121 coins, bolts found in man's stomach

Raipur: It was really hard to digest for SN Yadav, doctor by profession, when he saw as many as 121 coins, dozens of nuts and bolts, on the whole 6 kg of iron-made items stuffed inside a patient's belly. Read More................Hard to digest; 121 coins, bolts found in man's stomach

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Where Men Get Guns as Dowry

JAIPUR/ALWAR: Those living in the ravines of Dholpur love two things the most - their moustaches and arms. Grown up amidst the fear of bandits, people residing in this region say that keeping various arms at home was a 'compulsion' earlier but gradually it has become a 'status symbol' for them. Moving ahead, some of them have no hesitation in gifting arms varying from rifles to pistols to their would be sons-in-law. And that too with a valid licence.Read More................In the ravines of Dholpur, men get licenced guns as dowry

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Court's relief to man after 30 years wait over three marks!

New Delhi: Nearly 30 years after he appeared in a departmental exam ,the Supreme Court today directed public sector United Commercial Bank to consider its stenographer case for award of 3 additional marks, which could make him eligible for promotion as an officer.Read More................SC''s relief to man after 30 years wait over three marks!

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11.11.11.11.11.11.11 - a unique alumni reunion!

Chandigarh: They are coming from far and wide - from Singapore, Dubai and even Canada - to fulfil a promise made years ago. As over 35 students of the 1993 batch of mechanical engineering course of the Punjab Engineering College (PEC) get together here Friday, it will be a unique reunion.

The students will get together on the 11th day of the 11th month of the 11th year (of this century). Their reunion will be on 11.11.11. That is not all.

They will be meeting in Chandigarh’s Sector 11 near house number 11. The time of the reunion will be 11.11 a.m. The entire sequence of their reunion will read - 11.11.11.11.11.11.11. Read More................11.11.11.11.11.11.11 - a unique alumni reunion!

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Now Fatwa against Birthday celebrations

Leading Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Deoband has advised Muslims against celebrating birthdays, contending in a fatwa that Islam does not permit such a practice which is a "tradition of western countries".

Responding to a query of an AMU student, the fatwa department of the country's biggest Islamic seminary said that Islam does not permit such celebrations as they are against the Shariat law. Read More................Deoband issues fatwa against birthday celebrations

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Mysterious hole on field: Spaceship with aliens lands in UP?

Lucknow: People in Hardoi village, Uttar Pradesh are too excited that they have started celebration. The current situation reminds people the famous Bollywood movie - Koi Mil Gaya where a spaceship landed with aliens. Citing a mysterious hole on paddy field in the village, people started doubting that aliens might have come in a spaceship which might have landed on the farm land creating a mysterious hole overnight. Read More................Mysterious hole on field: Spaceship with aliens lands in UP?

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'Murdered' man returns home, 3 accused get bail

NEW DELHI: A man who was supposed to have been murdered walked back to his village in Uttar Pradesh but not before three persons accused of killing him had spent 10 years in prison after being convicted under Section 302 of Indian Penal Code and sentenced to life imprisonment by a trial court: an order that was upheld by the Allahabad High Court. Read More................'Murdered' man returns home, 3 accused get bail

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Boy declared dead wakes up in mortuary

LUCKNOW: The Uttar Pradesh government Monday suspended a doctor in a case of medical negligence in which a teenager declared dead by him regained consciousness in a mortuary in Muzaffarnagar district. Read More................UP: Boy declared dead wakes up in mortuary

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