ex-wife belly-dancing

 
A New York City woman who was getting $850 a month in alimony because she was supposedly disabled and unable to work had her payments slashed after her ex-husband spotted online photos of her belly dancing.

Brian McGurk went to court after discovering a blog that showed his 43-year-old ex-wife dancing at a gallery.

In other internet postings, she wrote about dancing vigorously for several hours every day. Dorothy McGurk told the court that the dancing was physical therapy for injuries she suffered in a car accident in the mid-1990s. A county judge didn't buy it — and reduced her payments to $400 per month. The judge also ordered her to pay her ex-husband's legal fees and 60 percent from the sale of their home. "I wasn't really belly-dancing in them," Dorothy McGurk, 43, told the  News on Saturday. "I was posing. In some of them I was moving a veil around with my arms, but I wasn't belly-dancing."


 


























I wish I could be a professional belly dancer," she said, "but it's just not possible." She said the photos showed her and another woman, but that only the other woman was dancing. "My girlfriend in front of me was belly-dancing with a sword," she said, refusing to provide the photos. "I was just standing behind her waving a veil."

"The only thing I do are gentle exercises," she said.

Let target American and Europe

Pakistan-based militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) has declared a 'jihad' on America and is expanding its reach to Europe and other continents, a top US military commander has said, warning that it was no longer solely focussed on India or South Asia.

LeT, considered the bestfunded terror outfit in the region , had carried out the audacious 2008 Mumbai terror attacks which killed 166 people , including Americans and other foreigners.

Blaming LeT for carrying out attacks on US forces in Afghanistan, Admiral Robert Willard, chief of the US forces in the Pacific, told lawmakers that America had evidence of the group's presence in Europe , the broader Asia Pacific and even in the past in Canada and here.
LeT was cultivated by Pakistan's security establishment two decades ago to wage a guerrilla war to wear down Indian security forces in Kashmir , the US media report said.

At a senate hearing, Admiral Willard said "the discussion regarding the government of Pakistan's relationship to LeT is a very sensitive one." His comments come at a time when US is sharply focussing on the group particularly since the arrest of Pakistani American David Headley in 2009. According to Headley's statement to US authorities, he had joined LeT to fight in Kashmir but ended up scouting targets for the Mumbai attackers.


Last week, the White House in a report to Congress warned that despite unprecedented efforts by Pakistan to go after the militants within the country, it lacked "a clear path" to defeat them. Admiral Willard told the lawmakers that the US was working actively with South Asian governments including India, Nepal, Bangladesh, to help build their capacities to contain LeT.

But he cautioned that the group was active elsewhere.

"Unquestionably they have spread their influence internationally and are no longer solely focused in South Asia and on India," Willard told the Senate Armed Services Committee.


In the past, LeT has fielded militants in Canada and in the United States.

India continues to be LeT's main target. But Willard noted that the group has declared holy war against the United States and renewed longstanding concerns in Washington about attacks by LeT militants against US forces in Afghanistan.

forging marksheets

Indigo pilot Parminder Kaur Gulati, who was arrested for forging marksheets, had been suspended by the airline following a hard landing of her flight in Goa on January 11. TOI had reported the matter then.
"We do not know if all three marksheets were forged at a single place. We have found some papers which are being examined. More arrests are likely,'' said DCP (crime) Ashok Chand.
Chand said the forgery case against Gulati was lodged by D C Sharma, director training and licensing, DGCA. The aviation regulatory body had found that she had allegedly submitted forged result card of her pilot licence examination of January 2009 for obtaining an airlines transport pilot licence (ATPL) which enables co-pilots to become commanders.

"It emerges that in the result card of the pilot licence examination submitted by Gulati, the marks for two subjects – air navigation and radio aids & instruments – were forged," DCP Chand said.
In her first attempt, Gulati cleared aviation meteorology but failed the air navigation test and did not appear for the third exam. She took the two exams again in April and July 2009, but couldn't clear them, Chand said.
"It appears she submitted a forged result card in November 2009 which showed she had cleared the two tests and was issued ATPL," Chand said. Gulati has a BSc (Hons) in Zoology (1995) and was an NCC air wing cadet.
In 1997, she got a private pilot licence from Delhi Flying Club and she got her commercial pilot licence from the same club a year later. In May 2006, she joined Air Deccan as co-pilot and in November 2007 moved to Indigo as co-pilot. After getting ALTP in November 2009 on forged documents, she became a captain.
After her hard landing of the Indigo flight 6E-332 in Goa, the aircraft was flown for repairs to Delhi with the nose wheel jutting out because the airline was not sure if the damaged wheel, once retracted, would descend correctly during touchdown.

jewels hidden in a Paris rain sewer

French investigators have found jewels valued at $25 million hidden in a Paris rain sewer — part of the spectacular 2008 heist from luxury jeweler Harry Winston's Paris boutique.

Nineteen rings and three sets of earrings — one pair valued at $19.5 million — were dug up from a drain at a house in the working class Paris suburb of Seine-Saint-Denis, police said, confirming a report on Europe-1 radio.

The jewels were hidden in a plastic container set in a cement mold inside the sewer, police said. The house belonged to one of the nine people charged in the heist. The bold Harry Winston robbery on December 5, 2008, netted the thieves — some dressed as women and wearing wigs — gems and bejeweled watches worth up to $118.1 million, police said. Recently, police have set the figure at $85 million.

The Harry Winston boutique is on a street off Paris' famed Champs-Elysees Avenue dotted with fashion houses and fashionable cafes. The robbery, carried out while Christmas shoppers strolled outside, was among the most audacious in France in recent memory.

It took the thieves just 15 minutes to complete the robbery, despite the streets outside being bustling with Christmas shoppers.

Some stolen rings, necklaces and watches were recovered when police rounded up 25 people in a June 2009 sweep and eventually charged nine of them. After first suspecting Serbian mobsters, police soon narrowed their search to criminal gangs in Paris suburbs.


French media say no further arrests have been made although those already in jail have been questioned again.

Among those charged was the heist's suspected mastermind, who had been sentenced to 15 years in prison in a drug trafficking case. Police found stolen jewelry and $1.1 million at this house.

A guard at the Harry Winston boutique put police on the trail of the suspects. When investigators learned that an Israeli was expected in Paris to buy some of the stolen jewels, police moved in to make the arrests.

The reports of a party at the prestigious Yale University where undergraduate students attending the soiree were asked to strip naked and forced to drink alcohol have triggered an investigation by the varsity authorities and police.

The party, hosted by 'The Pundits', a senior prank society at Yale, is now being investigated for sexual assault and hazing of undergraduates. About 50 students attended the invitation-only annual nude bash.

Students were told to arrive at the party in costume, but midway through the night were told to strip naked. Members of the Pundits "were force-feeding people alcohol" as well as forcing several students to kiss each other. Later, 10 students had to be hospitalised for excessive drinking.


Attendees were allegedly told that they would be evaluated for Pundits membership. The party was part of the Pundits' "tap" process in which individuals try to impress club members to win a tap on the shoulder to join the club.

Invitees said the Pundits forced alcohol on them throughout the evening and they felt they could not refuse as they sought to impress the group to receive a tap.

The Yale police department is investigating the February 19 event, examining whether it amounted to a form of hazing. Yale police chief Ronnell Higgins said the YPD is also investigating "possible sexual assault".

Yale College dean Mary Miller said Yale "does not tolerate hazing or intimidation". "I am deeply disturbed by reports of heavy drinking by underage students in a context that could be construed as hazing," she said.


The Pundits society was founded in 1884 and for years has regularly hosted elaborate parties in which Yale co-eds strip and socialise in their birthday suits.

he was inspired by the Bollywood movie

A 'Bollywood inspired' undergraduate student of Delhi University has landed in jail for allegedly encashing stolen cheques worth about Rs.28 lakh posing as the director of a company, police said Sunday.
Ashish Tiwari (21), also called Natwarlal, and his associates forged signatures on stolen cheque leaves and encashed money from the bank, a senior official said.

Tiwari was arrested March 1 from near the Kotak Mahindra Bank branch at Sector 18 in Noida, he said. Three others are absconding.
The youth was held on a complaint filed by Seema Jha, authorised signatory of Indraprastha Automobiles.
According to Jha's complaint, amounts of Rs.6.7 lakh, Rs.8.4 lakh and Rs.4 lakh were withdrawn by someone presenting stolen cheques from the company in various branches of HDFC Bank, Deputy Commissioner of Police V. Renganathan said.
Police found that Tiwari had withdrawn the amount fraudulently, representing himself as the director of the company with the help of forged visiting cards and identity cards to convince bank officials.
Tiwari, hailing from Itawah in Uttar Pradesh, was staying near Minto Road in central Delhi.
According to the official, the youth told police that since childhood he was inspired by the Bollywood movie 'Mr. Natwarlal' in which the hero strikes it rich through fraud.
'After coming to Delhi, he joined the field collection team of HDFC Bank where he made friends with Amit Chauhan, Sunny and Vikrant. They came across several high-amount cheques from Indraprastha Automobiles,' said the official.
'They made fake identity proofs and withdrew cash worth Rs.28 lakh. Chauhan, Sunny and Vikrant are absconding,' added Renganathan.

sadhus with large quantities of the drug

Thousands of holy men   known as sadhus  have been banned from selling cannabis to religious festival-goers at an ancient temple in Nepal.

Hindu devotees are gathering at the Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu to celebrate the holy festival of Shivaratri. Sadhus -- Hindu holy men who renounce the world around them for spiritual goals -- traditionally celebrate Shivaratri by smoking cannabis.

But those found selling pot at the temple this year will face eviction or even arrest by armed police, temple officials say -- even if they are holy men.

Since last week, plainclothes police have been "mingling" with the sadhus to "identify anyone selling drugs." Meanwhile, religious festival attendees are forced to endure the sight of young, gung-ho law enforcement officers defiling and disrespecting a venerated spiritual tradition dating back thousands of years.

About 20 sadhus have already been arrested and forced to an area outside the city, according to officials.

The Hindu god Shiva -- in whose honor the Shivaratri festival is held -- is said to have enjoyed smoking cannabis.

Because of that, sadhus, who usually live in forests, caves and temples, see their use of cannabis as receiving a blessing from Shiva.


"In the old days, the King gave away about a ton of hash every Shivarati," cannabis historian Sam Wayne Smith told Toke of the Town. "There was a collection from the hash makers, then the King started the ceremony by carving off the chunks -- a tolah to each saddhu. A tolah is about 10 grams."

Thousands of sadhus have traveled from Nepal's southern neighbor, India, for the festival, which falls on March 2 this year.

The temple authority has said it does not mind the sadhus smoking cannabis for their own worship.

Despite this, the Pashupati Area Development Trust (PADT) wants to make sure cannabis is not sold on the temple premises. Who are they trying to impress? And what's wrong with a spiritual tradition that's thousands of years old?

"Over the past few years, the use of drugs has become more widespread and it's also become commercial," PADT Member Secretary Sushil Nahata told the BBC. "It has spoilt the essence of the festival."

"We heard of lot of rumors that sadhus were selling these drugs," Nahata said. "We tried to stop them doing this last year, but weren't able to. This year we've started a proper campaign."

The PADT has put together a task force of 25 people, including police and armed officers, to enforce the ban on cannabis sales.

"We have only found limited amounts of hashish in cigarettes so far," Nahata said. "Any sadhus arrested with large quantities of the drug will be sent to jail."

found a decent job. murder case

Sixteen-year-old guy, the prime accused in the Borivli murder case of Subhashchandra Desai, was desperately in need of money after lying to his parents that he had found a decent job. Praveen is now lodged at the Dongri home for juvenile delinquents with his 17-year-old co-accused . Their third associate, Sanjay Ranpise (21), has been remanded in police custody till February 28 by a metropolitan court. 

The three were unemployed. "Praveen, an only son, had recently told his parents that he had found a job with a monthly salary of Rs 5,000. But as month-end drew near, he got worried. His parents would have demanded the salary amount," investigating officer Nitin Tadakhe said. 

"Praveen, Om and Sanjay knew that Desai was homosexual and frequently visited him at his residence. When they learnt that Desai owned a lot of property, they decided to rob him. To avoid being identified by Desai later, they also plotted to kill him. The plan was hatched at a garden on Chandavarkar Road," another official said. The police has learnt that Praveen was recently diagnosed with a terminal illness. His associate, Om, has a past crime record. "Om was involved in two burglary cases at Borivli (W) in 2009. He was caught both times, but Desai helped him procure bail," the official added. 

On Sunday, Praveen went to Desai's apartment alone, while Sanjay stood at a skywalk overlooking the house and Om waited in the garden. After attacking Desai repeatedly with a knife, glass bottle and bowling pins, Praveen ushered his friends into the house. But the boys found only Rs 1,500 and two old cellphones in the house. They then put everything back in its place and slipped out of the house, leaving Desai in a pool of blood. The keys to the flat were hidden at Om's residence. 

Police officials said Sanjay and Praveen reside at Rawalpada in Dahisar. Om stays at Eksar in Borivli. 

A brave teenager for £10,000.

A brave teenager has spoken for the first time of the harrowing ordeal of being beaten up in an arranged marriage after her father tried to sell her for £10,000.

The 15-year-old girl was tricked into flying to Pakistan then forced to marry a 31-year-old man so he could get a British passport.

She has described how she feared she would die after being hit, scarred with broken glass and locked up for refusing to get married.

Her harrowing story has been revealed as part of BBC Radio 1's Newsbeat investigation into forced marriages.

The girl, who would not be named, said: 'It was just about the money. He was literally selling me and my nationality so I could bring the person back.

'In pounds, it would have been about £10,000.

'He whacked me across the face, then I started rebelling more, saying ''no''.

Then he got a glass and scarred my arms. He had somebody holding me from behind and he got a glass and was cutting very deep.

'I thought he might kill me. I thought I was going to die.'

The beatings started when the young girl refused to get married. She was then locked up without food or water.

Fortunately she summoned her strength and escaped to the British High Commission in Pakistan. She then returned home and was reunited with her worried mother.

Figures obtained by Newsbeat show that her ordeal is one of many suffered by an estimated 1,735 potential forced marriages involving British citizens in 2010.

It is believed that a third of the girls in arranged marriages are under 18. Newsbeat claims that the youngest was just 13.

Campaigners against forced marriages have now called for more awareness of the problem which is largely confined to Asian communities.

Jeremy Browne, the minister in joint charge of the forced marriage unit, said: 'We think it's a genuine priority, we want to help people.'

Ahmedabad Audi Q7

A suave customer flashing a Rado watch, gold necklaces and expensive clothes on Thursday walked into a car showroom on SG highway and took off with an Audi Q7 worth around Rs 80 lakh., The showroom officials realised, too late, that the chic demeanour was a ploy and the customer was a thief. A complaint of car theft was later lodged by Chandrakant Shah, an employee of the Audi showroom, with the Vastrapur police station.

According to the complainant, the man in his early 30s had identified himself as Bhavesh Kabra., The man, who speaks good English, walked into the showroom in the afternoon and first impressed the employees with his style and then sought to test drive his "favourite car" — Audi Q7., Sales representative Chandresh Desai accompanied the 'customer' for the test ride. "Desai says they drove down the SG highway. Near the Science City, the man asked Desai to drive the vehicle as he wanted to enjoy the view from the backseat. He stepped out of the white-coloured car and Desai followed suit. Before Desai could walk around to the driver's seat, the man quickly got into the car and drove off," said S M Parmar, sub-inspector of Vastrapur police station. Though all police check posts were alerted, the vehicle is yet to be traced.

being raped by a police officer,

A woman in Marion, South Carolina, claims That after being raped by a police officer, she was forced - by other police officers - to sign a statement denying That the assault was rape. The police officer at the WHO claims the woman was the perpetrator been suspended, but not charged with a crime, and none of the other police officers suspended were the resource persons. 

Speaking on condition of Anonymity, the woman recounted how , after being in a minor car accident, she allowed Officer Tyrone Reed to enter her apartment, thinking That he was there to talk to her about the crash. Instead, he asked her to enter another room, he raped her Nowhere and promptly left. She Called her boyfriend, WHO Called the police, but officers Pls appeared, They removed evidence from the apartment, read her her Miranda rights, and toll her That she "Did not look like a rape victim." According to the woman, They threatened her with Prison time if she Did not recant the allegations.

"They kept saying if it's not rape then do not say it's rape," she said. "Then I said If I Did not agree to it or I Did not consent to it, what do I call it? They made me feel so bad," she continued. "Because I Did not scream or fight hard loud Enough Enough, [to Them] I wasn'ta victim. I never thought this Would Happen in my own domain. I wasn't [feeling] threatened Because I'm in my own space. The assault Should have never Happened. [the investigators] Did not have no compassion. "

Lack of compassion is one way of putting it - the lack of respect for the law and basic human and civil rights is another. You can contact the Marion city government and tell Them to suspend the other two officers, Farmer Blue and Bessie Gause, here .

Woman Jailed For false rape cases

We hear a lot (probably More Than We Should) about false rape cases, but this story from Great Britain is certainly a bizarre twist on the theme. According to the Guardian , the Woman Called the police and said that she Had been raped six times by her husband, the police then charged her husband with rape.


As the case proceeded, however, she decided that she wanted to drop the charges, even though she continued to maintain that they were true. As the case proceeded, however, she decided she wanted to drop That the charges, even though she continued to maintain true That They were the resource persons. She then said that she had lied about the charges, at which point she was arrested for "perverting the course of justice." She then said that she Had Lied about the charges, at the which point she was arrested for "perverting the course of justice." Finally, a few months later, she said that she had actually been raped, and that her denial was caused by "emotional blackmail" from her husband, from whom she is now divorced. Finally, A Few months later, she said that Actually Had she been raped, and her denial That was the caused by "emotional blackmail" from her husband, from whom she is now divorced. She explained that her husband and family had convinced her to drop the charges, since he would receive a long jail sentence and she would not. She explained her husband and family That Had convinced her to drop the charges, since he Would receive a long jail sentence and she Would not.

The woman is now appealing an 8-month jail sentence for "making a false retraction." The woman is now appealing an 8-month jail sentence for "making a false retraction." The judge chastised her for wasting a "substantial amount" of time and money for the police, and explained that she would have received a 2-year sentence for false rape charges. The judge chastised her for wasting a "substantial amount" of time and money for the police, and explained That Would she have received a 2-year sentence for false rape charges. She's currently in prison pending her appeal, although her lawyer is trying to get her out on bail. She's currently in Prison pending her appeal, although her lawyer is Trying to get her out on bail.

What astonishes me here is the absence of the rapist, who apparently pleaded not guilty to rape in an earlier hearing. What astonishes me here is the absence of the rapist, pleaded not guilty WHO apparently to rape in an Earlier hearings. The fact that this woman was first assaulted (multiple times!) and then subjected to extreme emotional trauma by her family more than excuses any resources she may have "wasted," and the whole case sends a horrifying message to rape victims, who are often subjected to these kinds of pressures by their families and perpetrators. The fact That this woman was first assaulted (multiple times!) And then subjected to extreme emotional trauma of her family by More Than Excuses May she have any resources "wasted," and the whole case sends a horrifying message to rape Victims, Who Are Often subjected to these pressures by Kinds of Their Families and perpetrators.

Holly Dustin, director of the End Violence Against Women Coalition, explained, "Imprisoning a woman for a 'false retraction' of a rape allegation sends out a chilling message that the criminal justice system is still in the dark ages in relation to sexual violence and does not understand the pressure women come under from perpetrators during the legal process." Holly Dustin, director of the End Violence Against Women Coalition, explained, "Imprisoning a woman for a 'false retraction' of a rape allegation sends out a chilling message That the criminal justice system is still in the dark ages in relation to sexual violence and does not understand the women come under pressure from perpetrators During the legal process. "

The worst part of the case is that the woman was willing to cover for her rapist by going to jail. The worst part of the case Is That the woman was willing to cover for her rapist by going to jail. And the court responded, not by sending a message to sexual assault perpetrators who threaten and coerce victims to stay silent, but by punishing the victim herself. And the court responded, not by sending a message to perpetrators of sexual assault WHO threaten and coerce Victims to stay silent, but by punishing the victim Herself. It's a blatant case of victim-blaming, conducted by the British judicial system. It's a blatant case of victim-blaming, conducted by the British judicial system. We can only hope that the appeal is successful, and that this case doesn't turn into some kind of terrible precedent. We cans only Hope that the appeal is successful, and That this case does not turn into Some Kind of terrible precedent.

the blog to kill wife.

An elderly Taiwanese man allegedly put his ailing wife to death by pushing a screwdriver through her skull, weeks after he said on his blog he might kill her as an act of mercy, media reported on Monday.

Wang Ching-hsi, an 83-year-old former engineer, is suspected of giving his wife sleeping pills early Sunday and then killing her.

"Why I did this? It's all on my blog," Wang told journalists while being taken away by Taipei police, according to footage shown on local television.

A blog entry dated December 5 which appeared to be Wang's remained available Monday and detailed in candid terms how Wang's 80-year-old wife, Sun Yuan-ping, had lost the will to live.

The blog entry said that she was suffering from Parkinson's disease and recently had broken her left leg. "She is miserable," the blog said.

It referred to an agreement the couple had arrived at a decade ago "to die in peace", and quoted Wang as telling his wife that "when the time comes, I will kill you."

After allegedly killing his wife, Wang called the police to turn himself in and waited in his apartment for the officers to arrive, United Daily News said.

Euthanasia and the right to die has been a hotly debated topic in Taiwan in recent years.

In June, the cabinet passed draft regulations allowing terminally ill patients or their relatives to give up medical efforts that prolong suffering without preventing eventual death.

Saudi funding of Yemeni tribes Al Qaida

Saudi funding of Yemeni tribes for help against Al Qaida risks undermining central authority in the kingdom's poor neighbour at a moment when the government there needs all its clout to fight security threats.

The West relies heavily on Saudi Arabia to help stabilise Yemen: Saudi Arabia is the largest financial donor, bankrolling the government of ally President Ali Saleh Abdullah, helping supplying Yemeni forces and building hospitals.

But analysts and diplomats say Saudi Arabia is at the same time sidelining Sana'a by directly supporting tribes who dominate much of the country.

"Saudi support of the tribes has a clear negative impact on state-building and by extension, its ability to fight AQAP [Al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula]," said Abdul Gani Al Iryani, a Yemeni political analyst in Sana'a. "The Saudis have refused flat out all Yemeni requests to desist from paying Yemeni tribes," he said.

Saudi counter-terrorism efforts are currently riding high. Last month, Saudi arrested 149 militants mainly linked to Yemen-based AQAP who had planned to stage attacks inside the kingdom and to send Saudis for training camps in Yemen and Somalia.

Success

This was the latest success of Saudi intelligence after tipping off the US about a parcel bomb plot from Yemen, where AQAP has been both fighting the government as well as using remote areas as havens to plot attacks in the West.

Saudi Arabia has stepped up financial support for various Yemeni tribes in the past two years to improve its own security, diplomats and analysts say, due to worries about Shiite rebels in northern Yemen who briefly fought a border war with Riyadh.

While gaining some intelligence from tribal sources on the whereabouts of Al Qaida militants on their territory, the cash help has proved an obstacle to boosting Yemeni state authority — a vital ingredient in tackling economic problems, analysts say.

Another complication is that Islamic charities have long funded religious schools or mosques seen as recruiting grounds for Al Qaida.

"Saudi support on tribes is undermining government authority," said Barak Barfi, a former Visiting Fellow at the Brookings Doha Centre in Qatar. "Saudi Arabia does not want Yemen to be strong," he said.

A Western diplomat in Riyadh said some members of tribes on the Saudi payroll might also engage in cross-border smuggling which is undermining efforts to seal off the 1,500-kilometre joint border Riyadh fears Al Qaida militants use to infiltrate.

Sting operation lands Saudi women in jail

Two Saudi women journalists in Jeddah ended up in police custody after their sting operation in a children's hospital went wrong and were caught by the security guards.

The two women reporters working for a local newspaper trying to expose alleged lax security in the Jeddah Maternity and Child Hospital attempted to kidnap a newborn baby from the maternity ward but were nabbed by the guards who turned them over to police.

Opinion in Saudi Arabia was split between cautious supporters and outright opponents who claimed that such uncalled for adventures might result in more harm than good, the Arab News said today.

While some said they were totally against such press behavior and such practices have surpassed journalistic ethics out of line with local norms. Some others backed undercover investigations if they did not violate rules or hurt others.

Press spokesman for Hail police Lt Col Abdul Aziz Al-Zinaidi said journalists should give top priority to the interests of the country. ''They should also consider the interests of society and the security organizations,'' he added.

A lawyer said journalists should not commit criminal acts while carrying out investigative reporting.

A number of citizens who spoke to Arab News said some journalists have gone too far and crossed the line. They said if the woman was informed that her newborn baby had been kidnapped, she might have suffered a heart attack.

''These two journalists must be punished for their act, which spread terror in the hospital'' one of them added.

fatally slashing his neck

A 24-year-old woman, embroiled in a domestic spat with her husband for not allowing her to take up a job, took out her frustration on her three-year-old son by fatally slashing his neck on Monday. 

The murder took place at her Ghansoli home in Sector 4 when her son returned from a local pre-school. The accused, Varsha Ghodke, dragged her son, Saurabh, to the bathroom and brutally slashed his neck with a knife. She also inflicted two knife injuries on her own face and wrist. She was rushed to the municipal hospital in Vashi, where she is currently admitted. 

Assistant commissioner of police (Vashi ) Mujeeb Shaikh said: "Though the accused looks visibly normal, she may be mentally and psychological disturbed." 

He added that the infant's neck was so badly cut that barely two inches of skin was holding his head to the torso. Investigators further said that Varsha was married to a BEST bus driver, Shashikant Ghodke, in 2004. She was earlier working at a mall in Mumbai where she reportedly had an extramarital affair with someone else. Her husband then decided to shift Varsha back to her mother's house at Shri Swami Samarth Chawl in Ghansoli, and also did not allow her to work. 

"Unable to take these restrictions, the accused even ran away from her Ghansoli house earlier this year. She later returned on her own without offering any explanations," said ACP Shaikh. 

The police believe that the accused must have been severely distressed with her failing marriage and lack of job, leading to this shocking murder. Her mother had also reportedly asked her not to work, which seemed to have angered her further.

Better Business Bureau

cNames probably used his one phone call to dial up the Better Business Bureau and complain about the blow job a prostitute stiffed him on -- in more ways than one.

McNames, apparently not very bright at 19, called the Columbia police after a prostitute reneged on a deal to give him a BJ. McNames was feeling frisky Saturday night and offered two prostitutes $60 for (1) a boobie flashing and (2) oral sex. McNames put his money on his stereo, and one of the working girls gave him his titty shot. But when McNames requested the BJ that he'd paid for, the hookers grabbed his cash and bolted. (That's why you pay with a check, Ryan.)

McNames was feeling wronged -- and who wouldn't? A deal is a deal. So he called the cops and told them the whole story, requesting that they get in touch with the women and get at least $40 back for the "incomplete transaction."

The cops weren't feeling much sympathy for McNames, who was arrested for suspicion of patronizing prostitution.

Unfortunately for him, this turned out to be the most expensive blow job he never received. He had to post $500 bond to get out of jail. That's 12.5 lollipop lovings that he won't be getting.

African honeymoon safari

A fairytale wedding in Mumbai followed by honeymoon in picturesque Cape Town, South Africa, ended on a tragic note for Anni Dewani. The 28-year-old bride, who was of Indian origin but grew up in Sweden, was raped and murdered near South Africa's second most populous city on Saturday night.

The ripples of Dewani's horrific end are being felt in India as the travel trade, which has been promoting South Africa as an high-end wedding and honeymoon destination, confronts that country's reputation of being prone to violent crimes.
The armed carjackers who scripted Saturday night's bloodsoaked story also injured 31-year-old UK millionaire Shrien - Anni's husband of two weeks - before they drove their SUV away with his wife inside.


After their wedding in Mumbai, which was spread across three days, the couple headed to South Africa last week for their honeymoon, which included an 'idyllic' four-day safari at the Kruger National Park.
The couple was staying at Cape Town's five-star hotel, Cape Grace. On the ill-fated day, they had gone to Somerset West, a suburb about 50 km away. "Anni grew up in Sweden," Shrien said in an interview with the media. "She had never been to Africa before, so she suggested we should have a look at the real Africa. The stop was on the way back [to Cape Town] and was intended so that we could experience a township. We were barely in the Gugulethu township when the attack happened."
Shrien, a Bristol resident, is said to own PSP Healthcare, which operates eight nursing homes in England. Queen Elizabeth had honoured him for saving an ailing care home in 2006. Anni was a product designer.
The rape and murder, according to media reports, took place when the newlyweds were returning to their hotel after partying at a popular nightspot. Two armed men of African origin forced the driver out of the car and drove it away with the couple inside it. The bloodstained car was later recovered by the police three km away in the township of Khayelitsha. The killers dropped Shrien somewhere along the way.
This incident will seriously dent South Africa's image as a popular tourist destination, say travel trade insiders in India. "South Africa is a dangerous place, especially near Johannesburg and Durban," says Arjun Sharma, managing director of the upscale travel company, Le Passage to India. "We never fail to warn our clients against moving around South African cities at night because they have very high crime rates." Of course, the tour operators are quick to add that such tragedies can take place anywhere in the world. But they advise honeymooners against getting too adventurous in cities that are infamous for being crime-prone.
"There are areas in South African cities that must be avoided at night," says Travel Agents Association of India president Rajji Rai. His advice to travellers headed for South Africa: "Travellers must research the places they intend to visit and be in touch with their travel agents throughout their stay in South Africa." Adds Sabina Chopra, cofounder of Yatra.com: "This is doubly shocking for the travel trade because South Africa is considered to be a honeymooners' paradise. It is a wake-up call for all travellers to do background checks on the hotels and the nightclubs they go to." Crime is rampant in South Africa.
According to British tabloid The Sun, the country of 50 million reported 14,195 carjackings, 50,000 rapes and 18,148 murders last year. "South Africa is the one of most popular holiday destinations among Indian travellers," says Rai. It is in South Africa's interests, therefore, to get its act right.

 

It was a pornographic clip to teacher

It was around midnight on Friday when the cellphone of a teacher of a Salt Lake school beeped. Half-asleep, he picked up his mobile and what he saw on the screen made him sit up bolt upright. It was a pornographic clip, sent via MMS.


After a few seconds of shock, he tried to identify the sender but could not recognise the number. He was wondering what to do next when the mobile beeped again. Another MMS. Again an obscene one. And then another. And then another. All from different numbers.

Now incensed, the teacher shot off an SMS to all the senders: "I am taking this to the police". The replies came within seconds. But what he read next left him even more shocked. They were all his students. All four requested him not to go the police.

Author is withholding the name of the teacher, students and the school on request to avoid them any embarrassment.

The teacher was furious but spared the students a police questioning. He did not lodge an FIR but complained to the school authorities. The students were identified, summoned to a disciplinary hearing and given a severe dressing down.

The four were threatened with rustication and ordered to tender an apology to the teacher. Realising that their careers were at stake, the students begged for mercy and apologised. The teacher tried to explain to them that what they had done was a criminal offence under the Cyber Crime Act and it could have even landed them behind bars.

When the teacher wanted to know why they had sent him a porn MMS, the students said in unison that they "wanted to play a prank with him". "It was just for fun, sir," the students said. The teacher was stunned.

Psychologist Amit Chakraborty said that the group of students who sent the MMS clips wanted to tease the teacher for some reason or the other. "Teachers are often seen as power centres and the students may have sent him the porn MMS clips because they wanted to taunt him. Earlier, in all schools students used to tease teachers by giving them some odd nicknames. Now, with mobiles the students jeered at the teacher in another way."

But this should not be encouraged, the psychologist said. Some of the teachers were reportedly in favour of seizing the mobiles of the students for their offence, but that was not done, say sources.

Ruby Sain, head of the sociology department of Jadavpur University, said that mobiles have become a necessity now, which is why parents give the gadgets to their children. "In the present society students have little respect for teachers. So much so that they think nothing of sending a lewd MMS to a teacher. Parents should keep tabs on what the children are doing with mobiles or computers, because they cannot avoid their responsibility. Ideally, students should not be given camera-mobiles as there have been several such crimes recently where school students sent obscene MMSes,"

Rare fest shuts village Bodrayee

Bodrayee, a little known rural festival popular in Telangana region, which began on Wednesday in Incherla village of Mulug mandal, 52 km from Warangal city, bars entry of outsiders to the village. For a couple of days, the exit and entry points of the village are closed.

Private functions, consumption of non-vegetarian food and alcohol too are banned.
According to sources, barring three Incherla NRIs living in the US, the 'must-attend' village festival was joined in by 650 families (Incherla has 4,000 voters) including 800 members working outside the district or state.
Earlier, sources said Bodrayee was celebrated in Palampet gram panchyat (Venkatapur mandal in 2009) and Jakaram gram panchayat (Mulug mandal in 2008).
"The last time Bodrayee was celebrated in Incherla was 60 years ago. The next such festival, according to the decision taken by the 15-member Incherla village elders, would be after 100 years," said J. Venkataswamy, 40, a resident of Incherla and government teacher in Kutrapally primary school, Shyampet mandal, Warangal.
Regarded an incarnation of goddess Durga, Bodrayee's stone idol, which was installed here Wednesday morning at the village centre, also shared space with wooden idols of Bhulakshmi (nature goddess) and Bhuvaneshwar Swamy (an incarnation of Shiva).
The village deity, Bodrayee, who was appeased with a goat slaughter at 3 pm on Wednesday, as per local belief, protects the villagers from all calamities.
Amid sound of drumbeats, the goat meat, mixed with rice, vermillion and turmeric, was cooked and the food scattered all over the village on Wednesday afternoon, to ward off evil spirits.

The ban on entry of outsiders during this festival, as per traditional belief, is because they might bring in evil spirits into the village, reasoned K. Komaraiah, 48, a watch repairer who shut his watch repairing shop in Mulug for two days to take part in the rare fest in his village.
The festival, for which all villagers contribute money, ends with a community picnic on Thursday.
According to Ms B. Hymavathi, professor of history, Kakatiya University, Bodrayee is a primitive festival associated with the Dravadian people. "That is why we do not find it mentioned in the vedic literature, which is the work of the Aryans," she said, pointing out that 'Boda' means the umbilical cord, while 'rayee' is the stone.
Adding further, she said, "Bodrayee used to be celebrated in all of south India, but due to impact of the British rule, it is now confined to only a few pockets in Telangana."