The Indian businessman spent years evading authorities around the world, fleeing accusations that he'd run elaborate bank scams, investigators allege. When he lost an appeal in Germany against extradition to India, he came up with a novel scheme: He swallowed a knife. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago tags Indian suspect trial despite swallowing knife |
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Scores of Indian children attending a school located in a graveyard were having recurring nightmares about ghosts and have appealed to authorities to shift them from the site. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
A former nun's tell-all story which details illicit relationships, sexual harassment and bullying in the convent where she spent three decades is causing ructions in the Catholic Church in the south Indian state of Kerala. picked by Bornbad 9 months ago 10 comments edit related share sex |
His story has the feel of a mystery novel - a young boy is found wandering the streets of an unknown foreign city, his parents nowhere to be found. picked by suebe 10 months ago 0 comments edit related share world |
Eating lots of curry may help you lose weight, research suggests. 4 comments edit related share plime.comScientists believe that haldi, or turmeric, which is used in most Indian meals, has an active ingredient that can help fight obesity. picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago |
For prices starting at $50, two nonfederally recognized Indian tribes are offering membership to thousands of illegal immigrants, claiming they can achieve legal status by joining the groups.(I remember the pride my native American friends have, this sucks) picked by Bornbad 2 years ago 4 comments edit related share plime.com |
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An Indian inventor has found a novel way of helping the poor - by turning old junk into a reliable piece of machinery that can walk and talk. Feroz Siddiki has spent two years developing the IRobo and hopes it will eventually rival more expensive robots like Asimo made by the Japanese company Honda. VIDEO picked by DrNothing 2 years ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
A woman revered as a snake goddess who could cure the ill was rescued by police after villagers agreed to her request to be buried alive in a north Indian village, police said on Monday. picked by DemureArt 2 years ago 4 comments edit related share plime.com |
A replica of the specially-built mobile lavatory used by the father of Indian independence. picked by Bornbad 1 year ago 4 comments edit related share world |
The birth mother, a member of the he Leech Lake Band of the Ojibwe, changed her mind and tribal officials cited the Indian Child Welfare Act, a federal law designed to keep American Indian children with native families. The child will probably wind up in foster care, as the mother has been declared unfit as she is a drug addict. picked by suebe 12 months ago 6 comments edit related share politics |
A chili grown in a remote region of northeastern India has been named the world's spiciest by the Guinness World Records. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago 14 comments edit related share plime.com |
Two of the world's worst natural disasters in recent years stemmed from different causes on opposite sides of the globe, but actually had much in common, according to researchers who are part of a large National Science Foundation-funded research initiative that has been studying both the Indian Ocean Tsunami of 2004 and the Hurricane Katrina of 2005. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
Nearly all of today's Native Americans in North, Central, and South America can trace part of their ancestry to six women whose descendants immigrated around 20,000 years ago. picked by MandolinOrange 2 years ago 7 comments edit related share world |
After more than two years working as a teller at the Key Bank branch in Lower Queen Anne, Nicholson clearly understood the bank's strict policy of quickly complying with robbers' demands and avoiding confrontation. picked by kakana 4 months ago 7 comments edit related share weird |
One by one over the past four years, three educated sisters in India have wed their servant, believing he is holy and will miraculously bring them wealth. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago 3 comments edit related share plime.com |
A survey of more than 1,000 men in India has concluded that condoms made according to international sizes are too large for a majority of Indian men. picked by teaya21 3 years ago 1 comments edit related share world |
A father in eastern India gave away his teenage daughter to a fellow gambler after he lost a card game, with police launching a hunt to retrieve the girl. picked by kakana 2 months ago 3 comments edit related share world |
Indian reservation builds a Casino on land where gambling isn't legal....oops. picked by hailpurdue 3 years ago 2 comments edit related share plime.com |
When it comes to Indian pop music, nobody will deny that these people have style. picked by suckersklub 2 years ago 4 comments edit related share plime.com |
Unemployed youths will be trained to sterilize monkeys in one northern Indian state's effort to combat aggressive primates that have been raiding farms and harassing residents. picked by mandolinorange 2 years ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
Steve Cooper's friends told him he looked like the goddess Bahucharaji - who according to legend castrated her husband because he preferred acting as a woman. Steve now lives among 80 eunuchs at an Indian temple and blesses people who come to visit... way to go Steve! picked by BrownTrout 3 years ago 3 comments edit related share weird |