Man to Fight his 159th Election against Narendra Modi

As per a report:

A 55-year-old man has come to VADODARA all the way from Tamil Nadu to fight elections against Narendra Modi, with not an aim for winning but to set a record. Read more here at..........Man to Fight his 159th Election against Narendra Modi

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3-Month-Old Baby Keeps Catching Fire On Its Own

In a rare medical condition, a three-month old baby boy from the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu keeps catching fire spontaneously. The bizarre incident has stunned local doctors, and spooked the villagers who blame paranormal forces for the phenomenon, local media report said.

Rahul, second son of farmhands Karnan and Rajeshwari from Villupuram village, seemed as healthy and normal as any other baby at birth. But since then, the baby reportedly burst into flames at least four times, beginning when he was just nine days old.

In the latest incident, the baby suffered extensive burns and is being treated at Kilpauk Medical College hospital in Chennai, the state’s capital. According to Rahul's parents, each time the child caught fire spontaneously and there was no source of fire in the vicinity. Read more.........3-Month-Old Indian Infant Keeps Catching Fire

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Some come in Cars to take Free Color TVs

CHENNAI: The long queue snaking along Vembuli Amman Koil Street in KK Nagar looked like a symbol of social equality: crumpled lungis blended with branded trousers, tattered saris mixed freely with designer wear. Unmindful of the heat and dust, Chennai's affluent waited patiently alongside the city's poor for their turn to receive free colour TV sets distributed by the Tamil Nadu government. Read more..............Some come in cars to take DMK’s free CTVs

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306-meter-long drawing

Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu): In an attempt to enter the Guinness Book of World Records, a fourteen- year-old girl, Bala Soundarya Lakshmi, hailing from Tamil Nadu's Coimbatore city claims to have made a 306-meter-long drawing.

Buzz up!Lakshmi chose to draw continuously to enter the 'Longest Drawing by an Individual' category in the Guinness Book of World records.

Lakshmi started drawing on chart papers measuring 328 feet each, and completed her drawing in 57 hours and 45 minutes. Almost 5,000 fishes of 150 varieties had been drawn. Read More................Tamil Nadu girl sketches 306-meter-long drawing

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Devotees walk on embers & pierce their body to appease deity

As part of an age-old ritual, hundreds of religious-minded walked over embers in a pit and pierced their body parts with iron rods here as part of an annual thanksgiving festival to appease deities in Chennai. Read More................Devotees walk on embers to appease deity in Tamil Nadu

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Dalit tortured for daring to wear slippers

Even after 60 years of Independence, there still exists a side of India that is hard to believe. A Dalit man in Tamil Nadu was tortured because he wore slippers in the presence of upper caste people.Read More................Dalit tortured for daring to wear slippers

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Teachers told to mind their blouses

CHENNAI: Teachers in government schools are unhappy over a recent circular sent by the school education department asking chief and district education officers to instruct teachers to ‘‘dress decently”. However, officials say that a dress code for teachers only makes them more dignified and respected.

The instruction is not new; it’s just a reminder. And teachers are aghast at the reason cited for the move. The communication apparently was issued after parents of students in government schools complained that female teachers came to school wearing blouses that were too fashionably cut and that male teachers wore casual attire. Read More................Tamil Nadu teachers told to mind their blouses

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A stint in jail helps prisoners put on weight

CHENNAI: Steaming hot upma or pongal, sambhar rice with vegetables, boiled peanuts, dal with ghee and roasted chicken. This is not the menu card of a south Indian restaurant, but food served to inmates of various prisons in Tamil Nadu. Read More................A stint in TN jail helps prisoners put on weight

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2000 women whipped for 5 hours by priests

Like every Dussera, thousands gathered to pray at a 300-year-old temple in Tamil Nadu's Namakkal district . What followed next was unspeakable horror.

Two thousand teenagers and children, some as young as 10, were whipped by the temple's priests. For five hours. The priests' explanation: This whipping is a cure-all. Some 10-year-olds were lashed for not studying enough. Others were attacked for being slow to attain puberty. And menstruating teens were hit for being impure. The priests say this is nothing new. "We have been practicing this ritual for 300 years," declares Thangavelu, a priest. Read More................2000 women whipped for 5 hours by priests

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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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Wild elephant kills French tourist in India

CHENNAI, India – A French tourist was trampled to death by a wild elephant while trekking in southern India Friday, a forest official said.

Del Yotel Annie, a retired teacher from Neuilly Sir Marne, was taking pictures of a herd of wild elephants at Bokkapuram, adjacent to the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve in Udhagamandalam, about 500 km from Chennai, when a jumbo and a calf charged her. Read More................Wild elephant kills French tourist in south India

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Underweight India team told to eat at least 15 eggs a day

CHENNAI, India – India's unfancied rugby sevens side must bulk up if they hope to make an impact at next year's Commonwealth Games, eating seven meals and at least 15 eggs a day, the country's South African coach said on Friday.

"I have told them (his players) they must eat at least 15 eggs a day, six for breakfast and the remaining nine any time, any how, during the day," the country's South African coach Norman Laker told the Telegraph newspaper on Friday. Read More................Underweight India team told to eat at least 15 eggs a day

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Parent turns cop every morning

CHENNAI: Spending 15 minutes in a traffic jam outside a school on Harrington Road every morning to make a U-turn spurred Yogita Uchil to stop being one of the many who honk and fume, and take directing traffic into her own hands. Read More................Parent turns cop every morning

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Hoist tricolour for a week, High Court tells 8 persons

CHENNAI: ‘‘Erect a flagpole in front of your house and hoist the national flag daily for one week.” This was the condition laid down by the Madras high court for the release of eight people accused of attempting to burn the tricolour in Coimbatore during the anti-Sri Lanka demonstrations in Tamil Nadu in April. Read More................Hoist tricolour for a week, HC tells 8 who insulted flag

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Free gold ring for babies with Tamil names

Chennai: In a bid to promote Tamil language and culture, the Tamil Nadu government has started a scheme under which babies born in city corporation hospitals would be given a gold ring if they are given Tamil names. Read More................Free gold ring for babies with Tamil names

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Bizarre rail accident

CHENNAI: In a bizarre rail accident, an "unauthorized man" ran an electric train for about seven kilometres unnoticed before ramming it into a goods train, leaving six persons dead and 11 others injured near Vyasarpadi Jeeva station in the city's northwestern suburbs. Read More................Six killed in train accident in Tamil Nadu

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In a bizarre ritual, devotees in Chennai pierce bodies

Chennai: In a bizarre ritual, devotees in Chennai pierced bodies during celebrations of 'Panguni Uthiram' festival.

The celebrations took place in the city's Vadapalani Murgan Temple.

According to belief, on 'Panguni Uthiram' day, marriage of Hindu gods and goddesses, Parvati and Parameshwara and Muruga and Deivanai takes place. Devotees pierce their bodies as a mark of respect for Lord Murgan. Read More................In a bizarre ritual, devotees in Chennai pierce bodies

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2 jail inmates climb tree in protest

CHENNAI: Tense moments prevailed at Saidapet sub-jail here when two inmates, accused in robbery cases, climbed a tree, in protest against not being produced in court for a long time. Read More................2 jail inmates climb tree in protest

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59-yr-old gives birth to a baby

CHENNAI: It was a glorious moment for Vedam and Selvamary as they hugged their new-born son. In the city a 59-year-old Selvamary delivered a baby boy weighing 2.9 kilograms at a private hospital in the city on Tuesday. Her beaming husband, Vedam, 61, was by her side to witness the miracle. Read more..................59-yr-old gives birth to a baby

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Passing out parade of dogs held

TIRUCHI: The passing out parade of 229 men recruit police constables was held at the Temporary Police Recruit School (TPRS) Armed Reserve, Subramaniapuram, on Monday.

The Inspector General of Police, Central Zone, Tiruchi, Karan Singha, inspected the guard of honour presented by the Grade II Recruit Police Constables and took the salute as they marched in column of platoons. Honouring prize-winners on the occasion, the IG appreciated the parade as “excellent”.

The parade was followed by an impressive display of efficiency of sniffer dogs Lucky and Jack in detecting explosives and identifying culprits with the smell of sweat. Read more...............................Passing out parade of dogs held

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