partner, and in that other venerable text, the Mahabharata, Draupadi gets to do the same.

Many centuries later, Prithviraj Chauhan gallops off with Sanyogita from her swayamvaram in dashing style.Read more.........A most unusual swayamvaram

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Dead rat allegedly served in dinner, nine students fall ill

Banda: A dead rat allegedly found in the dinner served to students of a government residential school in Hardauli village in Banda district of Uttar Pradesh made nine children severely ill, a government official said.Read more.........Dead rat allegedly served in dinner, nine students fall ill

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Man obtains 31 degrees during 6-year jail term

AHMEDABAD: For Bhanu Patel, 57, the transformation in prison did not mean keeping his head low and cursing self for the situation he found himself in. Instead, Patel, a doctor by profession, obtained 31 educational qualifications and is all set to enter record books for the 'Most educational qualifications during imprisonment'.Read more.........Man obtains 31 degrees during 6-year jail term

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On stamp paper, 11-year-old girl sold for Rs. 6.5 lakh

Jaipur: An 11-year-old girl was allegedly "sold" for Rs.6.5 lakh by her mother in Rajasthan. The accused and her daughter, as well as the man who "bought" the girl, have been arrested.

The victim's mother - Raja Rani - a resident of Jhalawar town, 350 km from Jaipur, even signed a judicial stamp paper as if to legally authenticate the deal.Read more.........On stamp paper, 11-year-old girl sold for Rs. 6.5 lakh

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Stray dog 'steals' bag with 400,000 rupees in India

A businessman in India's Bihar state has lodged a complaint with the police saying that a stray dog has run away with his bag containing 400,000 rupees ($7,424; £4,656).

Nakched Mian said the bag was kept on his bed while he went out to wash his hands at a water pump.

That was when the dog entered the room and ran off with the bag.Read more......... India stray dog 'steals' bag with 400,000 rupees in Bihar

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Police to escort alleged cheat to his 5-star wedding

MUMBAI: This is one groom who will be escorted by not just the baraat, but the police as well. The Bombay HC last Saturday refused anticipatory bail to a young businessman in Mumbai and his parents in a case of alleged cheating and fraud worth Rs 7.5 crore. The only relief given was that, if arrested, the police would escort the groom to his wedding ceremony.Read more.........Police to escort alleged cheat to his 5-star wedding

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Two men squabble over 'one wife'

Raisen: A peculiar situation prevailed in a court in Raisen when two men claimed one woman as their wife.

The woman in question hails from Parkhedi and she was married to Bhaiyalal, a resident of Noorganj three years ago.

Later another person Mahesh Meena took her away and the two lived together for some time at Khanpur in Begumganj area.Read more.........Two men squabble over 'one wife' in Madhya Pradesh court

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Kachori-craving pilot delays flight by an hour

An Air India pilot faces suspension after she defied orders to switch her scheduled Mumbai-Jodhpur-Delhi flight for a later, direct flight from Mumbai to Delhi. Her reason for doing so? She wanted to fly via Jodhpur to pick up an order for the city's famous onion kachoris that she had placed. Her refusal to swap flights delayed the Mumbai-Delhi flight, left without a pilot, by an hour. Read more.........Kachori-craving pilot delays flight by an hour

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102 out of 100? It’s possible at Delhi University

NEW DELHI: When Delhi University student Nishi Sinha (name changed) got 102 marks in her second year French exam, she just couldn't trust her eyes. The reason for her disbelief was simple — the French paper carried total marks of 100! Read more.........102 out of 100? It’s possible at Delhi University

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After 'Chota Pakistan', now a 'Bangladesh' in India - Thane

Weeks after an electricity bill from Thane's Nallasopara slum colony brought a 'Chota Pakistan' to light, a birth certificate issued to a resident from Gandhinagar locality in Mira-Bhayander, has revealed a settlement called 'Bangladesh Zopadpatti'. Read more.........After 'Chota Pakistan', now a 'Bangladesh' in Thane

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Chemotherapy delayed for want of a ration card

CHENNAI: This is the height of bureaucratic indifference. A 50-year-old poor patient in Chennai was denied cancer treatment at the Government General Hospital for two days because she had lost her ration card. On Thursday, after much pleading, the woman was given the life-saving chemotherapy, but was told that she should produce a duplicate copy of the card when she returned for the next therapy in the first week of February.Read more.........Chemotherapy delayed for want of a ration card

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India a nation of quarrelling people? Yes, with 3 cr court cases

New Delhi : Have we become a nation of quarrelling people? Despite the steep increase in the cost of hiring lawyers, there is no let up in new cases being filed and pending cases in various courts. Understandably, the administration is worried. Yesterday, Union Law Minister Ashwani Kumar said, "...now it is well established that India's judicial system is under strain. There are three crore cases pending, with two crore getting added up every year." Read more.........Are we a nation of quarrelling people? Yes, with 3 cr cases

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Providing girl's photo for marriage not allowed: Darul Uloom

Muzaffarnagar: Leading Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Deoband has said that providing the photograph of a girl to boy's family for marriage purpose is not allowed under Islamic law.

In a fatwa issued yesterday, the seminary said providing photo of a girl to boy's family for fixing wedding is against Shariat law. Read more.........Providing girl's photo for marriage not allowed: Darul Uloom

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Minor girls sent to boys' hostel as punishment

Bhopal: A non-government organisation (NGO) based in Madhya Pradesh, tasked with the welfare of minor girls, has been accused of sending the girls – most of them disabled and mentally weak – to boys hostel as “punishment”.

The Times of India reported that the matter came to light several months after the NGO started the practice.

Bright Star Social Society, based in Sehore, was entrusted with running separate hostels for boys and girls. Read more.........Minor girls sent to boys' hostel as punishment

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Chhota Pakistan, Laden Nagar in India!

Mumbai: Naming localities in India as Chhota Pakistan and Laden Nagar may surprise most but that is how a slum cluster in Nalla Sopara near Mumbai is known to locals.

And, the names seem to have earned official sanction with electricity bills generated by state’s power distribution company- Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution company, using the names to identify connections in the locality. Read more.........Chhota Pakistan, Laden Nagar in India!

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I-T finds Indian man with US bonds worth $5bn

COIMBATORE: The investigation wing of the Income Tax (I-T) department in Coimbatore has seized US treasury bonds worth about Rs 27,500 crore from a 45-year- old man claiming to be a financial broker-cum-business consultant in Dharapuram in Tirupur district. Read more.........I-T finds Tirupur man with US bonds worth $5bn

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Gold Shirt weighing about 3.5 kgs and worth Rs 1.27 crore

A 'gold shirt' weighing about 3.5 kgs and worth Rs 1.27 crore has been bought by a businessman in neighbouring Pimpri-Chinchwad industrial township.

Datta Phuge, the husband of NCP member from Pimpri- Chinchwad Municipal Corporation, Seema, has become the talk of the town after he presented himself in the glittering shirt made out of gold. Read more.........Pune man orders Rs 1 cr worth 'gold shirt'

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Bizarre Luxury Shopping

NEW DELHI: Money makes you pick the bizarre when you shop. Sometimes too much money perhaps makes you do somewhat bizarre things. Beauty business diva Shahnaz Husain shreds into pieces numerous brand new Louis Vuitton bags ruthlessly to stitch up her gowns. A Haryana-based businessman bought a brand new Mercedes Benz to drive on the Taj Expressway and once he had his fill he banged it and then dumped it. Read more.........Wanton shopping: How the super-rich shop to satisfy bizarre instincts in a slowing economy

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Copying goes hi-tech in exams

BANGALORE: Paper chits are passe. Munnabhais are going hi-tech when it comes to copying. Invigilators of the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS) were recently flummoxed by the innovative cheating manner of an MBBS student. The student had worn a custom-made shirt fitted with devices like a lapel mike and an electric circuit inside the collar. And his answers were being transmitted from Hyderabad. Read more.........Copying goes hi-tech in MBBS exams

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Now a Fatwa Bans Students from using Camera phones

Muzaffarnagar: Leading Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Deoband has issued an order banning its students from using mobile phones with cameras and seized 14 such devices from the hostel.Read more.........Darul Uloom Deoband bans students from using camera phones

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