Wills-Kat shock commuters with bus ride
London: Prince William and Kate Middleton stunned commuters recently when they took a bus to High Street Kensington.
They couple made the trip in support of the Royal British Legion appeal, ahead of Remembrance Sunday, the Daily Star reported.
The couple met several servicemen and volunteers selling poppies, as nearly 2,000 troops, veterans and other supporters were hitting the capital’s streets for London Poppy Day, with the aim of raising more than 1 million pounds in 24 hours.
Corporal Steve Johnson said that regular commuters were “ecstatic” to see the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. (ANI)
Images of deities on beer bottles irk Hindus
Nevada: Hindus are upset over having images of their deities Ganesh and Lakshmi pasted on beer bottles by an Australian brewery, calling it highly inappropriate.
Hindu leader Rajan Zed said in a statement here Saturday that inappropriate usage of Hindu deities or concepts or symbols for commercial use was not acceptable because it hurt the sentiments of the devotees.
“Lord Ganesh and Goddess Lakshmi were highly revered in Hinduism and they were meant to be worshipped in temples or home shrines and not to be used in selling beer for mercantile greed,” said Zed. He is president of Universal Society of Hinduism.
Symbols of any faith should not be mishandled, he added.
He demanded that the brewery withdraw the beer bottles carrying the juxtaposed images. (IANS)
Berlusconi says kids feel like Jews under Hitler
Melbourne: Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who has blamed his tax fraud conviction on persecution by magistrates, has revealed that his children feel like the Jews under Hitler.
In an interview with journalist Bruno Vespa, Berlusconi said that his children tell him that they feel like the families of Jews in Germany must have felt under Hitler’s regime as the whole world is against them, News.com.au reported.
Berlusconi was sentenced to 12 months in prison earlier this year for tax fraud and has subsequently also been barred from holding public office for two years. (ANI)
Stolen 2,000-year-old coins back in Romania
Bucharest (Romania): Romanian authorities have put on display 145 Dacian gold coins minted two millennia ago and returned by Britain after they were stolen from a historical site in Transylvania. National History Musem curator Ernest Tarnoveanu-Oberman said today the coins are part of the national heritage.
Dacians were the forefathers of modern-day Romanians and lived in a region in the heart of Transylvania. “They are a testament of our identity that we’ve been here for 2,000 years,” said Foreign Minister Titus Corlatean.
Authorities worked for three years to get the coins returned. A Romanian man will face trial over the theft. In the past decade, organized crime networks have plundered Dacian artifacts from an archaeological site and smuggled them abroad. Authorities have also recovered artifacts from the US, France, Switzerland, and Germany. (AP)
US married couple of 75 years reveals secret behind long-lasting marriage
Los Angeles: A couple who has been married for 75 years has revealed the secret behind their long-lasting relationship.
Betty Markoff, who recently celebrated her 75th wedding anniversary with her husband Morrie Markoff, said that relationships are difficult and people today tend to give up too quickly, LA Downtown News reported.
Markoff said that the key is to listen to each other and even if one doesn’t agree with another, the couple has to communicate.
She added that a couple has to speak in a language which they can understand and listen to what the other has to say.
The couple, who met at Betty’s cousin’s wedding, have two children, five grandchildren and two great-great grandchildren together. (ANI)
Now, first ever bacon-scented deodorant
London: A company has come with the first ever bacon-scented deodorant, in order to promote pork.
J and D’s Foods have released their Power Bacon deodorant, worth 6.20 pounds which they claim provides 24 hours of bacon-scented sweat protection, the Mirror reported.
Other products with bacon-scented personal grooming include lip balm, shaving cream, suntan lotion and sex lube. (ANI)
Meet the man who was dug up alive from grave after being left for dead
London: A Brazilian man has cheated death by being pulled alive from his grave after a mourner spotted earth moving in the Sao Paulo cemetery.
His rescue was captured on camera, where the footage shows stunned paramedics lifting the man’s body out of the grave while he moves his hands and arms, the Mirror reported.
The unnamed man owes his life to a woman, who was visiting a family tomb, and heard noises coming from the ground, before noticing the earth of a grave moving nearby.
The “terrified” lady asserted that she then saw the man trying to get out of the grave. The man, a former city hall worker, reportedly ended up in the grave after being badly beaten up in a fight. (ANI)
UK’s `rudest cafe` sees forks thrown at diners!
London: Proprietor John Sellers and sister Emma Smalley, who run Temporary Measure in Keswick, Cumbria have been accused of insulting customers or refusing to talk to them.
However, the duo has shrugged off the criticism.
Smalley said that this isn’t America where everything is happy, clappy and corportate, as they are “notherners”, the Daily Star reported.
The cafe has received scathing reviews on the TripAdvisor website, where visitors have complained of hostile staff and an unwelcoming atmosphere.
One reviewer wrote that the place has great food and presentation, but the service is very poor – as if they didn’t exist. (ANI)
Expert Indian typist with 12 fingers seeking job in UK
London: A man from India with 12 finger plans to move to Britain after he failed to get a job typing despite applying for 50 jobs. Vijay Singh, who can rattle out more than 100 words a minute, said that everyone wants pretty women in their office, rather than a guy who has 12 fingers. The 48-year-old from Agra suffers from Polydactyly and he has yet to secure employment. (ANI)
Lankan couple set new world record with 126 bridesmaids at wedding
London: A Sri Lankan couple has broken a Guinness world record by having 126 bridesmaids at their wedding. The newly married couple, Nisansala and Nalin, beat the previous best of 96 bridesmaids at one wedding, Metro.co.uk reported. Sri Lankan bridal designer Champi Siriwardana, who came up with the record-breaking idea, said that bringing the act together is a great responsibility and challenge. (ANI)