Parents leave 11 years old abandoned in Goa airport with Rs 500

As per a report:

He dreamt of flying to Dubai but 11-year-old Sameer Bagoda's parents abandoned him at the airport here, gave him Rs.500 and told him to head back to his hometown of Satara in neighbouring Maharashtra. Sameer was found abandoned at Goa's only international airport at Dabolim, 40 km from capital Panaji, sobbing and anxious to see his parents again, earlier this week. Read full story here at.......Parents leave 11 years old abandoned in Goa airport with Rs 500

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Working Three Years Without Off or Leave

VADODARA: He is somebody every company would yearn to hire. Why not, if he has worked for 1,100 days without leave? K Vijayan, 59, employed with a city-based hotel, hasn’t taken a single day’s leave for over three years now. Leave aside casual or sick leaves, Vijayan hasn’t even taken a single weekly off. And, this unusual feat has earned him a place in the Guinness Book of World Records. Read More................Vadodara's workaholic sets world record

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Thieves stealing Leaves

GUWAHATI, India - Thieves are breaking into tea gardens in India's northeast and plucking leaves, damaging tea bushes and hurting the industry, planters said.

The thieves are believed to be villagers in the tea-growing regions of Assam, famed for its strong malty brew, some of whom struggle to produce saleable tea in their small backyard tea gardens created as part of an employment scheme a decade ago.

"These thieves are now so desperate, they come with bows and arrows, and homemade firearms," said Rupesh Gowala, who leads a tea workers association.

"They clash with our workers whenever they are stopped from stealing. Two of our workers were also killed by them recently." Read more............................Thieves stealing leaves

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Cop takes Paternity leave

Here is an IPS officer from Mumbai, India's Financial capital, whose job is to protect VIPs in Mumbai. But, at home, Vinay Kargaonkar is playing the role of Daddy Cool, changing diapers and cleaning baby poop.

Kargaonkar, a 1990-batch IPS officer, has become the first Mumbai cop to go on paternity leave; he has been on a month-long leave since October 19 to be with his wife who has delivered their second baby. Read more..............In a first, Mumbai cop takes paternity leave

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