Shocking! Youths rob 65-year-old man, set him on fire

Pune: In a bizarre incident, a 65-year-old man was robbed off Rs 20,000, beaten up and later set on fire by three miscreants in Nashikphata area near Pune on Wednesday. The man identified as Uddhav Aasaram Unave has sustained 50-55% burn injuries and is undergoing treatment at Sassoon General Hospital.

Hayden, Waugh’s take on Virat Kohli’s bizarre dismissal

As India battle hard to make things even against Australia in the second Test at Bengaluru, one cannot go without noticing the bizarre dismissals of Virat Kohli so far in this series. It was not just those on the Indian side but even Australia's former cricketers Matthew Hayden and Mark Waugh , who agreed to the same.

#INDvAUS | WATCH: Aussies take control at Tea on Day 1 as Kohli suffers another bizarre dismissal

Opener Lokesh Rahul hit an unbeaten half-century but Australian spinners Nathan Lyon and Steve O'Keefe again troubled India's middle-order to reduce the hosts to 168 for 5 at tea on the opening day of the second cricket Test in Bengaluru on Saturday. Lyon, who had dismissed Cheteshwar Pujara at the stroke of lunch, snapped two more wickets -- Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane -- and O' Keefe accounted for Karun Nair as Australia dominated the second session.

Meet Manisha, the 18-yr-old who survived 34 snakebites over last 3 years

While her doctors and forest officer working in the region claim that she must have been attacked by non-venomous snakes of the region, and thus survived every time, the veterinarians differ. Seeing a snake unrestrained within a close proximity would usually beat the living daylights out of someone, but that is not the case for Manisha Verma from Himachal Pradesh.

Match-fixings and strange political bedfellows

Uddhav Thackeray played it smart and how! Last week, he brought the Congress into the news, much to the chagrin of both the Congress and the BJP. When the Sena president appreciated the former central Congress government's performance and said he would never insult former PM Manmohan Singh the way Prime Minister Narendra Modi did in Parliament, Congress leaders said they did not need the Sena's certificate, fearing that it would lead to splitting of votes.

Elephant habitats shrink in India as encroachments increase

In this Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017, file photo, wild elephants stand amid grass as Indian villagers try to chase them away from their Misamari village on the outskirts of Gauhati, Assam state, India. Wildlife activists say human encroachment in the forests of northeast India have forced elephants out of their natural habitats, triggering conflicts with locals.

‘This is a shocker’: Worst call in history?

GETTING Virat Kohli out on his home turf is no mean feat, but this attempt from Bangladesh is just laughable. The visitors requested a decision review against the Indian skipper on day one of a stand-alone Test in India in what could be the most desperate attempt at snagging a wicket we'll see this year.

Bizarre garment rules tie down textiles companies

NEW DELHI: Did you know that your shirt may be among several products that mandatorily need a date of manufacturing? And till a few years ago, some shirts also had to mention the date of expiry to avoid "visits" by "inspectors". The country's archaic and often bizarre rules for garment manufacturers and retailers meant that the last vestiges of 'Inspector Raj' continued for this crucial sector .