Bike show shock

Chennai, July 28 (PTI): A motorcyclist rode over the outstretched palms of students and a wooden plank placed on a girl’s stomach during an event at a school in Tamil Nadu’s Villupuram, prompting the chief guest to stop the show.

Sikh relief

London (PTI): A Sikh woman police officer in the UK will get compensation for racial and religious discrimination during her training.

Rakhi rap

Jaipur (PTI): A court has asked police to file an FIR against item girl Rakhi Sawant, actor Ravi Kishan and four others for allegedly stealing the concept of a marriage-based reality show from a private portal.

Leela Naidu

Mumbai (PTI): Actress Leela Naidu, who mesmerised audiences with her beauty in films like Anuradha and Yeh Raaste Hain Pyaar Ke, died in Mumbai on Tuesday after a prolonged bout of influenza. She was 69.

The actress won the Miss India title in 1955 and featured in Vogue magazine’s list of the world’s 10 most beautiful women. She began her career with Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s national award-winning film Anuradha in 1960.