Villagers go inside mosquito nets as insects raid

Hapless villagers in eastern Indian state of Bihar have taken recourse to mosquito nets to escape wrath of a special species of insects which have raided their village.

Indian groom flees wedding hall after seeing ugly bride

A groom in eastern India fled the wedding hall moments after he saw the the face of his ugly wide during the garland exchange ceremony.

“Miracle” Indian girl now gets place in temple

“Miracle” Indian girl Lakshmi Tatma who recently underwent a complicated operation to remove her parasitic twin has now found place in a temple.

Suspicious Indian sews up wife’s genitals with iron wires

A villager in eastern India sewed up his wife’s private parts with iron wire after getting suspicious that her wife has illicit relationship with someone, police said today.

Rats nibble at finger of India chief minister

Wandering rats have nibbled at finger of one of India’s powerful chief ministers Saturday night while he was asleep on his bed, officials said today.

Officials paint schools pink to please their boss

Authorities in an eastern Indian state are painting school buildings pink to greet their boss.

All school buildings in the Patna district of Bihar are being painted pink in the hope that it will please chief minister Nitish Kumar who has gone on month-long visit to the countryside to woo the villagers ahead of state assembly elections.

Taking “beer bath” to celebrate shutdown success

Police in Bihar have arrested five politicians who took “bear bath” on the street to celebrate “total success” during Tuesday’s shutdown against price rise.

Youth falls in love with mother of 8 children, marries

Love is blind, this an old saying, and it proved true once again.

Believe it or not, an 18-year-old youth in Bihar fell so deeply in love with a mother of eight children that he finally married the lady.

Professor becomes lawyer to get justice for his family

A college professor in Bihar quit his teaching job and rather studied law to become a lawyer to make the roaming criminals go to jail.

Barat comes, bride ‘goes’

A bride waiting in the wings to be married soon died shortly after the marriage procession reached her home in Bihar.

Laughter contest to end mental stress of Bihar cops

The state government in Bihar is organising a laughing contest for the police to keep them free from mental stress.

Case against 13 dead persons for opium farming

In Bihar, “dead” persons have been doing opium farming, or at least so believe the state police.

Strange though it may sound but the police in Bhojpur district of Bihar have registered a case against 13 dead persons for being involved in opium farming prohibited by the govenrment.

Man performs his ‘last rites’ to get eternal peace for his soul

A 98-year-old man in Bihar performed his last rites with the help of dozens of priests and then threw a grand feast to the villagers to let his soul rest in peace after his death.

“Dead” returns home 13 years later…

A boy declared “dead” by the doctors and his “mortal remains” subsequently flowed in river Ganga returned home today, bringing sudden joy to the family members.