Category: Life
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Indian godman Asaram Bapu jailed for life for raping minor
News East West NEW DELHI: India’s famous godman Asaram Bapu was given life term by a court in Jodhpur in Rajasthan for raping a minor five years ago. The 77-year-old godman, who has millions of followers and runs a business empire worth over Rs 100 billion, was arrested in September 2013 for allegedly sexually assaulting…
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Sikh woman Kiran Bala who converted to marry Muslim man given visa extension by Pakistan
News East West NEW DELHI: Indian Sikh woman Kiran Bala, who came to Pakistani on Baisakhi pilgrimage but converted to Islam and married Muhammad Azam from Lahore on April 16, has been granted visa extension of six months by Pakistan. The 31-year-old mother of three comes from Garhshankar in Hoshiarpur district in Punjab in India.…
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Why I wore saree during my India visit
TORONTO: In May 2016, I travelled to Delhi to speak at the Women’s Economic Forum, the largest gathering in the world on the topic of women’s empowerment. This would be my second trip to India in a year. Days before I was to leave for India, one thing kept popping up in mind: Should I wear…
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World’s first penis transplant
News East West American surgeons at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore have created history by performing the world’s first penis transplant on an serviceman whose genitals were blown off in an explosion in Afghanistan. A team of nine plastic surgeons and two urological surgeons performed the 14-hour surgery on March 26. The entire penis, scrotum…