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Stray dogs turn 'saviour' of abandoned baby girl

Samastipur, Apr 22 (UNI) Life imitated fiction when some stray dogs turned out to be a 'saviour' of a newborn girl abandoned by her mother in a village of Bihar.

The baby's mother had apparently left her on a mound of mud to meet natural death at Khutauna Tola, in Narhar village of this district last night.

On hearing the unusual barking of dogs, villagers flocked there and were stunned to see the baby being guarded by three dogs.

Reports said an unknown woman, after giving birth to the girl, disappeared leaving her on the mound of mud.

Later, three stray dogs roaming there saw her and began to bark.

They sat around her to guard her. Hearing the baby`s cries and the barking of the dogs, the locals reached the spot.

Fortunately, the child also found a benefactor in a local woman who adopted her.

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Madras HC sits over huge backlog of cases

Chennai, Apr 22 (UNI) A total of 4,28,832 civil and criminal cases were pending before the Madras High Court and its Madurai Bench till December last, Tamil Nadu Law Minister Duraimurugan told the State Assembly today. The Minister gave this information, while replying to a debate on the demand for grants for his department in the House. He said while 3,65,496 cases, both civil and criminal, were pending before the High Court in the city, 63,336.....

Railings collapse in temple; consecration cancelled

Chennai, Apr 22 (UNI) It proved to be an inauspicious start for the Oneness UniverCity, housing a golden temple, at Varadapalayam near Tada, bordering Andhra Pradesh, as the railings in the temple collapsed, today. Temple sources told UNI that the temporary railings put up at the first and second floor of the temple collapsed during the consecration ceremony following the unprecedented rush of pilgrims. Several people were trapped under the collapsed railings, while.....

Auto strike cancelled after Mah CM stays decision for 2 months

Mumbai, Apr 22 (UNI) Nearly 18 hours after the commencement of a three-day strike against installation of electronic meters in autos across Maharashtra, the strike was today called off by the autorickshaw union when Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh stayed the decision to instal meters in the autos for two months. In a meeting held at Vidhan Bhawan here. attended by union representatives and a couple of MLAs, Mr Deshmukh stayed the decision and announced the.....
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