Four accused were arrested and a minor was apprehended on Friday for allegedly assaulting three male students accompanied by their female friends at Someshwar beach in Karnataka's Mangaluru on Thursday, said a police official.
On former WFI chief Brij Bhushan Singh, Azad said, "When more than half a dozen girls accused him and considering the POCSO act, he should have been arrested immediately."
In a seven-a-side tournament held in North California, West Ham United players walked off the pitch after a Dallas United player was accused of using a racial slur.
Senior inspector of Bangur Nagar police station, Pramod Tawde, said the accused, identified as Jitendra Joshi (27) staged his kidnapping and demanded a ransom of five lakh rupees from his own father.
Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Bishop Franco Mulakkal as the bishop of Jalandhar after he was temporarily stripped of pastoral duties earlier following claims of rape by a nun, officials said on Thursday.
Playback singer and dubbing artist Chinmayi Sripaada has raised her voice against lyricist Vairamuthu, who has been accused of sexual harassment by several women during the MeToo movement in 2018. The singer also took his name in the same case.
Shraddha's brother Shreejay, testifying as a prosecution witness in the case, on Thursday apprised the Saket Court in Delhi that she (Shraddha) had informed him (Shreejay) that Aftab (accused) used to indulge in a verbal altercation with her and beat her up.
She further raised objections against Chief Minister KCR for celebrating Telangana Formation Day and accused him of cheating people of the state on every front.