This thread will be dedicated to get familiar with the other not so pleasant and mostly hidden side of India. Please share your precious pics and articles relating to India in this thread. Let's not flame and remain civil. The purpose is to expose the other hidden and nasty side of India. Apart...
Indian army finds inflatable answer to low morale
The Indian Army is fitting some of its toughest frontline troops with inflatable penile implants in a bid to boost army morale.
Impotency is becoming a serious concern for the country's élite soldiers stationed in the disputed mountain...
31 Jan 2009, 1144 hrs IST, IANS
BANGALORE: The very first communications satellite sold by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) to the European operator Eutelsat has
failed abruptly after five weeks in orbit, in a setback to ISRO which just celebrated the 100th day of its successful...
MANGALORE: A fanatical right-wing group notorious for creating communal tensions and indulging in moral policing has struck again in Karnataka, this A TV grab shows a girl being assaulted at a Mangalore pub. (Times Now)More Pictures
time assaulting women guests at a bar in Mangalore. ( Watch )...
Five Koreans, including three women, were allegedly drugged by a co-passenger in a train apparently with the motive of robbery though none of the tourists complained about loss of any of their belongings on regaining consciousness.
The Korean nationals were travelling by the Mathura-Allahabad...
Jamshedpur: No monkey business this. The sudden death of two monkeys after fall from trees in two
districts of Jharkhand generated mass symapthy culminating in decisions to build temples of the Lord Hanuman in their memory.
On January 12, one of a couple, which lived on a Kusum tree opposite to...
and abuse at Napier Mole Bridge By Sabeen Jamil
Monday, January 19, 2009
Karachi
For the girls of Napier Mole Bridge who sell dough-balls to people who come here to feed the fish and birds, every day is a challenge. The bridge is a favourite hangout for hundreds of men and women who visit...
Monday, January 19, 2009 3:16 PM IST
Eight-year-old R Vigneswari with the frog after the wedding ceremony.
P Arul
First Published : 18 Jan 2009 02:30:00 AM IST
Last Updated : 19 Jan 2009 09:37:59 AM IST
VILLUPURAM: The annual ritual of getting a girl married to a frog organised in Pallu...
Chandigarh: A local court on Friday questioned a young German woman who was gang-raped by five youths after being taken on a drive from a leading hotel here September last year. "Throughout the day, the German girl was examined (cross-questioned) and her statements were recorded in-camera. She...
Widening disparity in India’s health battle: UN
* Report says child marriage in India endangers maternal health
NEW DELHI: India’s fight to lower maternal and child mortality rates is failing due to growing social inequalities and shortages in primary healthcare facilities despite...
Sunday, January 18, 2009
BISHKEK: Kyrgystan will order the closure of a US military airbase used to support operations in Afghanistan ‘in a matter of days’ under pressure from Russia, a senior Kyrgyz official told AFP.
“The presidential decree on the annulment of the agreement...
BHUBANESWAR, India (Reuters) - Hindu priests in Orissa are under investigation for conducting a purification ritual soon after a minister belonging to a lower caste visited a famous temple, officials said on Friday.
Minutes after Pramila Mallick, a minister in Orissa, prayed at the temple...