A man and a dog were joined in matrimony last Sunday through a traditional Hindu ritual, as an attempt from the man to be cleansed of his sin of stoning two dogs to death. The marriage took place at a temple in Tamil Nadu, located south of India, upon the advice of an astrologer who revealed that doing so would be the only way for Selva Kumar, 33, to atone for his evil deed, which involved Kumar stoning and clubbing to death two dogs he found mating. Afterwards he strung the bodies up a tree.

A girl born with four arms and four legs was successfully operated on Wednesday after an arduous 24-hour procedure done by doctors in the Southern Indian city of Bangalore. Dr. Sharan Patil of Sparsh Hospital, who led a team of more than 30 surgeons in the operation, stated that the surgery went "wonderfully well," removing Lakshmi Tatma's extra limbs, salvaging her organs and restoring her pelvis area.

A local court in India has granted an application of a husband for divorce based on the ground that his wife is HIV positive. The judgment was handed down district judge Rajnish Bhatnagar, who said marriage without sex is "anathema. " He said in his judgment, "The disease being sexually communicable, the petitioner cannot be reasonably expected to live with her and lead a happy married life. "

A famous actor in Australia attending the World Toilet Summit in India has expressed lament over the high number of people all over the world who do not have access to toilets. Shane Jacobson, who is better known as the port-a-loo plumber Kenny Smyth in Australia, described the unequal access to toilets situation in the world as a human rights violation.

More than 40 countries attended the 1st World Toilet Summit in New Delhi, India. The four-day summit that kicked-off Wednesday brought to light the fact that at least 2. 6 billion people, or 40 pct. of the total world's population may have "roofs above their heads, but have no repository bowls below. "