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Patna, May 10: A woman in Bihar's Buxar district refused to marry a dark-complexioned groom, saying he was not 'smart' enough for her, a police official said today. The groom, Anjani Chouhan, was shocked after his would-be-bride refused to marry him citing his dark complexion at the marriage mandap in Ramrekha Ghat in Buxar town, about 125 km from Patna, on Tuesday. "After Anjani was informed that...

New Delhi, May 10: Juan Pedro Franco, the world's heaviest man, underwent a successful gastric bypass surgery to reduce his weight by half, his doctors in Mexico confirmed, adding that the procedure has left the patient 'quite delictate'. The 32-year-old Mexican, who at one point weighed almost 600 kilogrammes (1,300 pounds), is being closely monitored by doctors following the weight loss surgery...

Kasargod, May 9: The district, reeling under gruelling summer days, received long-awaited summer showers providing much needed respite to sultry conditions. The unexpected showers, that began at a moderate pace around 11 p.m. on Sunday, gradually gained momentum. The rain was accompanied by strong lightning and winds and lasted for over an hour. Noticeably, Kanhangad and nearby localities received...

Washington, May 8: Scientists have identified the cells responsible for hair growth as well as the mechanism that causes them to turn grey, a finding that could lead to new treatments for balding and greying hair. "Although this project was started in an effort to understand how certain kinds of tumours form, we ended up learning why hair turns grey and discovering the identity of the cell that...

Washington, May 8: A few phone calls to people who have suicidal tendencies could significantly reduce future suicide attempts and save many lives, a new study has found. Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and Brown University in the US found that phone calls to suicidal patients following discharge from Emergency Departments led to a 30 per cent reduction in future...

Cape Canaveral, May 8: The US military"s experimental X-37B space plane landed on Sunday at NASA"s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, completing a classified mission that lasted nearly two years, the Air Force said. The unmanned X-37B, which resembles a miniature space shuttle, touched down at 7:47 a.m. EDT (1147 GMT) on a runway formerly used for landings of the now-mothballed space shuttles, the...

Kasargod, May 8: A group of unidentified persons set fire to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Uduma panchayat committee office, K.T. Jayakrishnan Memorial building, at Pariyaram here in the early hours of Sunday. Furniture and office files were destroyed in the fire. BJP leaders have accused the CPI(M) of perpetrating the crime.

The reprehensible acts by cow vigilantes seem to be going on unhindered. Some incidents have happened right in front of the police, who have turned a blind eye. Despite the Centre issuing an advisory last year on the action to be taken by the state governments over such incidents, not much has changed on the ground. This has only emboldened self-styled cow protectors to have a free run. A big...

Kanhangad, May 7: A man was killed and three others, including a 10-year-old boy and two women, were injured as the car they were travelling in collided with a fish-laden truck at Aingoth in Kanhangad south on Saturday. The accident occurred around 11.30 a.m. as the car proceeding from the temple town of Kollur to Irikkur in Kannur is said to have collided with the truck in its bid to overtake...

New Delhi, May 7: This may seem strange and quite funny to you but yes knowing your doctor may help reduce the pain you feel of an injection needle, says a new study. Elizabeth Losin, assistant professor at the University of Miami in the US said, "When someone believes that something is going to help relieve their pain, their brain naturally releases pain- relieving chemicals." Losin said, ''Our...