'Dead' rise against corrupt govt officials

After having succeeded in bringing back at least 33 'dead' persons back to life, the Association of the 'Dead' is all set to raise its voice against rampant corruption in land revenue offices of Uttar Pradesh, where a few extra bucks could render anyone 'dead' in official records. Getting that rectified was indeed, an ordeal.

On June 30, Uttar Pradesh Mritak Sangh (UP Association of the Dead) proposes to take out a rally for those who fought against this malpractice for years, before they could prove they were actually alive. Read More................The rise of the 'dead' against corrupt govt officials

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Cookies, potato chips, shirts help inmates to new life

NEW DELHI  – A jail-based brand that includes crispy potato chips, crunchy cookies and formal shirts seems an unlikely route back to life in the outside world for inmates in South Asia's largest prison.


Yet efforts by the Tihar Jail complex in New Delhi to transform the lives of its inmates and prepare them for a fresh start through vocational training in diverse fields has created the successful TJ'S brand of goods.

Herbal products and school desks are also among the many products being manufactured and sold, well enough that prison authorities have set up a website to boost sales still further. Read More...............Cookies, potato chips, shirts help inmates to new life

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One teacher per student, still they failed!

Bhopal, Even one teacher per student could not guarantee success in exams in a Madhya Pradesh college.

The Burhanpur College is a government-run institution affiliated to the Devi Ahliya University, Indore, and was established last year. More at : One teacher per student, still they failed!

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Government job to woman who cut off her tongue to honour a politician

A human rights campaigner in India has criticised the award of a government job to a woman who cut off part of her tongue "to honour" a politician.

SV Raja Durai said the decision to give K Sarita a job preparing meals in schools would encourage copycat acts.

Ms Sarita maimed herself as an offering to the chief minister of Tamil Nadu state, and only swift medical help saved her tongue. Read More................Government job to woman who cut off her tongue to honour a politician

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Five Lives Saved for Want of a Matchbox

Coimbatore, Five members of a family today attempted to set themselves afire near a police station in Tirupur district but were saved as none of them was carrying a matchbox.
They were demanding the arrest of a man who allegedly promised to marry a 17-year-old girl of the family but absconded after impregnating her.
Police said the victim girl, her parents and two sisters came to a spot near the all Women police station at Palladam in Tirupur district and doused themselves with kerosene. Read More................Not having matchbox saves five lives!

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World's fattest girl, 6, scoffs enough food each week to feed entire village

• Dad's weekly wages spent on girl's food... while rest of family go hungry
• Daughter demands food from neighbours when she's finished eating
• Rolls on floor crying and eats MUD if parents refuse to feed her
• Muches 15 biscuits and TEN bananas (and that's just for an afternoon snack)

Read more: World's fattest girl, 6, scoffs enough food each week to feed entire village

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Boy gets his head stuck in a pressure cooker

In a bizarre incident, a three-year-old boy somehow got his head stuck in a pressure cooker. Shivam was playing with the pressure cooker on Monday evening, when his head accidentally got stuck in it. But the story had a happy ending. Even though it took a team of 12 doctors at Bhagwan Mahavir Hospital, Pitampura, two hours to safely deliver Shivam from his ordeal, they accomplished the task.

Shivam, whose parents reside in north Delhi's Rani Bagh, did not realise, initially, that his head was stuck. But a few minutes later, he began crying, which attracted the attention of his family members, who were in an adjacent room. Read More................Boy gets his head stuck in a pressure cooker

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'Dead' girl appears in court

Bijnor, May 10: A girl, declared dead and even buried by her kin near here, suddenly appeared before a local court accusing her family of trying to sell her.

18-year-old Chandani left home on May 5 and was missing since then, her mother Rashida Khatoon had claimed.

After the incident, body of a young girl was recovered from a lake by the police on Nehtaur-Noorpur road on May 6 and Rashida identified it as her daughter's, officials said. Police, after getting the post mortem done, handed over the body to her family who gave it a burial. Read More................'Dead' girl appears in court

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Camera-savvy Criminals

ALLAHABAD: The crime scene in Sangam city is witnessing a change in the profile of law breakers. In fact, the criminals have become professional and are adopting all sorts of activities to get themselves marketed in the crime world.

The startling revelations came to the fore, when a team of Colonelganj police recently busted a gang of three professional shooters, who have not only circulated their photographs (posing with weapons) among criminals gangs, but, are also submitting their data of criminal activities that they had executed. Read More................Camera-savvy criminals pose with weapons to hike rates

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'Dead man' comes alive while being taken for post-mortem

Raipur,  His wife was inconsolable, his relatives were mourning his sudden death. So, when 32-year-old Vijay Kumar Ratre 'came alive' and tried to jump out of the ambulance while being taken for post-mortem, the atmosphere changed from one of gloom to incredulous joy.


It all started with the Tikrapara police station here getting several calls from local residents that a dead body was floating in a pond in Lalpur area since several hours. Read More................'Dead man' comes alive while being taken for post-mortem

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Woman bites Cop for stopping her car

Chandigarh, Infuriated over a traffic police official stopping her, a women Friday bit his hand. She has been charged for the offence.

According to the police, Shilpi, a Sector 37 resident, was talking over her mobile phone while driving, which is a traffic rule violation. More at : Woman bites cop for stopping her car

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Write god’s name 125,000 times to repay this ‘loan’

Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh), In the eight decades of its existence, over 100,000 people have opened accounts here. Ram Ramapati Bank in this popular pilgrim city is a bank all right, but it doesn’t deal in money.
All that an account holder has to do is scribble Lord Ram’s name 125,000 times on paper and keep it as a ‘deposit’ with the bank in the hope that his or her prayers will be answered. Its ‘clientele’ is spread over the US, Canada, the West Indies and, of course, across India. Read More.......Write god’s name 125,000 times to repay this ‘loan’

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Grandfather buries new-born baby girl alive

LUCKNOW: A middle-aged farmhand from Sitapur allegedly buried alive his newborn granddaughter and her stillborn twin brother, giving a statement later under his thumb impression expressing regret for the act.

"I am extremely sorry for the folly I committed and promise not to repeat it," said Deochand Raidas's `mafinama' in his attempt to convince the police that it would be enough to let him off the hook. Read More................Grandfather buries new-born baby girl alive in Sitapur

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Transgenders 'wed' Hindu god

KOOVAGAM, - Jyoti, a 62-year-old transgender Indian who was born a man, saves up money every year to buy a beautiful new wedding dress for a festival at which she gets married to a Hindu god.

This year, she played her role as a "bride" wearing a blue silk brocade sari that cost 15,000 rupees ($338) -- nearly 2 months' earnings.

The "groom" at the annual festival in Koovagam, Tamil Nadu, was Aravan, a Hindu god celebrated as a young warrior who was killed in the ancient epic, the Mahabharata. Read More................Joy and pain as transgender Indians 'wed' Hindu god

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Police charge five-year-old boy

A five-year-old boy in the Indian state of Bihar has been charged with "disrupting the peace" during recent village council elections.

Suryakant Paswan had to pay 20,000 rupees ($437; £266) for bail and has had to report daily to police in the town of Dhibra for the past week.

Correspondents say his arrest has caused outrage in the area. Read More................India police charge five-year-old boy

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Couple gets life term for killing son, relative's daughter to 'please evil spirits'

AURANGABAD: A couple has been sentenced to life imprisonment by the Aurangabad court on Tuesday for killing their son and a close relative's daughter to "please the evil spirits".

The couple believed that the "sacrifice" of the kids would lead them to hidden treasures in their farm in Chimta area in Loni village of Vaijapur. Read More................Couple gets life term for killing son, relative's daughter to 'please evil spirits'

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