Lucknow , April 7: Prof. Srinivas Siras of Aligarh Muslim University, who had hit the headlines a few months ago for having gay sex with a rickshaw-puller, was found dead at his house in Aligarh on Wednesday evening.

Hyderabad , April 7: What reportedly started off with one telephone call ended with another on Wednesday. After denying his “telephonic” marriage to Hyderabad girl Ayesha Siddiqui for more than two years, a desperate Shoaib Malik did a U-turn and divorced her.

Actresses Neetu Chandra and Tanushree Dutta talk to the media at an event for their film Apartment in Mumbai on Monday night. PHOTO: PTI

Bhopal/New Delhi , April 6: At least 76 security force personnel were killed on Tuesday when Naxalite guerrillas used guns and explosives against a surrounded Central Reserve Police Force contingent in the Mukarna forest near the village of Chintalnar-Tarmetla in Dantewada district, which lies in Naxalite-affected Bastar region of Chhattisgarh. It was one of the most savage ambushes mounted by the Naxals. 

Chennai , April 6: The Archbishop of Madras, Rev. Father M. Chinnappa, has asked Fr Joseph Palanivel Jeyapaul, a priest facing charges of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl in Minnesota, to return to the United States to face a probe. 

London , April 6: British archaeologists have started excavating at three sites in Stratford-upon-Avon, the birthplace of William Shakespeare, looking for rubbish tips to get some details about the life of the Bard.

The excavations centre round New Place, Shakespeare’s final home that was demolished in 1759. This was Shakespeare’s primary residence in the final 19 years of his life, and several of his later works are likely to have been written here, according to the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.

Ahmedabad ,  April 6: Eight Indian sailors on board a dhow hijacked by Somali pirates last month were rescued by the US and Oman navies, but one of them died as he jumped into the sea fearful of getting hurt, shipping sources said Tuesday. 

Hyderabad , April 6: Two top Maoists from Andhra Pradesh, Katakam Sudarshan and Tipparti Tirupati, led the biggest-ever attack carried out by Naxals in the country in Chhattisgarh on Tuesday.

Tiger Woods tees off at the first hole during a practice round for the Masters golf tournament at Augusta, Georgia, on Monday. The tournament will begin on Thursday. PHOTO: AP

Hyderabad , April 5: The Hyderabad police claims it has found enough prima facie evidence to arrest Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik in the cheating and harassment case filed by his alleged wife Ayesha Siddiqui, but it is yet to take a decision on when (and if) the arrest will take place.