| Singe Soren, the Woman Sarpanch(Village head) of Badapalasa was unseated because she gave birth to her third child. According to the Law which came into effect on December 31, 1995; it amounts to disqualification of Municipal Councilors and Panchayat members who produce a third child, and it just took the petition in Mayurbhanj district court to remove Singe from her Sarpanch seat. Progeny sometimes spoils the political careers. |
| cabout 280 pounds, had the run of the park and feasted on bananas and apples, zoo officals said. But the bid for freedom by the 24-year-old “gentle giant” was ended after about 60 minutes by a tranquilizer dart and minutes later she fell asleep in a nearby men’s room. No-one was hurt or injured in the incident. |
| A man was sentenced last week to two years in prison for faking his death three times to beat drunk driving charges. Peter C. Gentry was first arrested in 1991, but an official looking death certificate sent to authorities said he had died in a Los Angeles auto crash, and the case was dismissed. In 1994, he was arrested again and sent in another death certificate. A year later, Gentry was again arrested and supposedly died this time of "denzor hemorrhagic fever" in Africa. There is no such disease. |
| Robert Shovestall, 37, shot himself while explaining gun safety to his wife in Glendale, CA, when he placed a .45-caliber pistol he thought was unloaded under his chin and pulled the trigger. Shovestall`s wife told police that the incident occurred after her complaints about her husband`s 70 guns prompted him to demonstrate to her they were safe. |