SYDNEY, N.S. — A Cape Breton couple who won $100,000 has been forced into court, accused of backing out of a verbal deal to split the cash prize with the other finalists.
A 23-year-old techie working with Tata Consultancy Services or TCS allegedly committed suicide at his apartment in Pune on Thursday. Police said Abhishek Kumar, who was from Kanpur, was found hanging from the ceiling fan of his rented apartment.
A 15-year-old boy hanged himself from a ceiling fan in Dwarka area of south west Delhi, after his father rebuked him for getting into a fight with some local boys, police said on Friday.
Kuch na hona Punjab da, zameen banjar, aulad kanjar. (Nothing can come of Punjab -- lands barren, children jobless.)
With only a couple of hours left for the February 4 Punjab assembly elections to get unerway, leaders and workers of various political parties on Friday moved from door to door in a last-ditch effort to woo voters amid tight security in the border state.
Over one lakh security personnel, including central paramilitary forces, will be on high alert as Punjab voters on Saturday exercise their franchise in 117 assembly segments as well as the by-election for the Amritsar Lok Sabha seat.