'Bride Cow' & Bovine Wedding

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In a strange yet different attempt to spread the message of protecting cows, a group in Bhavnagar Kotiya village in Gujarat conducted a lavish wedding for 'Poonam' the cow and 'Arjun' the bull.
More than 300 guests, including the 'relatives' of Poonam, were seen heading for the groom Arjun's house. Gold jewellery, a red saree and a netted shawl was arranged for the bride and a festive white cloth was bought for Arjun. Read more here...........'Bride Cow' & Bovine Wedding

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Bride Retuns Baraat as Father-in-Law Kissed Her Cousin

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An Indian baraat went empty handed after the bride refused to marry the bridegroom on moral grounds when her would be father-in-law kissed her cousin.  Read full story here at.........Bride Retuns Baraat as Father-in-Law Kissed Her Cousin

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Groom Fails Simple Math Test, Bride Walks out of Wedding

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A bride in India walked out of her wedding ceremony after the groom failed to solve a simple math problem, police said Friday. The bride tested the groom on his math skills and when he got the sum wrong, she walked out. Read full story here at.....Groom Fails Simple Math Test, Bride Walks out of Wedding

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Bizzare! Bride turns out to be a Boy

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In a bizzare story from this new report, a young bride actually turned out to be a boy after the marriage. This unfortunate incident took place with 37-year-old Balak Ram, a resident of Badaun in Uttar Pradesh in India. According to reports, Balak Ram paid Rs 50, 000 to get married to Hukum Singh, a dance troupe leader, who had promised him to find a bride. Read full story here at......Bizzare!  Bride turns out to be a Boy

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Bride Shot Dead before Wedding

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An Indian wedding turned to horror on Thursday when the bride was shot dead by a cousin who believed she had "cheated" on him. Dr. Jaishri Namdeo, 29, was standing with her groom onstage in the city of Bhopal when Anurag Singh allegedly stormed up the aisle and shot her at point-blank range. Read full story & see video here at.......Bride Shot Dead before Wedding

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Unmarried man demands a Bride from a candidate ahead of Lok Sabha elections

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An unmarried man demanded a bride from a candidate ahead of Lok Sabha elections in Haryana, a state with the lowest sex ratio in the country - 877 women per 1,000 men. Read more here at......Unmarried man demand a Bride from a candidate ahead of Lok Sabha elections.

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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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Runaway Bride Awarded for Revolting Against Lack of Loo

New Delhi, She was a runaway bride, but she won an award of Rs.5 lakh for revolting against the lack of toilet at her in-laws’ place.

Sulabh International, an India-based NGO for environmental sanitation, announced the cash award for newly-wed Anita Bai of a Madhya Pradesh tribal village, describing her as a “revolutionary of a different kind”.

Anita Bai, according to Sulabh, ran away from her in-laws’ place on the first night of her wedding to press the issue of lack of toilet there. Read More................Runaway bride awarded for revolting against lack of loo

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Man Gets Shot In Head But Keeps Date With Bride

Jaipur: It was a scene even Bollywood’s scriptwriters could not have imagined. A man gets shot in the head while he is getting ready for his wedding procession.

Shocked relatives rush him to the SMS Hospital. Friends and family start praying for his life. What does our hero do next?

Next morning, Babu Lal, the 27-year-old man who got shot in Bharatpur on Sunday, flees from the hospital, head heavily bandaged, medicines still flowing in his veins, and goes straight to the bride's home. An hour later they get married. Read More................Man defies death, keeps date with bride

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Tribal girls sold in new bride barter scheme

AHMEDABAD: Manjula, 31, was bought by a Patel man in Mehsana for Rs 50,000 from her tribal parents when she was 13. After becoming a mother of two daughters and a son, the man kept her girls and threw her out with the son. Manjula is not allowed to even see the girls who became pawns for their father to get a wife from his own community. Read more........Tribal girls sold in new bride barter scheme

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Runaway Indian bride suspected of poisoning and robbing husband and in-laws

A FUGITIVE bride was being hunted today on suspicion of poisoning her in-laws and ransacking their home just days after her wedding.

The Times of India said the helpful newlywed offered to cook an evening meal for her husband and four of his in-laws the night after moving in with them.

But all five were found writhing in agony the morning after when concerned locals heard moaning coming from their house in the Saharanpur district of Uttar Pradesh, northeast India, and went to investigate. Read More................Runaway Indian bride suspected of poisoning and robbing husband and in-laws

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Dad shoots bride dead

Chandigarh: A 19-year-old who had recently married a man from a different caste against her parents’ wishes was shot dead in a Punjab village by her father and other relatives who also killed her mother-in-law.

The incident of honour killing — the latest in a series of such cases in the prosperous state — left Gurveen Kaur’s husband Amanpreet Singh critically injured. He has been admitted to an Amritsar hospital. Read More................Dad shoots bride dead

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Groom held hostage for more than 15 hours by Bride's Family

Brave Girl........check here......Groom held hostage for more than 15 hours by Bride's Family

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Shahrukh Khan surprised by his Bride

At a five-star hotel in Ahmadabad where Shahrukh Khan was present for a promotion event for “My Name Is Khan’, he was in for a shock. A 20 year old fan of his came there, dressed as a bride, who wanted to marry him. Read More................Shahrukh Khan surprised by his bride

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Bride dumps groom during wedding

AMBALA: The new-age Indian woman has arrived. A bride from Ambala Cantt on Monday walked out on her groom the moment she set eyes on him after the jai mala (garlanding) ceremony, as if, in instant realisation that he wasn’t the man of her dreams. No amount of ranting and raving by the boy and his family or police intervention could bring about a change of heart. Read More................Bride dumps groom during wedding

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Runaway Bride

For a thief, ingenuity knows no bounds. A 31-year-old woman "married" 15 men only to escape with their cash and jewellery but finally landed herself in police net near Palyamkottai town in Tamil Nadu. Read More................Runaway bride of Tamil Nadu

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No Toilet, No Bride

Panipat (Haryana): The war against insanitation is being fought by women in Haryana by placing a simple condition before their daughters get married - her new household should have a toilet. Read More................No toilet, no bride: Haryana slogan hits the mark

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Bride and groom say their vows over the phone

Ahmedabad - An Indian couple exchanged wedding vows over the telephone after the bridegroom could not make it to the ceremony due to Hindu-Muslim clashes in the bride's city.

The long-distance marriage was solemnised on Friday as a curfew and army patrols in the western Indian city of Vadodara prevented 21-year-old Sufiyan Agarbatiwala from reaching the bride's house there. Read more...................Bride and groom say their vows over the phone

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Bride exchanges wedding vows wearing coconut shell ornaments

KOCHI: Giving a go-by to the craze for gold and diamond jewellery, a newly married couple here exchanged wedding vows wearing ornaments crafted from coconut shells.

Dressed in 'Chatta' and 'Mundu', the traditional attire of Roman catholics in Kerala, Elizabeth Varghese got married to Antony Chandy at the St Basilica church on Tuesday, adorned with ornaments made from coconut shells. Read more...............................Bride exchanges wedding vows wearing coconut shell ornaments

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Divorcee wants HIV+ bride

AHMEDABAD: In an age where everybody seems to be wanting to marry slim, tall, fair, rich and beautiful girls, a 29-year-old city youth's matrimonial advertisement reads something like this - `Wanted: A girl with a beautiful mind. Should be HIV +ve'. Read more..................Jilted once, divorcee wants HIV+bride

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