Basketball team forced to lose game at Gunpoint

NEW DELHI: Basketball teams which went to Varanasi to compete in the All India Inter University championship have alleged that they were forced to forfeit their matches against the hosts due to intimidation by armed goons who threatened to kill if they didn't lose.

The Delhi University basketball team, North Zone champions and one of the teams expected to win the all India tourney being organized at the Banaras Hindu University from January 27 to February 1 quit their semifinal against the host team after the third quarter, amid continuous threats and unfair play. Read More................DU basketball team forced to lose game at gunpoint

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Managing traffic at gun point

GURGAON: I invariably approach the Delhi-Gurgaon toll gate on the expressway prepared for the worst. But I wasn't quite ready for what I saw on Gun on Gurgaon streets "I wasn't quite ready for what I saw on Wednesday night," says Roy. Read More................Managing Gurgaon traffic at gun point

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On a wedding shot

In India generally it is the norm that mostly Women have no say in choosing their partner in marriage. But what would you say when such wedding is done at gunpoint. Though it may seem weird but this phenomenon of 'marriage at gunpoint' has found its roots many years ago in northern Bihar, in retaliation to the dowry system. Often such marriage is called the pakarva bibah (marriage by abduction) in the rustic language, over the past two decades, this system has become an accepted norm, rather ruthlessly though............Read more....... On a wedding shot

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