At the slanderer’s tomb, keep the footwear handy

Datvali (Uttar Pradesh) – Shoes and ‘chappals’ in hand, people stand barefoot in a queue waiting for hours for their turn to hit a 500-year-old tomb here. Believers say it wards off bad luck.

Chugalchi ka Maqbara, the tomb of the slanderer, attracts hundreds of visitors every day. It is the tomb of a courtier, Bholu Sayeed, who was held responsible for a clash between two ancient Indian kings that left a trail of death and destruction more than five centuries ago. Read More................At the slanderer’s tomb, keep the footwear handy (Feature)

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This man carried 43 snakes in car

A man has been arrested on suspicion of breaking wildlife laws after he was found with 43 snakes in his car, police in the Indian city of Jaipur have said.

Rajesh Kapoor was arrested with the snakes, including eight protected cobras, in a cotton bag, police said. Read More................Indian police arrest man carrying horde of snakes

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This Man Has World's Longest Ear Hair

The man in Kanpur, India breaks his own world record for longest ear hair.

Radha Kant Bajpai previously set the record at 13.2 centimeters - roughly 5 inches- in 2005. Read More................Video: Man Has World's Longest Ear Hair

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Cops Loot ATM

Two policemen, including one attached to an Uttar Pradesh minister, were arrested Sunday for looting Rs.9 lakh from an ATM in the state's Shahjahanpur district, police said. Read More................Three cops loot ATM

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In Bihar, women give 'birth' to 5 children in 2 months

PATNA: A woman, as everyone knows, usually gives birth to a baby after nine months of pregnancy, but in Bihar 298 women claim to have delivered two to five children in a span of 60 days - at least that's what records of incentives amount given to new mothers under a government scheme show. Read More................In Bihar, women give 'birth' to 5 children in 2 months

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200 women in India killed every year after being branded 'witches'

Nearly 200 to 150 women are killed every year in India after being tagged as 'witches', a Dehra Dun based NGO has said citing National Crime Bureau statistics. Jharkhand tops the list with 50-60 witchcraft-related murders every year followed by Andhra Pradesh where the number is around 30, Haryana 25-30 and Orissa 24-28, Rural Litigation and Entitlement Kendra (RLEK) Chairman Avdhash Kaushal claimed. Read More................200 women killed every year after being branded 'witches'

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How good it would have been........

How good it would have been if it was fed to poor children......Read......Milk worth millions drained out by Shiv Sena activists

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Teacher held for Stripping, Dancing before Students

A teacher has been arrested for allegedly stripping and dancing before students in Orissa's Keonjhar district, police said on Friday.

A drunk Ramachandra Nanda on Tuesday allegedly removed his clothes and danced before students and staff......Read More................Teacher held for stripping, dancing before students

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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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Food meant for kids eaten by dogs

Lucknow: Scores of wheat bags - sent by Central government for distribution in four districts with about a million and a half ration card holders - are rotting near a railway track in Etawah for the last one week.

Now it is barely fit for consumption by animals.

But even before this is distributed or thrown away, more railway wagons full of foodgrains are arriving. The scandal grows by the sackful. Read more..........UP: Food meant for kids eaten by dogs

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Now a Fake Police Station and Court

Chennai: 'Fake' is a big industry in Indian cities. But while fake medicine or fake mark sheets are common place, a bunch of conmen took the art of faking to quite another level. They ran a fake police station and a fake court in the heart of Chennai. Read more.......In the heart of Chennai, a fake police station and court

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A Dog too has a Caste

New Delhi: In India’s hierarchical society even an unsuspecting dog must have a caste. So it seemed when in Mirchpur village of Haryana, some dogs of a Dalit ‘basti’ dared to bark at Jat boys. There was an angry backlash by the Jat boys and counter protests by the Dalit owners of the dogs. Read More................A dog too has a caste

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Court says Hindu gods can't trade in Shares

MUMBAI: A court has ruled that Hindu gods cannot deal in stocks and shares, reports said Saturday, after an application for trading Court says accounts to be set in their names.

Two judges at the Bombay High Court on Friday rejected a petition from a private religious trust to open accounts in the names of five deities, including the revered elephant-headed god, Ganesha. Read More................Hindu gods can't trade in shares

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After Honour killing, 'Honour selling' emerges

New Delhi: After several cases of 'honour killing', now a case of 'honour selling' has emerged. An Agra girl, who was in love with a boy from a different caste, was married against her wishes not once but twice by her mother in exchange of money.

Buzz up!21-year-old Arti was in love with Shankar, a boy from her neighbourhood. However, their relationship was not acceptable to Arti's mother as the boy was from a different caste, reported MiD-Day. Read More................After honour killing, 'honour selling' emerges

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Stray dog delays landing of largest plane Airbus A380 at IGI Terminal-3

Airbus A-380 of Emirates Airlines on Thursday landed at the new Terminal-3 of the IGI airport here, proving its capacity to handle commercial operations of the world's largest aircraft.
However, the occasion was marred by the straying of a dog in the apron area of the terminal, delaying the docking of the super-jumbo plane with the aerobridge by half an hour.
The dog was chased away by airport officials just before the aircraft reached the designated aerobridge. Read More................Dog mars largest plane's T3 landing

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‘Power-packed’ jeans

Varanasi: Imagine a pickpocket trying to steal your wallet but getting a 220-volt jolt! Wearing a special pair of jeans - designed by a Varanasi school dropout using basic scientific principles - might just help avoid a hole in your pocket. Read More................‘Power-packed’ jeans: Wear them and fear not pickpockets

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Impostor Singh

New Delhi/Chandigarh: His cover may have been blown on the hills of the Vaishno Devi shrine in Jammu, but the story of the man who pretended to be the Prime Minister's advisor began in the dingy lanes of Fateh Nagar in West Delhi. Neighbours say they usually approached Manmohan Singh - he shares the PM's name, perhaps their only connection - requesting him to have his cars, white Ambassadors with beacons, moved out of their way. The cars, guards and drivers were all ostensible measures to keep up the image of a "politician". Read More................Singh & I: 5 yrs, 4 days in life of an impostor

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World's smallest girl

NAGPUR: Jyoti Amge (17) doesn't complain to God for being short-changed. Instead, she has risen to life's challenges. Against adversities, she stands 1 foot, 11 inches tall. Jyoti is one Nagpur girl the world has taken special note of. She is recognised as the smallest girl in the world by both the Guinness Book of World Records and Limca Book of Records. She is shorter than an average three-month old girl. But that hasn't stopped the teenager from having towering ambitions. Read More................Towering ambitions of world's smallest girl

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Man eats snake, lands in hospital

Surat: The lure of winning a Rs.100 bet made a labourer eat a dead snake but the decision, taken under the influence of alcohol, landed him in hospital in Gujarat’s Surat city, a doctor said Wednesday. Read More................Man eats snake, lands in hospital

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Hindu Deities have PAN cards, seek Demat accounts

MUMBAI: Can Hindu deities have demat accounts to enable them transact in shares and debentures on the stock market?

The Bombay High Court will decide the issue after a religious trust filed a petition challenging the decision of National Securities Depository Ltd (NSDL) to refuse it permission for opening demat accounts in the names of five Hindu deities. Read More................Trust moves HC seeking demat accounts for Hindu deities

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This Woman is a Rich Thief

PATNA: In her late 40s, she is a thief who owns a double-storied house and two taxis plying in Delhi. And recently she spent Rs 10 lakh on the marriage of her daughter with a police sub-inspector.

That’s the real, not reel, life story of Jaimanti Devi of Kosut village in Nalanda district, according to Patna police. Jaimanti was on Saturday arrested from her native village on the charge of stealing cash and valuables of a shopper in Patna’s Hathwa Market. Read More................This woman is a lakhpati thief

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Goonda Banks

Patna: Nearly four years after illegal banks run by criminals and musclemen in rural Bihar came to light, police have decided to launch a fresh probe into their operation.
The agents of ‘goonda banks’, as they are called, force people to deposit their hard earned money with the promise that it will be doubled within a year and provide loans at high interest rates.

They target farmers and local businessmen and confiscate the properties of those who are unable to pay back the loans. Read More................Fresh probe into ‘goonda banks’ in Bihar

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Woman fakes kidnapping to swap religion

The South Delhi Police have recovered a woman who was so keen to convert to Islam that she staged her own kidnapping.

The woman, a boutique owner from Nagpur, who was reportedly kidnapped from Dilli Haat here, was spotted in Bareilly district of Uttar Pradesh and brought back to the Capital on Thursday.

Varsha Kangra was reported missing from Dilli Haat on June 25 by her husband.

"She was inclined towards to a particular religion and wanted to convert which was objected to by her husband. We found out that she was constantly in touch with several people in Lucknow and Bareilly. This input led to her rescue," said deputy commissioner of police (South) HGS Dhaliwal. Read More................Woman fakes kidnapping to swap religion

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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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