Man seeks 1 yuan compensation for 20,000 ‘errors’ in popular dictionary!

September 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Imagine a dictionary that offers tips on text messaging abbreviations for Indian cell phone users and has a Shakespeare guide too. Well that's exactly what two new Collins dictionaries have to offer.

September 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - A Beijing resident has come up with an unusual way of selling off an apartment. The 26-year-old man is looking for some 1,500 Internet users to invest in an apartment, and the owner will be chosen on the basis of a lucky draw, reports the China Daily.

August 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A new report has revealed that Beijing has the maximum number of rich people in China. The latest Hurun Report on China's wealthiest people said that there are 143,000 multimillionaires and 8,800 billionaires in Beijing.

August 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The happiest day in a Chinese man's life turned out to be his last, when he drunk himself to death at his own wedding in Chengdu, Sichuan province. And now, Zhang's family is demanding a 1.2-million-yuan compensation from the hotel where the reception was held.

August 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - A Shanghai-based woman recently prepaid her cell phone bill worth a staggering 15,000 yuan by mistake. Considering that she never makes more than 20 yuan worth of calls from her phone each month, Zhang may not have to recharge her phone for about 63 years.

July 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - A Chinese woman has received compensation from a hospital after her husband became unable to have sex after a surgical procedure. The hospital in Guilin, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region had to pay the woman 30,000 yuan, reports the China Daily.

July 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A nurse has landed in hot water after one of the two men she was dating simultaneously died in a brawl with the other in March in Wuhan, Hubei province. The nurse, along with eight other accused, has been ordered to compensate the deceased's family.

July 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - A man in Shanghai has sued a barber for cutting his hair too short. Xu has demanded a compensation of 20,000 yuan for what he thinks has damaged his looks as it is now apparent that he is balding, the China Daily reports.

June 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - A Shangai man decided not to kill himself after firefighters met his demands, and paid him 2,000 yuan not to jump off a building. Drunk Shangai man climbed up the scaffolding to the top of the 70-m-high building, and claimed that he was penniless, reports the China Daily.

April 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A Chinese restaurant became an instant success after issuing a noodle eating challenge to its customers. The restaurant has told customers in Dongguan, Guangdong province that it will give 5,000 yuan to any person who can gobble down 20 bowls of hand-pulled noodles within 70 minutes, reports the China Daily.

March 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A group of four crooks was arrested by the Chinese police when one of its members sought cops' help, following a fight over money after the robbers had looted a woman. They robbed the woman on a street in Nanbu county, Sichuan province, of 160 yuan (23 dollars).

March 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress Thursday expressed hope that the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) would 'realise' its mistake of withdrawing support to the Manmohan Singh government over the India-US civil nuclear deal. The Congress reaction came on the day the CPI-M admitted that the government controlled by it in West Bengal committed errors in Nandigram and Singur.

February 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The global meltdown has forced about 20,000 Indians to return home after losing jobs abroad, the government said Thursday. According to Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi, there are reports which indicate that between 16,000 to 20,000 Indians have come back to India after the economic slowdown forced companies across the world to downsize.

February 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The schedule for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls should not exceed three weeks, the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) said here Tuesday. 'The schedule of polling for the Lok Sabha elections should not be stretched too much.

January 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday sanctioned compensation of Rs.200,000 to the next of kin of each of those killed and Rs.100,000 each to those seriously injured in the bomb blasts in Guwahati Thursday. Manmohan Singh also expressed his grief over the loss of life in the blasts, an official statement said.