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Daily Record
12 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Record
Rat the size of a cat gnaws on couple's clothes as they sleep in luxury hotel
Dr Kiran Morjaria was on holiday in Sri Lanka with his girlfriend when she woke him in the middle of the night A British doctor holidaying in Sri Lanka was left aghast when his girlfriend roused him in the dead of night, convinced that an intruder was in their room. Upon illuminating their surroundings, the reality was revolting – a rat as large as a small cat had invaded their upscale hotel room. Kiran Morjaria, a doctor and YouTuber, recounted the petrifying incident to his 32,000 TikTok followers, a tale sure to make anyone consider sleeping with the lights on during their next holiday. Kiran's partner, who is petrified of insects, alerted him in the night, but he initially dismissed her fears, assuring her she was just imagining things. Yet, what they discovered later was far more alarming than any insect. He said: "When I was in Sri Lanka last year my girlfriend is terrified of insects and that sort of thing. She got me up and said 'I can hear something' in the middle of the night. I said 'You are just imagining it - there is nothing here.'". But mere minutes later, his girlfriend's insistence led to a startling discovery. Kiran added: "About ten minutes later she gets me up again and says 'I can definitely hear something in the room so I get up and turn the light on.'", reports the Mirror. That's when Kiran came face-to-face with the colossal rodent that had been lurking in their suite. He exclaimed: "And there I see the biggest rat I have ever seen in my life. I'm talking literally the size of a small cat." What Kiran encountered at his accommodation was even more alarming as he revealed the mammoth rat was "nibbling on our clothes inside the room." Kiran then urged his followers to impart their own nightmare experiences in the comments, which yielded some grisly tales. One recounted a mortifying situation involving her child's nappy fiasco at a swimming pool. She said: "We had the entire swimming pool closed off as our new-born baby pooped in his swim nappy and its was explosive upset tummy we was very embarrassed." Euan's anecdote also featured an explosive element of a different nature. He narrated: "At Nantes airport my T-shirt got swabbed for explosives multiple times and came back and cause I was playing with cap guns the day before." Katy, on the other hand, experienced a harrowing near-miss straight after leaving JFK airport. She recounted: "Leaving JFK airport for Manhattan, Taxi speeding, 60mph head on collision, Police said we're lucky not going home in a body bag, taken to Queens Hosp!". In light of Kiran's initial story, another commenter voiced their opinion, surmising they would have found it difficult to fall asleep again. They remarked: "Arrrrrhhh (not even scared of rats normally but I'd have screamed and not slept."
Daily Mirror
17 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Couple find a cat-sized rat in their holiday suite doing something 'horrendous'
The couple was horrified to stumble upon a mammoth rat had broken into their room in the dead of night with the man thinking his girlfriend was 'just imagining things' A British doctor on holiday in Sri Lanka was "horrified" when his girlfriend woke him in the middle of the night convinced something was inside their room. When he turned on the lights to reality was disgusting - a rat the size of a small cat was in their luxury hotel room. Kiran Morjaria, a doctor and Youtuber, shared a truly horrifying story with his 32,000 TikTok followers that will leave anyone wanting to sleep with the lights on during your next getaway. Explaining his girlfriend is 'terrified of insects' Kiran told his partner she was just imagining things when she woke him up in the middle of the night. However, what he later found was much worse than a noisy cricket or rogue mosquito. He said: ' When I was in Sri Lanka last year my girlfriend is terrified of insects and that sort of thing. She got me up and said 'I can hear something' in the middle of the night. I said 'You are just imagining it - there is nothing here.'' However, 10 minutes later his girlfriend woke him up again - certain there was something in the suite with them. Kiran continued: 'About ten minutes later she gets me up again and says 'I can definitely hear something in the room so I get up and turn the light on.'' It is at this point Kiran saw the enormous rat that has been with them all along. He said: 'And there I see the biggest rat I have ever seen in my life. I'm talking literally the size of a small cat." What the mammoth rat was doing was even more 'horrendous'. Kiran said the rodent was 'nibbling on our clothes inside the room.' Kiran asked his followers to share their own horror stories in the comments - and some of them were gruesome. One described the severe embarrassment she experienced at the hands of her kids' nappy mishap. She said: 'We had the entire swimming pool closed off as our new-born baby pooped in his swim nappy and its was explosive upset tummy we was very embarrassed.' Euan's story was explosive in a different way. He shared: 'At Nantes airport my T-shirt got swabbed for explosives multiple times and came back and cause I was playing with cap guns the day before.' Meanwhile Katy barely made it out of the airport before her holiday was turned upside down - narrowly escaping death. She said: 'Leaving JFK airport for Manhattan, Taxi speeding, 60mph head on collision, Police said we're lucky not going home in a body bag, taken to Queens Hosp!' One commenter chimed in regarding Kiran's tale saying they would have struggled to get back to sleep. They said: 'Arrrrrhhh (not even scared of rats normally but I'd have screamed and not slept.'
Time of India
a day ago
- Business
- Time of India
Material supplier arrested in second NREGA scam case
Vadodara: The proprietor of a firm which purportedly supplied material for scam-affected NREGA works at Lavariya village in Devgadhbaria taluka of Dahod was arrested on Thursday, as soon as he was released on bail in the first case, which pertained to irregularities worth Rs 71 crore. Parth Baria, the proprietor of NJ Enterprise, was first arrested for the Rs 71 crore case, in which the sons of Gujarat minister for agriculture and panchayats, Bachu Khabad, were also accused. He was in judicial custody and applied for bail in a magisterial court. Baria was granted bail in the Rs 71 crore case on Thursday but was arrested soon after he came out of jail, for the case relating to irregularities worth Rs 18.4 lakh at Lavariya. Earlier, Khabad's younger son, Kiran, was also arrested in the Lavariya case as soon as he stepped out of prison. Kiran is currently in judicial custody along with his elder brother, Balwant. The older sibling was also granted bail in the Rs 71 crore offence but was subsequently accused in a case relating to NREGA works at Bhanpur village in Dhanpur taluka a couple of days after his release and was re-arrested.
Time of India
3 days ago
- General
- Time of India
What's in a name? Bengaluru City University graduates say career at risk over degree nomenclature
Bengaluru: For over four years, a group of postgraduates from Bengaluru City University (BCU) was stuck in academic limbo, not because they lacked qualifications, but because of what their degrees were called. Awarded MSc degrees in plant science and animal science, students from 2019–2022 batches said the university's naming experiment cost them critical career opportunities. The dispute dates back to 2019 when BCU introduced these PG programmes, namely plant science and animal science, which students allege have no precedent or recognition in Karnataka's academic or govt institutions. The students said it made them ineligible for key roles like assistant professors, pre-university lecturers, and posts in forest and pollution control departments — even after clearing competitive exams like KSET and NET. While later batches reportedly received updated certificates, the 2019–2022 cohort claimed they were excluded from the changes. Kiran (name changed), a 27-year-old student from Kalaburagi, said, "We are the second batch that started in 2019. It's been four years, we are still unable to get desired jobs. The notification issued on July 5, 2022, mentioned our course is equivalent to botany and zoology, but now we're being told we can't apply for related positions. When we reached the third semester, they changed the course to a master's in botany and zoology, and while the third batch got that reflected on their certificates, we were left out. " According to students, although BCU issued a notification on July 5, 2022, stating plant and animal science are equivalent to botany and zoology, it has little practical value. "In many job applications, equivalent degrees are not accepted," he added. Students said their multiple requests to vice-chancellor, registrar, and the university's syndicate went unanswered. "To make matters worse, the departments don't even exist anymore at BCU," the student said. Another 26-year-old student said, "Animal and plant sciences are directly related to veterinary fields, and our teachers also came from botany and zoology backgrounds. Many of us are preparing for govt exams, some are chasing degree corrections, but despite all our hard work, we're left stranded." A 25-year-old, Kalpana (name changed), who dreamed of working as a civil servant, shared, "We all wanted govt jobs, that's why we did our master's. Otherwise, we wouldn't have invested two precious years. I paid about Rs 50,000. But now, the degree is completely useless, we are eligible only for private sector jobs. The university even issued a notification promising to correct the nomenclature and provide us with an equivalence certificate. But after we completed our master's, nothing moved. They kept asking us to approach officials again. I couldn't apply for a PhD because the degree isn't valid. We just want the issue resolved." One of the officials from the board of studies in botany acknowledged the issue in an email response to students, a copy available with TOI. "It was the university's initial decision to use plant and animal science nomenclature. But later, the board flagged the problems students were facing, and the university changed it. Now it's up to the authorities to consider issuing revised certificates to earlier batches." An official from Bengaluru City University botany department said, "We can't change it now. The students know it and yet,with full knowledge they have joined the course. For later batches, we changed it and they started with botany and zoology nomenclature, but how can we give certificates in that name when they didn't do that course?"
The Guardian
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Malala and Kiran faced violence, threats and shame. Now their fathers want ‘all men to stand with women'
The day Ranjit's daughter was born, he distributed sweets to the entire village – not just because he was thrilled to be a father for the first time, but because he was father to a girl. 'God heard my heart and granted my wish,' he says. His devotion to baby Kiran* was immediate and unshakeable. He would rush home from his work in the fields to spend time caring for her. Millions of fathers around the world will relate to the joy Ranjit felt, but in deeply patriarchal rural India publicly celebrating the arrival of a girl is an unusual, even defiant, act. Ranjit's love for and faith in Kiran is captured in the film To Kill A Tiger, which follows the poor rice farmer as he pursues justice for his daughter after she was gang-raped aged 13. Kiran is determined to see her attackers in court and Ranjit is determined to support her. Quietly but doggedly, he refuses to give up even in the face of threats and ostracism from his community. He credits Kiran and his wife, Jaganti, for giving him the strength to keep going. After a screening of the film this year in New York, Ranjit and Kiran were joined by another supporter of an extraordinary daughter: Ziauddin Yousafzai, better known as Malala's father. The screening was used to launch #StandWithHer, a global gender-justice campaign to support survivors of sexual violence. At the time, Yousafzai spoke of Ranjit as 'a man all men should be proud of – the father all fathers should look up to'. On Sunday, a short film will be released of the two men in conversation, discussing fatherhood, courage and their commitment to seeing their daughters become independent young women despite the social and political barriers they face. Nisha Pahuja, To Kill A Tiger's director and founder of #StandWithHer, says the film marks the start of a wider drive to invite men and boys to discuss the ways patriarchy limits both sexes. 'Power comes at a cost – not just to women and girls, but also, to men and boys,' says Pahuja. 'There is of course no denying the obvious, material benefits of this power imbalance or the violence it has permitted, but there's also no denying the suffering of men and boys. 'It's so clear today that men and boys are struggling to define themselves. I do feel Zia and Ranjit are powerful, unapologetic role models here.' Yousafzai describes how Malala was named after a 19th-century Afghan heroine 'because there was power in this name'. He says he knew it would suit her. 'In my mind, I associated a girl with strength, and I thought if I had a daughter she will be strong; she will have her own voice and she will be known by her name.' Yousafzai was adamant his daughter would be educated – something his own mother and five sisters had been denied. 'Education was the front door and it had to stay open,' he tells Ranjit. He recalls how he used to invite Malala to join discussions and debates with friends at home because he recognised that she had a great mind and always had something to contribute. Malala, he says, was not just a daughter but a 'comrade and a friend', so when, in 2012, she was shot in the head by the Taliban for standing up for her right to go to school, losing her was unthinkable. When she survived the attack and became a global advocate for education, Yousafzai campaigned alongside her. They are 'one soul in two bodies', he says. His nickname for her, Jaani, means soulmate. After Kiran was assaulted, Ranjit was expected to marry her off to one of her attackers – a common response to sexual violence that insists women and girls can only rid themselves of shame by becoming wives. Ranjit and Kiran refused to accept that shame and instead placed it squarely on the perpetrators. 'A real, caring father puts his daughter first,' he says. Yousafzai says he sees Malala in Kiran. 'It is as if Malala appears in front of me. Her voice will be a step against extremism, a step against violence; it already is.' The campaign, he adds, will spread the message that men should be allies, using their privilege to challenge long-held beliefs. 'Every father, every brother: all men must stand with women.' Resistance and change start at home, he says. 'This institution of the family is an agent of change, an informal one … there's no force more powerful than the family.' Ranjit agrees. 'We can convince men; it needs to enter their minds. As more and more people come together, I feel it will definitely have an impact on men and boys.' * Kiran is a pseudonym
