Newly-wedded woman sedates in-laws, decamps with Rs.4 lakh

Ghaziabad: A 20-year-old newly-married woman allegedly sedated her in-laws and ran away with jewellery and cash worth Rs.4 lakh in Ghaziabad, police said. The girl’s parents say that she could have been murdered by her in-laws.

“Parveen Bano allegedly fled with cash and jewellery from her in-laws’ house after serving them tea laced with sedatives Monday night,” Superintendent of Police A.K. Vijeta said Wednesday. Read More................Newly-wedded woman sedates in-laws, decamps with Rs.4 lakh

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She became He to marry her

NEW DELHI: Sitting cross-legged on the uneven floor of their bedroom in Dhobi Gali of old Sabzi Mandi in north Delhi is a coy, newly-wed couple. She is chopping vegetables while he carefully covers her face with a dupatta. Read more................And she became he to marry her

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On Valentine's Day Couple forced to get 'married'

In Bhopal city in Madhya Pradesh state of india, Hindu hardliners "Bajrang Dal" activists out to spoil celebration of love on Valentine's Day made a couple sitting in a Bhopal park tie the knot and blackened the face of a foreigner. It, however, emerged later that the saffron brigade had wrongly caught a married couple. Read more.........................On V-Day, Bajrang Dal men force couple to get 'married'

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Two sisters married off to one man

A soothsayer's prediction led a father in a Bihar village to marry off his two daughters to a man at a village temple.

The groom, Sailendra Kumar alias Pintu, married two sisters - Aarti Kumari and Puja Kumari - at a Shiva temple in Phulwarisharif near Patna.

Sailendra, in his early 30s, walked around the holy fire seven times with both his brides simultaneously as priests chanted from the scriptures. He also applied vermilion on their foreheads, a Hindu mark of marriage.

The groom then signed an official document of the temple, declaring that he married the two sisters and would take care of them. Read more............................Two sisters married off to one man in Bihar

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Man weds Hill

In Jharkhand state of India in a hope to ward off the naxal menace, a tribal man has married a hillock.

Nandi Munda, a married man with two children, applied 'sindoor' on a rock of a hillock known as 'Lakhaisini', with a hope to cease the menace in his village Bhomru in naxal-hit Ghatsila sub-division of East Singhbhum district.

Asked for the reason of marrying the hillock, Munda claimed he had dreamt of the hill goddess directing him to marry the hillock to save the village from naxal activities. Read more......................Man weds hillock to curb naxal menace

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Bull Wedding

A family in a Rajasthan village recently organised a marriage ceremony of a cow with a bull amidst much fanfare.

Lakhs of rupees were spent in the arrangement to ensure that it equals the real life marriage organised as per Indian tradition. People from 84 villages were invited for the wedding ceremony.

"We have organised this cow-bull wedding for a religious purpose. The money that we earn comes from various sources and so we believe that spending it on this ceremony will absolve us of all our sins," said Gopal Ram, the organiser.
Read more................Thousands participated in Bull wedding in Rajasthan

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20,000 to Wed in Delhi

The mad, mad, mad marriage season began in Delhi on Wednesday with 20,000 weddings scheduled for the next few days - and with them endless traffic snarls, deafening fireworks, booming loudspeakers and baraat processions galore.

'Roughly 20,000 couples will tie the knot between Nov 21 and Dec 3. Around 5,000 couples tied the nuptial knot Wednesday - the auspicious day when god Vishnu and goddess Tulsi got married,' said Lakshman Prasad, a well-known city priest.20,000 tie the knot - and Delhi is in a bind....................Read more..............20,000 tie the knot - and Delhi is in a bind

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Incestuous marriage declared null and void

In yesterday's post Father marries daughter, a man married his teenage daughter in Jalpaiguri district in West Bengal state of India. But as per Times of India, leading Islamic seminary "Darul Uloom Deoband" has declared the marriage of the man with his teenaged daughter in West Bengal as null and void and ruled that the girl's impregnation by her father will be treated as rape and the culprits will be punishable under the Shariat laws.

As per BBC, Earlier his angry neighbours in Kasiajhiora village nearly lynched him for what they said was a clear case of incest. "We didn't know she was married so when we confronted his wife, she told us about the bizarre marriage six months ago," Sheikh Ramzan, a village leader at Kasiajhiora, said.

"We wanted to smash his head, we were so angry."

Yet more Strange is the explanation given by the mother of the girl justifying the act of his husband.

"He is a deeply religious man and will never lie in the name of Allah," Sakina told a court in the northern district of Jalpaiguri.

"I agreed to his marriage with our eldest daughter when he invoked divine sanction," she said.

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Father marries daughter

In a bizzare incident a 37-year-old man married his teenage daughter in Jalpaiguri district in West Bengal state of India, justifying his perverse act by claiming he had divine sanction for his incestuous lust. What's even more galling is that his wife was the prime witness in the nikah of her daughter to her husband. Read more................Father weds daughter in North Bengal

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Farmer's Son comes to Wed in Chopper

If you thought farmers in India are a poor lot, this shall make you think otherwise. A farmer's son created a stir in a Rajasthan village, Jajora in Alwar district, 170 km from Jaipur, when Iqbal, 23, landed in the village to marry Ruksina her bride............Read full story.....Farmer's son comes to wed in chopper

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Eco-Friendly Wedding in India

In Indian wedding there is great pomp and show normally & lot of money is wasted on lighting etc. But here a couple in India planned an eco-friendly ceremony as it saved several watts of electricity.

Prashant Balar, aged 24 wed Ankita Salecha & they did it in an eco-friendly way. The venue of the wedding of this Ahmedabad-based couple, at Koba in Gandhinagar, was lit up with castor oil lamps, decorated with flowers and rangolis in natural colors.

And, the couple wore Khadi wedding dresses. Ankita Sulecha, 23 said, "I liked the concept of an eco-friendly wedding. We believe in conserving nature and this is a great way to do it.
Prashant's brother suggested the concept and we agreed to it." Prashant says, "I was inspired by a Jain muni, and wanted to imbibe his teachings in my life too. Initially, my relatives and friends were skeptical about the concept but I practice what I believe in."

Not to miss the invitation cards, which were made of hand-made paper and were printed using natural ink.

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