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In this Indian village, people are called not by their names but by a specific tune or sound. 

He had been planning to do something special to please Lord Shiva. He had even written prayers to Lord Shiva and about his offering in a notebook.

In Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, the act of sending a heart emoticon is perceived as crossing the line of appropriate communication.

The story of the construction of this temple is no less interesting. It is generally seen that a temple is built with help of public cooperation, but this one has been built by a paan-seller. After his death, this temple is being looked after by his son.

There is a station in Jharsuguda district that has the smallest name containing two letters only.

The internet is divided over people using religious places for high reach on social media and called for going to temples to seek blessing and not followers.

Surrendering passports and acquiring the citizenship of another country are two entirely different actions, said an immigration consultant for New Zealand and Australia.

Since being shared on Twitter, the post has received 252.1K views with 2897 likes and thousands of hilarious comments from social media users.

The interesting timetable from his waking up in the morning to going to bed at night is winning hearts on social media.

Several platforms like Shein, Alibaba, TikTok, and Shareit were banned in India. The Indian government with the help of Google blocked all these apps from the Play Store.

Established in 1923, Gita Press is one of the world's largest publishers, having published 41.7 crore books in 14 languages, including 16.21 crore Shrimad Bhagvad Gita. The institution has never relied on advertisement in its publications, for revenue generation.

They happily spent Rs 60,000 (CA$1000) and ordered 100 double cheeseburgers, 100 pieces of junior chicken, and 150 french fries.

The post has garnered more than 5000 likes with over 3400 shares and nearly 550 comments.

The company statement reads, “Anyone found violating this law will be fired. We hope all staff can have correct love values and try to become good employees with four ‘Nos’ – no illicit relationship, no mistress, no extramarital affair, and no divorce.”

She diligently turned his body every two hours and massaged his back to prevent muscle atrophy. All this while, she also worked hard and repaid all the people who had sent donations to her.

As per initial reports, an exchange of fire broke out between a team of forest department officials and a group of poachers on late Friday night. The incident occurred when the forest department team was carrying out patrolling inside Similipal Sanctuary at Gamuchajharan.

A family has accused Jaipur's Fortis Hospital of negligence during a heart surgery and claimed that the doctors left surgical scissors inside the body due to which the patient died.

The irony of the locals living in this village was that they were forced to live in darkness for years because of its remote geographical location and also being a highly security-sensitive area.

The management of the Shri Mankameshwar Temple in Prayagraj have imposed a dress code for devotees wishing to enter the sanctum sanctorum of the shrine.

In the viral picture, he can be seen scrolling his phone while he enjoyed the cool air inside the fridge.