In an AMU redux south of the Vindhyas, Indian Institute of Technology (Hyderabad) management sacked gay rights activist and faculty member Ashley Tellis, apparently discomfited by his sexual orientation. The academic, with around 20 years of experience, was shown the door last fortnight less than a year after joining IIT-H. Being on probation, Tellis's services were terminated summarily.
he Kannada film ndustry is all agog after a photo showing director Ratnaja allegedly kissing teenage actress Amulya appeared in its midst. Ratnaja (who directed two hits, Nenapirali and Premism) says a man who identified himself as Vijaya Krishna tried to blackmail him with the photo.
Three police personnel, including a woman Head Constable, were suspended and an Assistant Sub Inspector was transferred today after Delhi Police ordered a Vigilance inquiry into allegations of policemen forcing a woman to strip in front of her son during an investigation.
Manyata Dutt is pregnant by three months and another news that brewed up soon after her pregnancy report is that Sanjay Dutt desires for a baby boy as he already had a daughter named Trishala from his first marriage and who is studying criminal law in US.
Wasim Sheikh, 18, defies the prototype of a young criminal. When the police caught this youth from an affluent family based in upmarket Colaba for stealing a credit card and using it to buy a laptop, they were baffled. The businessman father of Wasim had even handed over money to him to buy one.
A stunt master of the Kannada film industry allegedly decided to play the merchant of death to his 31-year-old wife, Shobha, on Sunday. Police said Shivkumar was accused of murdering his wife of 18 years on suspicion of infidelity, in the wee hours of Sunday.