West comes to east to learn the art of shaadi planning

Young westerners are interning in Jaipur, getting a crash course in organising big, fat Indian weddings. Potential clients are from the diaspora

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Bangladesh woman returns after she finds her lover married

When Dilruba Sharmi, 32, a beautician from Bangladesh’s Chittagong, and Abdul Karim, 27, who works as a chef in Bahrain, walked away from each other one last time in UP’s Bahraich on Sunday, Sahir’s immortal words came alive: “Chalo ek baar phir se ajnabi ban jayein hum dono… (Let’s be strangers once again).”

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Given ‘phenyl’ instead of vitamin, infant dies in hospital

The parents of an 11-month-old infant in Ahmedabad were shocked when their child began foaming at the mouth after being given phenyl instead of vitamin syrup by a nurse. The police have taken a complaint and are conducting an inquiry. If negligence is found, a case will be registered against the hospital staff or...

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One held from AP as NIA raids 62 locations in 2 Telugu states

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School leaving certificate not enough to prove age: HC

The Gujarat high court has ruled that a school leaving certificate alone is not sufficient evidence to establish a person’s age in a criminal trial. The ruling came in a case where a man was accused of raping a 12-year-old girl in 1994, but was acquitted due to lack of evidence. The court stated...

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Naidu fasts in jail, Lokesh leads hunger strike in Delhi

Nara Lokesh, the national general secretary of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP), spoke out against the criminalization of whistle-blowing in Andhra Pradesh. He participated in a hunger strike on Gandhi Jayanti to protest against false cases filed against his father and TDP chief, Nara Chandrababu Naidu. Lokesh criticized the YSRCP administration for arresting Naidu...

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