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Before committing suicide, Chinese man kills neighbour so they can play chess in heaven A man who committed suicide in China killed his neighbour first so that he could have him as a partner to play chess in heaven, according to a media report. The 54-year-old, named only as Liao, strangled his 57-year-old neighbour before committing suicide Tuesday night in order to have a chess partner after death, the Shanghai Daily reported Liao as stating in his suicide note. The neighbour’s body was found by his landlady in Zhejiang province when she visited his room to collect the rent. The police said they detected evidence of strangulation, and Liao's body in the next room. The police also found two notes and some drugs in the room. Liao was thought to have killed himself over family conflicts. His notes suggested he killed his neighbour because he was afraid of being alone after death. http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/before-committing-suicide-chinese-man-kills-neighbour-so-they-can-play-chess-in-heaven/article1-1167017.aspx

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Before committing suicide' date= Chinese man kills neighbour so they can play chess in heaven A man who committed suicide in China killed his neighbour first so that he could have him as a partner to play chess in heaven, according to a media report. The 54-year-old, named only as Liao, strangled his 57-year-old neighbour before committing suicide Tuesday night in order to have a chess partner after death, the Shanghai Daily reported Liao as stating in his suicide note. The neighbour’s body was found by his landlady in Zhejiang province when she visited his room to collect the rent. The police said they detected evidence of strangulation, and Liao's body in the next room. The police also found two notes and some drugs in the room. Liao was thought to have killed himself over family conflicts. His notes suggested he killed his neighbour because he was afraid of being alone after death. http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/before-committing-suicide-chinese-man-kills-neighbour-so-they-can-play-chess-in-heaven/article1-1167017.aspx
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Apple is set to relaunch the 8GB version of the iPhone 4 in the Indian market after losing sales and market share in the middle segment to rival Samsung in the last quarter after pulling out the model as part of a global strategy. The US company, pressing hard to raise its market share in India, will price the device at around 15,000
http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-01-14/news/46185531_1_iphone-apple-spokesperson-market-share
beetle Rising Star

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43kg of fake gold offered at Vaishno Devi temple JAMMU: Forty-three kg of gold and 57,000 kg of silver offered by devotees at the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi temple in Jammu and Kashmir have been found to be fake, an RTI application has revealed. The RTI query elicited the information that 193.5 kg of gold and 81,635 kg of silver was offered at the shrine at Katra town in the last five years. "Of this, 43 kg of gold and 57,815 kg of silver turned out to be fake," M K Bhandari, chief executive officer of the board that manages the shrine, told IANS. "We send the precious metal offerings to the government for melting and converting (them) into gold and silver coins which the devotees buy as souvenirs." He said some devotees may be buying gold and silver without checking their purity. The Shri Mata Vaishno Devi temple is one of the most revered shrines. It was visited by over one crore devotees last year. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/43kg-of-fake-gold-offered-at-Vaishno-Devi-temple/articleshow/29566428.cms :hysterical::hysterical: Kya bhakti hai!!!!!

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43kg of fake gold offered at Vaishno Devi temple JAMMU: Forty-three kg of gold and 57,000 kg of silver offered by devotees at the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi temple in Jammu and Kashmir have been found to be fake, an RTI application has revealed. The RTI query elicited the information that 193.5 kg of gold and 81,635 kg of silver was offered at the shrine at Katra town in the last five years. "Of this, 43 kg of gold and 57,815 kg of silver turned out to be fake," M K Bhandari, chief executive officer of the board that manages the shrine, told IANS. "We send the precious metal offerings to the government for melting and converting (them) into gold and silver coins which the devotees buy as souvenirs." He said some devotees may be buying gold and silver without checking their purity. The Shri Mata Vaishno Devi temple is one of the most revered shrines. It was visited by over one crore devotees last year. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/43kg-of-fake-gold-offered-at-Vaishno-Devi-temple/articleshow/29566428.cms :hysterical::hysterical: Kya bhakti hai!!!!!
i dont think devotees r cheating the god :giggle: most probably they were duped by the sellers :dontknow:
beetle Rising Star

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i dont think devotees r cheating the god :giggle: most probably they were duped by the sellers :dontknow:
IT is the responsibility of the bhakts also......read this first thing in the morning and laughed my head off...:haha::haha::haha::haha:
maniac Grand Master

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Muppet Police Sketch' Mocked by Internet Leads to Arrest. Who's Laughing Now?

A police sketch that was publicly mocked for its resemblance to a Muppet actually helped nab a suspect earlier this week in Texas. The drawing of the man was based on the description given to a forensic artist by two unidentified victims: a 77-year-old woman and her 57-year-old daughter, who were robbed at knifepoint in broad daylight. The drawing quickly became the laughingstock of the Internet for its resemblance to a cartoon (chubby cheeks, a too-thin lip line, dopey eyes). But on Jan. 28, when a local police officer noticed the similarity between the suspect in the sketch and a suspect being questioned in a different crime, Texas police arrested 32-year-old Glenn Edwin Rundles in connection to the daylight robbery. According to the Houston Chronicle, Rundles is being held on charges of aggravated robbery, indecent exposure, criminal mischief, burglary of a habitation, and evading arrest. His bond is set at $135,000. More on Yahoo Shine: Comedian (Unsurprisingly) Regrets Pranking Cops With iPhone-Shaped Cookies “The drawing was funny to some people, but forensic artists have a tough job,” Deputy Jeff Springer of the Lamar County Sheriff's Department, which worked with the Paris, Texas, Police Department on the case, tells Yahoo Shine. “They don’t sit down with a portrait of the criminal — they draw based on the victim’s memory, which is often affected by trauma. Making fun of the sketch will only prevent others from reporting crimes.” Springer could not provide the name of the female artist. FBI-trained forensic sketch artist Gil Zamora, known for his work in the Dove Real Beauty ads, concurs. However, he notes that the artist’s methodology can make the difference between a sketch that helps solve a crime and one that falls flat. “Although I don’t know how this artist was trained or the method she used, many artists rely on ‘reference images’ to draw, which can negatively impact the witness’s memory and even lead to a false arrest,” Zamora tells Yahoo Shine. “A classically trained artist will often initially show the victim images from a police mug shot book to jog their memory, then ask them questions about the crime, and cobble together a composite. The problem is that, from the beginning, the victim’s memory is biased from looking at so many mug shots.” A better technique, and one that Zamora employs, is for the artist to sit with the victims as they close their eyes and recount the crime as the artist draws. “If a victim says, ‘He had a round face,’ I can’t just draw a perfect circle, because this is a human being with a skull,” he says. “I ask open-ended questions. 'What part is round — the cheeks? The shape of the head? The chin?'” In other cases a victim might describe the perpetrator’s hair as “normal”; however, asking whether it’s curly or straight locks the victim into two choices, rather than allowing them time to formulate their own answers." Zamora may show the victims photos when they’re done describing the crime, but only to make tweaks to his final image. “The drawing should be a collaboration and resemble a real person as much as possible,” he says.
http://shine.yahoo.com/healthy-living/-muppet-police-sketch--mocked-by-internet-leads-to-arrest--who-s-laughing-now-190724380.html 67c8e5c5-0126-415d-a17a-4a7de65aa954_450-policesketch-criminal.jpg
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43kg of fake gold offered at Vaishno Devi temple JAMMU: Forty-three kg of gold and 57,000 kg of silver offered by devotees at the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi temple in Jammu and Kashmir have been found to be fake, an RTI application has revealed. The RTI query elicited the information that 193.5 kg of gold and 81,635 kg of silver was offered at the shrine at Katra town in the last five years. "Of this, 43 kg of gold and 57,815 kg of silver turned out to be fake," M K Bhandari, chief executive officer of the board that manages the shrine, told IANS. "We send the precious metal offerings to the government for melting and converting (them) into gold and silver coins which the devotees buy as souvenirs." He said some devotees may be buying gold and silver without checking their purity. The Shri Mata Vaishno Devi temple is one of the most revered shrines. It was visited by over one crore devotees last year. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/43kg-of-fake-gold-offered-at-Vaishno-Devi-temple/articleshow/29566428.cms :hysterical::hysterical: Kya bhakti hai!!!!!
I would like to take a different take on it. Did god care whether it is fake or not. It is only people who cares.
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From cocktail parties to cow-pat cakes: The Californian party girl, 41, who became a traditional Indian housewife after meeting farmer husband, 25, on Facebook

* Adriana Peral, 41, met Mukesh Kumar, 25, online in February last year * She travelled to Haryana, India, in August and wed within months * The Californian now lives in a remote farm house 30 minutes drive town * She has no inside toilet, a bucket for a shower shared with cows * Mother-of-one said leaving her daughter, 25, in the U.S. was traumatic * Mr and Mrs Kumar now plan to have children of their own
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2546623/American-party-girl-ditches-cocktails-COW-PAT-CAKES-fly-world-traditional-housewife-rural-India-meeting-husband-Facebook.html#ixzz2rd1ZHxTJ Before article-2546623-1AFEF9EE00000578-493_306x463.jpg After article-2546623-1AFEF96100000578-431_634x720.jpg
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