New York: It said that you can find love at any age or stage of your life and this 85-year-old grandma is a living example of it. Hattie Retroage, from New York, is looking for love after she split from her 39-year-old boyfriend. She is planning to make an account on Bumble as she wants to “find some fun”.

“I’m not dating anyone now. Will be posting on Bumble, as some friends have met men there. I’ll be starting to date again now that I can be intimate, and enjoy making love again! (at 85!),” she told Fabulous.

Hattie got divorced at the age of 48 and since then, she has been keen to date only younger men. She split from her former husband in 1984 as she felt he hadn’t worked hard enough to get her kids into college.

Hattie has also appeared on the Channel 5 show Age Gap Love with her former lover John in 2018. “I stopped seeing John after our Age Gap Love Tampa TV appearance. It was fun anyway,” she said.

She used to go on Tinder dates thrice a week, however, she was blocked on the app as she was constantly looking out for younger men. She’s not been forced to try new dating apps. Once she put an advertisement in a newspaper stating that she wanted to date men under 35. She revealed that it turned out to be a success as she was bombarded with requests. 

She said, “Yesterday morning I got a call from a young guy in Israel to tell me he had a crush on me. So cute!”

A former dancer, Hattie Retroage has two children and three grandchildren. She is currently working as a life coach and writer.

ALSO READ: Baap re baap! UP woman married estranged husband’s father, RTI reveals

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Lucknow: A young man in Uttar Pradesh’s Badaun was in complete shock as he found that his ex-wife is now his stepmother. The revelation came when the son filed an RTI at District Panchayati Raj Office to collect information about his father who had left the house and was living elsewhere. As per the reports of IANS, the man had filed the RTI after his father, a sanitation worker stopped giving him money and started living separately in Sambhal.

The son had tied the knot with the girl in 2016 when both were minors. Six months later, they got separated. Though he tried for reconciliation, the girl insisted on a divorce claiming that the boy was an alcoholic.  When the son finally learned that his father had actually married his ex-wife, he lodged a complaint at Bisauli police station and both the parties were called for a meeting on Saturday (July 3).

“We are trying for mediation though both, father and son were rather aggressive during the meeting on Saturday (July 3). The complaint is under investigation and police are taking action as per the law,” said the Circle Officer, Vinay Chauhan.

Meanwhile, the girl who is now the ‘mother’ of her ex-husband, has refused to return to him and said that she was very happy with her second husband. “We have not been given any documents of the first marriage when both were minor. A case cannot be registered, as of now. Both the parties will receive notice for further sessions,” the circle officer said.

(Inputs from agency)

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New Delhi: A video of a TV anchor in Zambia has recently garnered a lot of attention worldwide. The anchor, identified as Kabinda Kalimina, interrupted the news bulletin to raise the issue of non-payment of his and his co-workers. 

In the video that has gone viral, Kalimina can be seen starting his news bulletin on KBN TV News (Kenmark Broadcasting Network) and after a few seconds, can be heard raising the issue of not being paid by the channel. “We are human beings, ladies and gentlemen, away from the news. We must be compensated. We haven’t been paid at KBN, unfortunately,” he said during the live broadcast. 

“Yes I did that on live TV, just because most journalists are scared to speak out doesn’t mean journalists shouldn’t speak out,” Kalimina wrote as he shared the video from his Facebook account. 

KBN TV has denied Kalimina’s claims and termed it “drunken behaviour”. Taking to Facebook, the channel released a letter and wrote he was “drunk” and they will “carry out investigations”.

Kalimina has refuted the allegations of being drunk during his now-viral show and questioned how he could have been under the influence of alcohol when has done shows earlier. 

During the coronavirus pandemic as reports of several companies laying off employees and delaying payments came to the fore, this video has thus gained attention from many sections on the social media. 

New Delhi: Rare, bizarre and down right shocking, a fisherman ready to fillet a fish is left astounded when he finds a bottle of unopened whisky.

The video first uploaded on Tikok by a user called behiban has been widely shared on the social media website.

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In the one-minute clip, the fisherman is seen cuting the fish and squeezes out a strange looking object to reveal a full, unopened bottle of Fireball Whisky. He points it to his friends on the boat with him saying ‘jackpot’.

The video has once again raised the question of garbage making it into the sea and destroying the marine life.

Though some have called for the authenticity of the video.

As per Ocean Crusaders, 6.4 million tonnes of plastic is dumped into the ocean every year whcih is equivalent to 3,200km of trucks each loaded with rubbish.

At least two thirds of the world’s fish stocks are suffering from plastic ingestion and nearly a 100 million marine animals die as a result of plastic waste each year, the site analysis revealed.

Chennai: Netizens are having a field day, thanks to Tamil Nadu Electricity Minister Senthil Balaji’s comments on squirrels who he said were running on overhead power lines thereby causing disruptions in service.

The clip of the comments made by DMK’s Karur MLA has been going viral on social media and instant messaging platforms. The Tamil equivalent of “Squirrels are the reason” is trending nationwide with over 12,000 tweets on Wednesday (June 23).

There have been reports of increased power cuts across the state since the new DMK regime came to power. Addressing the media regarding this issue, the minister replied that when tree branches come in contact with power lines, squirrels running on them led to two wires coming into contact, thus causing power outages.

Later, speaking at the assembly, the minister said that the previous AIADMK government had not carried out maintenance work for Electricity Board. He added that there would be no power cuts after the maintenance works were carried out.

However, the AIADMK has maintained that Tamil Nadu was a power surplus state during its rule, handled peak power demand efficiently and that there were hardly any power cuts.

Opposition politicians and netizens have been trolling the ruling party for the minister’s comments and asking if squirrels ran underground and whether the population of squirrels had increased after the new government took over.

Many are comparing the minister’s comments to an instance where AIADMK minister Sellur Raju attempted to cover a dam with thermocol sheets to prevent the evaporation of water during the previous regime. While many sheets were placed in the water, they were later blown ashore, thanks to the strong winds in the open area.

In several western countries, there are instances of squirrels causing power disruptions, but such reasons are unheard of in the south Indian state.

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New Delhi: It is not always easy to address the elephant in the room, sometimes literally. A Thai woman recently had a surprising visitor in her kitchen, when Boonchuay, a male elephant, decided to search for snacks in her house. 

As per The Guardian report, Ratchadawan Puengprasoppon, who lives in Hua Hin district’s Chalermkiatpattana village, woke up in the wee hours of June 20, when she heard loud crashing and banging noise. To her absolute astonishment, she found Boonchuay knocking pans and other utensils on the floor looking for food. 

Soon after, the pictures of an elephant poking his head through a kitchen window went viral. 

Meet Boonchuay: 

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— FM91 Trafficpro (@fm91trafficpro) June 20, 2021

This was not the first time that the elephant wandered around and reached someone’s house. As per the report, Boonchuay, a resident of Thailand’s Kaeng Krachan national park, has done this before. 

“They come to visit quite often. They always come when there is the local market because they can smell food,” Itthipon Thaimonkol, the park’s superintendent told The Guardian. 

Dr Joshua Plotnik, an assistant professor of psychology at Hunter College, City University of New York, expressed concern about elephants leaving their natural habitat and searching for food elsewhere. 

This is not that uncommon in Thailand (I’ve been in a house while this was happening, it’s scary as hell), unfortunately. This is why we’re studying the relationship between elephant and human behavior there, and why the conflict is such a major concern. photo: R. Phungprasopporn pic.twitter.com/9Wgj3plP5x

— Josh Plotnik  (@CCCAnimals) June 20, 2021

“These incidences are increasing in Asia, and it is likely due to a decrease in available resources and an increase in human disturbances in the elephants’ habitat,” he told the leading website. 

Plotnik added, “If you don’t fulfil the elephants’ need for food, water and other resources in their natural habitat (or ensure they have them somewhere else), they will find ways around deterrents and access villages or cropfields in search of these resources.” 

A picture outside McDonald’s is going viral on the internet. People are astounded to see what the employee has written on the paper. Actually, the worker resigned after getting upset about the workload and the fact that he was working alone on the night shift at McDonald’s.

He pasted a piece of paper on the McDonald’s drive-thru which read: ‘I hate this job, we are closed because I am leaving and I hate this job.’

A Twitter user has shared this picture of a local McDonald’s outlet on Monday. The picture has been going viral on the microblogging platform ever since the handle was shared under the name ‘@GreatApeDad.’

The same Twitter user who shared the picture of the resignation said in another tweet that he had spoken to the other McDonald’s employees who revealed that the message was planted by their colleague who worked the night shift and has now quit.

Picture Gets 2 Lakh Likes

The picture has garnered over 2,00,000 lakh ‘likes’ and 20,000 retweets since it was shared on Twitter. Internet users are also expressing their sympathies for the employee.

Many Twitter users are showing their support for the McDonald’s employee and expressing displeasure over the decision to leave just one employee to work the night shift. One user wrote: ‘The worker has done the right thing by quitting the job.’ Another user wrote: ‘McDonald’s was my first official job at 16 and one of the toughest jobs ever, I’m glad this is happening.’

Maharajganj: Indian weddings are definitely fun to enjoy as they possess as much drama, nothing less than a television daily soap series. However sometimes, situations go out of hand and bizarre things happen, leaving both parties amused and shattered at times. A similar thing happened at a Muslim wedding – nikah when they found out that the groom was unable to pronounce Urdu words correctly during the rituals. 

A man, masquerading as a Muslim to marry a girl of his choice but different religion, was caught and handed over to the police after he failed to pronounce Urdu words correctly during the marriage ceremony. The incident took place in the Kolhui police station area in Maharajganj district on June 14.

 

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The accused, who belongs to Siddhartha Nagar, was in a relationship with a girl from the Kolhui area. They met on a social media platform. The girl was aware of the boy’s identity and decided decided not to reveal the same to her family. In fact, she persuaded the boy to marry her according to Muslim customs.

During the marriage, the groom could not pronounce some Urdu words correctly and this made the girl’s family suspicious. When the groom fumbled over Urdu words, the girl’s family checked his PAN card and his true identity was revealed.

 

Also Read: Calm down bhabhi! Bride gets impatient, throws food on groom’s face, viral video
 

 

 

The bride’s family and the villagers caught hold of the accused along with his friends, while they attempted to flee from the scene. After this, he was handed over to the police. The marriage has been called off for now.

Inspector in-charge Dilip Shukla said that the groom and the bride were brought to the police station and were being interrogated. The girl admitted that she was aware of the boy’s religion. He said the further action would be decided later.

 

ALSO READ: Bizarre! Twin sisters get engaged to their shared boyfriend

 

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New Delhi: In a movie-like scenario, a US lobster fisherman said he was swallowed by a humpback whale and has survived to tell the dreadful tale. 

Michael Packard, a 56-year-old veteran lobster diver, claimed that he was swallowed whole by a humpback whale, Cape Cod Times reported. 

“All of a sudden, I felt this huge shove and the next thing I knew it was completely black,” Packard said recalling his chilling experience. 

The incident occurred when he was diving for lobster off the coast of the northeastern state of Massachusetts. 

“I could sense I was moving, and I could feel the whale squeezing with the muscles in his mouth,” he added. 

Packard said it was completely dark and he was sure he would be dead, adding that the only thought in his mind was of his kids. 

However, in an almost unbelievable twist, Packard, who was in his scuba gear, was released by the whale. He believes he was inside the whale for around 30 to 40 seconds before it spit him out. 

“I saw light, and he started throwing his head side to side, and the next thing I knew I was outside (in the water),” he told Cape Cod Times. 

Crewman Josiah Mayo picked Packard up after he surfaced and rushed to the Provincetown pier. A Provincetown Fire Department ambulance took him to Cape Cod Hospital, the report quoted  Packard’s sister Cynthia Packard as saying. 

New Delhi: The multi-million dollar elaborate security arrangements seemed ineffective when the United States President Joe Biden came under a bug attack as he prepared to leave for an overseas trip to the UK.

The incident occurred at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland as Biden was about to board Air Force One.

He brushed a cicada off the back of his neck while talking to reporters.

“Watch out for the cicadas. I just got one. It just got me,” the president said.

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Washington DC, among other parts of the country, was swarmed by Brood X cicadas as they emerged from underground after 17 years.

The flight in which the reporters were travelling to the UK was delayed by about 7 hours plane was overrun by cicadas, an AP report said.

Weather and crew rest issues also contributed to the flight delay late Tuesday. Ultimately, the plane was swapped for another one, and the flight took off shortly after 4 am on Wednesday.

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New Delhi: In a bizarre incident, an Italian artist has sold his “invisible art” for a whopping 15 thousand euros (over Rs 13 lakh). 

The 67-year-old Italian artist Salvatore Garau created an ‘immaterial sculpture, completely invisible’ and titled it “I am”, Italy 24 News reported. The sculpture went under the hammer and was sold for 15 thousand euros. 

Commenting on the sale, Garau said, “The successful outcome of the auction testifies to an irrefutable fact – The void is nothing but a space full of energy, and even if we empty it and nothing remains, according to Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle that nothingness has a weight . It therefore has energy that condenses and transforms itself into particles, in short, in us! When I decide to “exhibit” an immaterial sculpture in a given space, that space will concentrate a certain quantity and density of thoughts in a precise point, creating a sculpture that from my title alone will take the most varied forms. After all, don’t we give shape to a God we have never seen?”

Meanwhile, the unidentified buyer received a guarantee certificate to testify to the existence of the invisible sculpture. 

Citing a note, the report added that Garau’s intangible works have “zero environmental impact.” 

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In a shocking incident, a Member of Parliament (MP) in Tanzania was removed from the National Assembly because of her tight-fitting trousers. The incident took place on Tuesday (June 1). 

“Go dress up well, and…Join us back later,” the Speaker Job Ndugai told Condester Sichwale, a female Tanzanian lawmaker. Ndugai remarks comes after a male MP Hussein Amar, protested about her dress. 

Legislator Hussein Amar argued that Parliament was a reflection of society, citing a portion of Parliament’s rules forbidding female legislators from wearing tight jeans.

“Some of our sisters are wearing strange clothes…What are they showing to the society?” Ndugai said. Ndugai quoted the parliamentary rules saying women are allowed to wear trousers, but specified that the clothes should not be tight-fitting.

Sichwale returned later in a navy blue skirt.

The news was shared on social by a local Tanzanian source. 

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KICKED OUT

Tanzanian MP Condester Michael Sichlwe caused a stir in parliament in Dodoma today ‘by wearing black tight-fitting trousers, and yellow top’.

Speaker of Parliament Job Ndugai threw her out for wearing ‘non-parliamentary attire’.

@Hakingowi pic.twitter.com/n8vxabWLQV

— Louis Jadwong (@Jadwong) June 1, 2021

Meanwhile, Tanzanian MPs Jacqueline Ngonyani and Stella Manyanya formed a group shortly the matter after to insist that there was nothing wrong with Sichalwe’s outfit, and asking her to leave the meeting and change her clothes was “unfair.”

(With inputs from agencies)

A video of a cat jumping from the fifth floor of a burning building has taken the internet by storm. The video shows the cat surviving the jump and walking away like nothing happened.

The visuals shared by the Chicago Fire Department show fire fighters dousing the flames of the building when suddenly a black cat is seen jumping from the a window of a house on the fifth floor only to land gracefully on a patch of grass with a small bounce and walk away from the whole ordeal with no signs of injuries.

The incident happened when fire officials were attending a small blaze in Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood and that is when they spotted the black cat make its great escape. 

The video went viral soon after the Chicago Fire Department tweeted it from their official handle. The cleverly captioned the video, “Nine lives for a cat that jumped from fire at 65th and Lowe. Cat hit grass bounced and walked away!”

Nine lives for a cat that jumped from fire at 65th and Lowe. Cat hit grass bounced and walked away! pic.twitter.com/LRBsjMta2Z

— Chicago Fire Media (@CFDMedia) May 13, 2021

 

This video of the cat jumping off the fifth floor has managed to garner over 1 million views, 13.8K likes, over 5K retweets.

As onlookers gasped in shock after the cat jumped, it landed safely on all four paws on a patch of grass, bounced once, and ran away.  Authorities clarified that the cat was not injured and that they are trying to find its owner.

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New Delhi: The wilderness can a tough place for humans, but the unforgiving nature can be hard on the animals too. In a latest video that has become the talk of the internet world, a young female elephant which was stuck in a mud pond in Bandipur Tiger reserve was rescued with the help of JCB.

In the 45-second video, the elephant finds it difficult to get out of a mud pond. The video details the rescue effort undertaken to get the jumbo out of the mud puddle.

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One female elephant, stuck in the fresh mud puddle in Moleyur range of Bandipur Tiger Reserve, rescued successfully.@ntca_india @ArvindLBJP @aranya_kfd @kudremukh_wild @brt_tiger @DharwadForest @nagaraholetr @moefcc pic.twitter.com/U4ZTvFzd1D

— Bandipur Tiger Reserve (@Bandipur_TR) May 16, 2021

The female elephant stuck in a mud puddle and was trying its best to get out of it but due to its heavy body weight did not let it get out. When the Forest department of the National Park got to know about the elephant, they arranged a JCB to rescue it.

The JCB driver worked being very patient and cautious and finally got the elephant out of the mud puddle without any harm. 

The netizens hailed the efforts of the Forest department. The video has been viewed nearly 28K times so far.

New Delhi: In an unusual sighting, a rare deep-sea fish washed up ashore at the California’s Crystal Cove State Park’s Laguna Beach last Friday. The fish was shaped like a football and bore teeth as sharp as glass.

Taking to social media the Crystal Cove State Park informed about the sighting and shared images of the fish identifying it as the Pacific Football Fish.

Further, the fish was identified to be a female one, the post described: “…only females possess a long stalk on the head with bioluminescent tips used as a lure to entice prey in the darkness of waters as deep as 3,000 feet!” 

“Their teeth, like pointed shards of glass, are transparent and their large mouth is capable of sucking up and swallowing prey the size of their own body,” it said.

“To see an actual angler fish intact is very rare and it is unknown how or why the fish ended up on the shore,” it said in its Facebook post.

Calling it ‘strange and fascinating’ it said the fish was a testament to the diversity of marine life lurking below the water’s surface and wondered about how much is still to be learned from our wonderful ocean.

The sighting was noted by a visitor to Crystal Cove State Park in Southern California last Friday.

New Delhi: An Indian-American from San Francisco was arrested for posting videos of a stunt that he performed while riding in the backseat of his Tesla car. The stunt involved the 25-year-old sitting in the backseat of his Tesla car which operates on a autopilot. 

But unfazed by his arrest and subsequent release, Param Sharma, bought a new car of the same model and repeated the same stunt after his short stint in jail. 

The incident was reported by California Highway Police as they were on the lookout for the person. In their Facebook post the CHP said that he was spotted “riding in the backseat of a Tesla traveling on Bay Area roadways, with no other person being seated in the driver seat.”

Meanwhile, the electric car manufacturer has cautioned against the misuse of its autopilot feature. The company and road safety authorities in its website warned: “Autopilot is a hands-on driver assistance system that is intended to be used only with a fully attentive driver. It does not turn a Tesla into a self-driving car.”

Sharma who has gained notoriety for posting social media posts that showcase his lavish lifestyle, was arrested without incident and booked on two counts of reckless driving and disobeying a peace officer, as per the Highway Patrol. 

New Delhi: India is a cricket crazy nation and if you needed any more proof here is a video of an elephant playing some elegant cricketing shots that has left even this British legend in awe.

In the 30-second video, shot in Kerala, the tusker is seen playing cricket with a few men.

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Have you seen an elephant playing cricket? Well he is better than many international players.
pic.twitter.com/WrJhnYTboW

— Gannuprem (@Gannuuprem) May 8, 2021

This viral video of a jumbo from Kerala playing cricket while other ‘players’ around him fetch the ball has take the internet by storm. The netizens cannot help gushing over how cute the video is.

Here’s how the netizens reacted:

One user wrote.

Gannu The Bradman

— Sanjeev (@sanjeev5aug) May 8, 2021

Another user said.

Ye toh GPL chal rha hai GANNU PREMIERE LEAGUE

— phantasm (@sanghisuperhero) May 8, 2021

Even English cricketer Michael Vaughan could not help but comment. Even lying claim to the nationality of the jumbo.

Surely the Elephant has an English passport !! https://t.co/scXx7CIZPr

— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) May 8, 2021

Though, not all were happy with the video some pointed out at possible animal cruelty involved in training this elephant to play cricket.

The video was shared on Twitter by a page named ‘Gannuuprem’. It has already been viewed more than 691k times and has been shared or reshared nearly 6k times. 

New Delhi: In a story straight out of a movie, a man from Kerala was arrested for allegedly stealing a bus and fooling police officials across four districts which he claimed he did to meet his wife amid the lockdown imposed in state.

The man identified as Dinoop, 30, stole a private bus parked at the bus stand near Kozhikode on Saturday and drove off with it to travel to Thiruvalla. 

He was stopped by the police at two places but he told them that he was asked to fetch migrant labourers from Pathanamthitta and so the police allowed him to pass.

Dinoop drove through Malappuram, Thrissur, Ernakulam and to Kottayam district.

When he arrived at Kumarakom, the police stopped him and realised that he was driving a stolen bus. They checked the registration number of the bus, searched for the owner’s name and number and informed him that his bus was not where he had parked it.

The police does not believe Dinoop’s story as he has two similar cases against him.

He has been booked and a case has been filed against him. 

A police probe may reveal the truth behind his motice to steal the bus. 

 

Lucknow: India has an unmatched obsession with arranged marriages, every parent wants to see their children get married. In a recent development, a groom who was about to get married, got rejection as he could not recite a table of 2.

The incident happened in the Dhawar village of Mahoba district in Uttar Pradesh. The groom reached the wedding hall with Baarat, but could not get married. The bride was extremely suspicious of his educational qualification and she asked him to do a simple task, recite a table 2 in order to get married. The groom was unable to recite the table and as a result, the marriage was called off.

The wedding venue was filled with family members and relatives. The bride asked the groom to perform the task right before the garlands could be exchanged. The bride simply walked out of mandap, refusing to marry a person, who does not know as basic thing as a table of 2!

The bride’s family was shocked to know about the uneducated groom. Bride’s cousin said that “the groom’s family had kept us in the dark about his education. He may not have even gone to school. The groom’s family had cheated on us. But my brave sister walked out without fearing social taboo.”

Both the families struck a compromise and mutually called off the wedding. The police did not lodge a case after both parties struck a compromise on the intervention of prominent citizens of the village. The mutual understanding was reached that the bride and groom’s families return gifts and jewellery.

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The Alpena Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office called it ‘a once in a lifetime catch’ and said that this fish is one of the largest lake sturgeon ever recorded in the US.