Day: June 14, 2020

Youth accused of raping 12-year-old in UP

6:26 pm June 14, 2020

Chitrakoot (UP: A 12-year-old girl who had gone to graze cattle in a village in Uttar Pradesh’s Chitrakoot district was allegedly raped by a youth, police said on Sunday. Mau police station incharge Subhashchandra Chaurasia said the minor had gone to graze cattle when she was raped by a 20-year-old man of the same village. […]

Sushant Singh Rajput found dead in his Mumbai residence

3:00 pm June 14, 2020

Mumbai: Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput (34) has been found dead at his Bandra residence in Mumbai, say reports. Rajput was a big TV star, thanks to popular show Pavitra Rishta, before venturing into films. He then debuted into Bollywood with director Abhishek Kapoor’s Kai Po Che, based on the book by Chetan Bhagat. His […]

500-year-old temple submerged in Mahanadi found

1:34 pm June 14, 2020

Bhubaneswar: An ancient temple that remained submerged in Mahanadi in Odisha has been found, said experts who are leading a documentation project of heritage sites in the river valley. The 60-feet temple, believed to be around 500 years old, was located recently during an exercise as part of the project, said Anil Dhir, project coordinator […]

Ban on saliva may upset balance between bat and ball in Test cricket, warns Taylor

1:27 pm June 14, 2020

Melbourne: Former Australia captain Mark Taylor on Sunday warned that ban on the usage of saliva, to combat the COVID-19 threat, runs the risk of upsetting balance between bat and ball in Test cricket. The International Cricket Council (ICC) has banned the use of saliva on ball as an interim health safety measure in the […]

‘Da 5 Bloods’ coming out at the right time: Spike Lee

1:21 pm June 14, 2020

Los Angeles: Filmmaker Spike Lee believes his new feature “Da 5 Bloods” is a timely piece of art as the whole world has started to address the racial issues in the wake of George Floyd’s death. The film, which is scheduled to premiere on Netflix on Friday, follows four Black veterans as they return to […]