Paranormal

An 80-year-old woman in Lucknow has admitted eating a kilo of sand everyday to keep herself fit and healthy. Ram Rati, told the Asian News International she considers sand a vital part of her daily diet and eats a kilo of it before breakfast, lunch and after tea. She said, "When young, I tried it for fun once. Since then, I am used to it. My brothers and relatives ... [full story]

Vimla Devi Bhansali , 60-year-old woman suffering from brain tumour in Rajasthan has embarked on an age-old Jain ritual of Santhara, under which she has stopped taking food or water with an intention to die. The move has sparked a debate, with a local advocate filing a PIL, equating the practice with suicide and mercy killing. Bhansali was told by doctors that her brain tumour was incurable, she decided to stop ... [full story]

Owen Tomkinson was a British soldier who died of cholera in the northern Indian state of Bihar in 1906. Nothing unusual about that, but people of Ekbalnagar in Gaya town where Mr Tomkinson is buried, believe that his ghost stops residents and passers-by and demands tea and cake. So much so that to placate the dead soldier's ghost, they offer tea, biscuits and home-baked cakes at Mr Owen's grave at a ... [full story]