Bangalore Siddharth Mallya, son of ex-liquor baron Vijay Mallya, making a splash at Sundance film festival with Brahman Naman, a sex comedy
Athens Half a million people signing an online petition for Lesbos, a Greek island at the frontline of EU’s migrant crisis, to be awarded the 2016 Nobel peace prize
Mumbai Antara Teland, 24, a differently abled woman passenger on Air India, being told to take off her prothetic limb, weighing 6 kg, for security screening
Patna A petitioner, who “sued” Lord Rama for exiling his wife Sita to the forest for 14 years, being asked to produce his witness
New Delhi Union minister Uma Bharati terming Nathuram Godse a ‘sarfira’ (a crazy person) for the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi
Bangalore A potential bridegroom walking out of a marriage hall because of the poor quality of the ‘sambar’ organised by the bride’s side
Calcutta Rooms at the Raj Bhavan being renamed to shed the British legacy. The Prince of Wales suite is now Kaviguru Rabindranath Tagore Kaksha.