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Security guard rapes teenager inside toilet

The security guard allegedly sexually assaulted the girl, a slum sweller, inside the toilet of a cinema theater in Hyderabad. The accused has been taken into judicial custody.

May 2, 2018

Husband douses woman in petrol, sets her ablaze in public for cheating

Jithu had reportedly been living with her parents for the past few months and was attending an event when her estranged husband walked into the venue, poured petrol on her and set her on fire. Strangely, this happened in full public view but no one is said to have come to the woman's rescue.

May 2, 2018

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Man pays schoolboy to sneeze, police on alert

The schoolboy was stopped near Sukenobu Station in Hamamatsu City by a well-dressed man and asked: "I will give you 1,000 yen (US$9) if you sneeze."

May 2, 2018

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Myanmar military assures U.N of 'harsh' action on sexual assault

Nearly 700,000 Rohingya Muslims fled from Rakhine State to Bangladesh to flee a military crackdown launched in August that the United Nations and others denounced as "a textbook example of ethnic cleansing".

May 2, 2018

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Manali-Leh highway to reopen in 10 days

"The work to clear the snow is going on at a fast pace. If the weather remains favorable, traffic between Manali and Leh is likely to be restored in 10 days," Border Roads Organisation (BRO) Commander Col A.K. Awasthi told IANS

May 2, 2018

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Modi dares Rahul to speak for 15 minutes without paper

The Prime Minister's attack comes in the wake of Rahul Gandhi's challenge last week that if he was allowed to speak for 15 minutes in Parliament, Modi would not be able to withstand it.

May 1, 2018

Vijay Mallya is my father's friend: Congress social media head Divya Spandana

Divya Spandana accepted her past liaison with Vijay Mallya but questioned the fairness of being targeted for her old connection with a man who is now accused of money laundering now.

May 1, 2018

Myanmar ready to take back verified Rohingyas: Suu Kyi

Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi told a visiting UN delegation that the country was ready to allow the return of Rohingya refugees after they complete a verification process.

May 1, 2018

From iTunes to car parks: Things to go extinct in near future

Sydney-based social researcher McQueen, in his latest book, How to Prepare Now for What's Next gives a list of things that will soon go absent from our daily lives and talks about how Australians can "futureproof" their lives.

May 1, 2018

If an advanced species populated Earth before humans, could we have identified them?

Earth has been around for billions of years and humans have been around for less than half a million years. What if there were an ancient, industrialized, intelligent, spacefaring species that lived and died on Earth before we ended up here? How will we find them?

May 1, 2018

Football fan banned from stadium, hires crane to watch match [Video]

The die-hard fan, who was banned from the stadium for 12 months, hired a crane to watch his favorite football team's match. But he could not finish watching the match.

May 1, 2018

Indian priest falls on hot coals during firewalking ritual at temple [Video]

The 37-year-old priest in India's southwest state of Karnataka was walking on the hot coals, called as agnikonda. He tripped and fell face-first on the coal pieces and suffered 60 percent burn injuries.

May 1, 2018

Mother mistakes penis-shaped pasta as smiley faces, feeds babies

Rebecca Brett, from Dunstable, posted on social media saying that "the Mum of the Year" should go to her after she fed her daughter penis-shaped pasta, which she thought was smiling faces.

May 1, 2018

Class 11 girl allegedly abducted, raped for 4 days by Facebook friend

The 16-year-old was on the way to school April 24 when her Facebook friend met her and offered her a ride on his scooter. The accused, identified as Pankaj Dhobi, took the girl around the city and then took her to a room that had been arranged by his friend and co-accused Dinesh Lodha.

May 1, 2018

Rotting fruit triggers gas leak scare: Know all about the pungent durian

Authorities have evacuated more than 500 people from Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University campus library after people mistook the smell of a rotting durian fruit for a gas leak.

May 1, 2018