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May 3, 2014

When Sunil first moved to Singapore, he had trouble finding an apartment.

"I called up several landlords who had listed rooms for rent," Sunil, a Sri Lankan who spent eight years living in the UK, said.

"Things would start out OK, maybe because of my [Western] accent - but the moment they heard my name, they'd blank out. Many said 'sorry, we don't rent to these people', or 'sorry, no room for Indians'."

Sunil, a civil engineer who arrived in 2012, said he was rejected by at least four landlords.

of 'no indians no prc': singapore's rental discrimination problem

Apr 20, 2013

A five year old girl is fighting for her life after she was raped by a neighbour in Gandhi Nagar, east Delhi, who held her captive for four days.

The five-year-old rape victim is covered by a sheet as she is transported to a specialist unit from Swami Dayanand Hospital

Read more (Five-year-old girl 'raped for four days' after she was kidnapped by neighbour in third Delhi paedophile crime this month)

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Oct 17, 2012

Ms Gillard fell during her visit to the Gandhi Memorial in New Delhi. Her heel got caught in soft grass and she landed on her face.

Read more (Julia Gillard trips up in India)

Watch Julia Gillard takes a tumble

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Dec 6, 2011

Veena Malik denies posing nude for FHM. The Pakistani model and actress appears nude in the magazine's December issue, with 'ISI' (acronym for Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence agency) tattooed on her arm.

Cover of FHM India December issue featuring Veena Malik

Read more (I didn’t pose naked for FHM, says Pakistani actress in hot water over nude photoshoot)

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Oct 29, 2011

Very impressive car stunts taken from the Bollywood action film, Singham.

Watch Singham 8.. best action scene with car stunt .HD

Singham (Hindi: सिंघम ; English: Lion) is a 2011 Bollywood action film directed by Rohit Shetty starring Ajay Devgn, Kajal Aggarwal and Prakash Raj in lead roles. It is a remake of the 2010 Tamil film Singam featuring Suriya and Anushka Shetty and directed by Hari. The film is produced by Reliance Entertainment, which also produced the original film. The theatrical trailer of the film was released along with Ready on 3 June 2011.It became the highest grossing movie of 2011. The film was released on 22 July 2011.

[via reddit]

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Oct 26, 2011

Happy Deepavali

[photo via Prahin]

Deepavali, also spelled Devali in certain regions, or Diwali, popularly known as the "festival of lights" (from wikipedia)

Deepavali greetings in some major Indian languages (from wikipedia)

Greeting in Hindi
- Deepavali ki Shubhkamnayein (दीपावली की शुभकामनाएं)

Greeting in Tamil
- Deepavali Nalvaazhtukkal (தீபாவளி நல்வாழ்த்துக்கள்)

Greeting in Malayalam
- Deepavali Aashamsagal ( ദീപാവലി ആശംസകള്‍ )

Greeting in Kannada
- Deepavali Habbada Shubhashayagalu (ದೀಪಾವಳಿ ಹಬ್ಬದ ಶುಭಾಷಯಗಳು)

Greeting in Telugu
- Deepavali Shubhakankshalu (దీపావళి శుభాకా౦క్షలు)

Greeting in Marathi
- Shubh Deepavali / Diwalichya Shubhechha (शुभ दीपावली /दिवाळीच्या शुभेच्छा )

Greeting in Bengali
- Subho Deepavalir Preeti O Subeccha

Greeting in English language
- Happy Diwali

Lighting the diya [photo via IBTraveler]

Diwali 2011: 5 Things to Know about the Indian ‘Festival of Lights’

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Apr 24, 2011

Indian guru Sai Baba dies, mourners gather

Indian spiritual leader Sai Baba, one of the country's most famous gurus, died in hospital on Sunday, triggering an outpouring of grief from devotees around the world.

He was 85 and succumbed to heart problems, his doctors said in a statement, after being in critical condition for more than three weeks.

Thousands of Hindu followers massed at the Institute of Higher Medical Sciences hospital where Sai Baba was being treated in his hometown of Puttaparthi, in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh.

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Mar 3, 2010

Swami Nithyananda’s Scandal Video with a Famous Tamil Actress Shown on Sun News Live: A video of Swamy Nithyananda’ having sex with a top tamil actress was broadcasted on Sun news live and has shocked people across India. See the video below.

Swami Nithyananda (or Paramahamsa Nithyanand) is a Spritual Guru from Tamil Nadu.

Swami Nithyananda video

In Nithyananda’s scandal video, he can be seen getting intimate with an actress whose name happened to start with “R” leading to speculation if it is Ragasudha or Ranjita.

The video was broadcasted on the famous tamil channel called SUN TV and the Tamil actress’ face was masked in the video. People have now called Nithyananda a fraud for making people believe that he is a Swami.

Nithyananda is supposed to be a Swami (spiritual person) and this shocking video of him in bed with an actress has only shown how some people take the common person’s faith for granted.

It still has to be verified if this is the truth or a scam.

Other links:
- Swami Nithyananda Scandal Sex Video Leaked
- Swamy Nithyananda scandal video – Affair with an actress

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Oct 24, 2009

18 wives, 18 murders: Mohan Kumar, a former teacher in India, has confessed to marrying and murdering 18 women since 2003.

Mohan Kumar, 46, admitted to the murders of the women, aged between 18 and 25 after being detained by police on Wednesday in a case involving a missing girl.

According to media reports, Kumar would approach the girls and tell them that they resembled someone he knew, just to strike up a conversation.

After asking them about their family backgrounds, he would meet them for a few times before proposing marriage. He would insist that his family would not want any dowry, as it is the custom among many ethnic groups in India.

If the woman agreed, he would take her to a temple to get married according to Hindu rites.

Investigations showed that each of his "wives" did have a honeymoon before they were murdered. They were taken to different lodges in Bangalore, Mysore, Hassan and Madikeri in the state of Karnataka.

However, soon after having sex, he would make them swallow cyanide pills, which he would claim were contraceptives pills.

Killer 'husband' Mohan Kumar being led to court on Wednesday [photo via The Daily Chilli]

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Sep 5, 2009

Indian Inflates Balloons from his Ears: Khem Karan Koli blow up balloons through his ears.

He normally uses a small sketch pen with no refill and opened at both ends.

Koli ties a balloon on one end of the sketch pen tube and inflates it from the other end.

He blocks his nose and mouth and pumps up the balloon through his ears with the support of the empty sketch pen.

[via No-Name247]

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May 20, 2009

Supermodelme.tv: Supermodeme.tv is an online model search contest. 10 models from Singapore, Malaysia, Korea, Thailand, the Philippines and India, compete to become Asia's next big modeling sensation. The contest will be hosted by Charmaine Harn. Photographer Geoff Ang, fashion designer Frederick Lee and celebrity hairstylist David Gan are judges.

Set to debut on 16 June 2009, SUPERMODELME.tv is a twice weekly, 20-episode online model search that will showcase the ups and downs encountered by ten aspiring models from Singapore, Malaysia, Korea, Thailand, the Philippines and even India, as they compete for the Grand Prize of S$10,000 and for the chance of becoming the next prominent Asian face to grace runways and fashion magazines.

Hosted by Singapore’s first supermodel, Charmaine Harn, the road to success for the triumphant model will not be easy as they must deal with the pressures of living together under one roof. Above all else to avoid weekly elimination, they must impress a panel of resident judges, made up of established fashion industry veterans, including prolific fashion photographer Geoff Ang and guest judges such as fashion designer Frederick Lee and celebrity hairstylist, David Gan, through a series of specially designed challenges.

Click here for the Supermodel Me website.

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Apr 15, 2009

S'pore will be badly hit by July 22 tsunami: Email circulating predicts another tsunami on 22 July.

Extracted from the email,

Hello there. I just wanted 2 let you know that please stay away from the beaches all around in the month of July. There is a prediction that there will be another tsunami hitting on July 22nd. It is also when there will be sun eclipse. Predicted that it is going 2 be really bad and countries like Malaysia (Sabah & Sarawak), Singapore, Maldives, Australia, Mauritius, Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia, Philippines are going 2 be badly hit. Please try and stay away from the beaches in July. Better 2 be safe than sorry. Please pass the word around. Please also pray for all beings.

Read further here at Snopes, which says

However, earthquakes are not caused by gravitational pull, so set your mind at ease about the possibility of an eclipse's prompting the ground to shake.

Also at Channelnews Asia which says the email is a hoax. Professor Kerry Sieh, director, Earth Observatory of Singapore, said,

In the last 110 years or so, there have been about 85 really big earthquakes – 8 (on the Richter magnitude scale) or greater. And only two of those occurred on the same day as an eclipse. And even those were a partial eclipse, not a total eclipse. They happened in a different place from where the eclipse happened.

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Apr 10, 2009

Two daredevils eat “killer’’ chillies and survive: The Naga Jolokia chilli is the hottest chilli in the world. And Australians Alex Fanning and Ryan Duke of Gosford shoots a video of them eating the 'beast'.

Click on image to watch the video

It’s the hottest chilli in the world with the potential to kill. But that hasn’t stopped two Central Coast daredevils from taking on the potent naga jolokia chilli in a test of resistance to its burning qualities.

The naga jolokia is rated at more than one million Scoville units, a scale used to measure the potency of chillies. No other chilli comes close. It is dangerous for people with heart or breathing problems.

Originally from northwestern India, this extreme pepper is now being cultivated in a custom-made hothouse at the Chilli Factory, Morisset.

[via Arbroath]

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Feb 12, 2009

Cow Urine Soft Drink, Gau Jal, To Be Launched As Coke Alternative: India's Hindu nationalist movement is working on creating a new soft drink to rival Coca-Cola and Pepsi. The main ingredient? Cow urine.

The Times Online explains the development of the beverage by the Cow Protection Department of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).

Om Prakash, the head of the department, said the drink - called "gau jal", or "cow water" - in Sanskrit was undergoing laboratory tests and would be launched "very soon, maybe by the end of this year".

"Don't worry, it won't smell like urine and will be tasty too," he told The Times from his headquarters in Hardwar, one of four holy cities on the River Ganges. "Its USP will be that it's going to be very healthy. It won't be like carbonated drinks and would be devoid of any toxins."

[via No-Name247]

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Feb 5, 2009

TV licence fee among world's lowest: Media Development Authority director of Customer & Licensing Services, Ms Pam Hu, replies to an Straits Times letter and said that Singapore's TV License Fee is "lowest in the world, even as the cost of producing Public Service Broadcast (PSB) programmes has risen over the years"

WE REFER to Mr Lee Kwun Lam's letter last Friday, 'Lopsided?'. Mr Lee had compared the costs of property taxes and TV licence fee. Both forms of fees, however, are imposed on separate utilities and are subject to different considerations. Thus, to make a direct comparison between the two would not be meaningful.

The TV licence fee of $110 has remained unchanged since Jan 1, 1994. It is among the lowest in the world, even as the cost of producing Public Service Broadcast (PSB) programmes has risen over the years, and there are more free-to-air (FTA) TV channels today for consumers to enjoy.

Someone in HWZ listed out the countries that has abolished the TV License Fee or had never had a TV License Fee (Malaysia, Australia, Belgium, Hungary, India, New Zealand amongst others).

Ms Pam Hu [photo via. You can also catch her in the MDA rap video]

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Jan 8, 2009

Girl in Chhattisgarh blinded for not answering in class: A teacher in India blinded a girl after she failed to answer a question in class.

A teacher who blinded a girl by inserting a pin into one of her eyes in Chhattisgarh will be charged with attempted murder, officials said on Thursday. Police said the school teacher used a pin to prick the 6-year-old girl's right eye after she failed to answer a question in class...The teacher was on the run ever since the incident occurred last November, but Koshima said police only received a complaint on Wednesday...The government said it will bear all medical expenses and asked the police to step up its search for the teacher.

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Dec 15, 2008

Chimp Takes Revenge On Visitors: A chimpanzee in a zoo has taken revenge on visitors by hurling stones at them, apparently because the same thing had been done to him.

Mithu Mondal, 30, and her six-year-old daughter Nikita were hurt at Kolkata zoo in India when Babu, a male chimpanzee, threw stones at them, the zoo reported. The chimp was reacting angrily after being teased by crowds on Sunday afternoon. The zoo's director said visitors had been trying to attract the chimp's attention, something which happens regularly. The two victims were taken to hospital and released after treatment.

SK Chowdhury, the zoo's director, said

Some of the visitors threw pieces of brick at a chimpanzee named Babu. He became furious and retaliated by throwing stones at them.

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Dec 1, 2008

Photograph of a terrorist killed at Taj: Video and photo shown on The Times of India.

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Nov 29, 2008

Mumbai under attack

Late Wednesday night, Mumbai, India found itself the target of a ferocious terrorist attack, and the situation remains unresolved even now, three days later. According to reports, upwards of 60 young men entered Mumbai in small inflatable boats on Wednesday night, carrying bags filled with weapons and ammunition, and spread out to nine locations to begin their attacks. Lobbing grenades and firing their weapons, they entered hotels, a railway station and several other buildings, killing scores and wounding even more. As of this moment, the identity of the attackers has yet to be definitively determined, though there are reports indicating some of the gunmen were Pakistani - at least nine of them have been killed, nine more arrested. As of this writing, there were a reported 151 people killed from 11 different countries - though nearly 100 were Indian. More than 300 injuries have also been reported - those numbers may yet rise as several hostage situations still exist in the city. (35 photos total)

More photos.

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Nov 16, 2008

Jeev Milkha Singh pips Padraig Harrington & Ernie Els to win Barclays Singapore Open: Asian Tour veteran and global golfing star Jeev Milkha Singh of India held off the combined challenges of Major champions Padraig Harrington and Ernie Els to triumph in the US$5 million Barclays Singapore Open by one stroke earlier today.

Singaporean golfer Lam Chih Bing also did well except for some bad luck.

Another positive for the Singaporean was that his $60,666 in winnings were enough to earn him an Asian Tour card for the first time in his career.

"Getting my full tour card is a big step for me. I just need to believe in myself more and with more hard work, I think I could really produce good results,” he said.

“Phil was very encouraging. He told me I have a good game and that makes it an unbelievable tournament for me. I now know I can compete.”