A 39-year-old naked man was rescued on Friday after he spent nearly two days being trapped inside the walls of a theatre in Syracuse, New York. Firefighters were called around 07:30 local time (11:30 GMT) after a person was heard banging on the wall and pleading for help. According to local media, rescuers cut through the theatre's walls and found him trapped there naked. In a statement on Facebook, the Syracuse fire department said that firefighters "drilled a hole in the wall and utilised a fibre-optic camera" to determine the exact location of the trapped person. "They then cut through drywall and tile to free the man, who was believed to have entered the theatre two or three days prior," officials were quoted by Syracuse.com as saying. Speaking to the local news outlet, Landmark Theatre director Mike Intaglietta said that the man was seen wandering around the Landmark Theatre earlier in the week. "Employees who saw him lost track of his location and assumed he had left," said Mike Intaglietta. I don't know if he was entering to keep warm or to use the bathroom. I don't know," he added. People had a lot of hilarious comments about this incident. Fire officials said that the man hid in a crawlspace for two days and was left trapped after he fell inside the wall of the theatre's male bathroom. The man appeared to be suffering from a mental illness and is currently being treated at a local hospital. Meanwhile, no charges were filed against the man as of Friday afternoon.

The investigation in Sushant Singh Rajput's death has taken a new turn as CBI has now approached the US to conclude the investigation. The investigating agency now aims at retrieving late actors' deleted chats, emails from Google and Facebook Headquarters in the US California under MLAT (Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty). A financial express report claims that CBI does not want to leave a single stone unturned before closing the case. The CBI also wants to verify if there is any 'other' social media account, email, or link associated with the actor that remains unknown. Sushant Singh Rajput 'reportedly' died by suicide on June 14, 2020. Vikas Singh, the lawyer of Sushant Singh Rajput's family, has confirmed that the CBI has approached the US under MLAT and sought Sushant's deleted emails and chats as the CBI has not yet reached any conclusion. Even though the forensic team of AIIMS had declared Sushant's death as a suicide, the CBI claimed it to be either abetment to suicide or murder. After SSR's death, the Mumbai Police started investigating the case and labelled it a suicide. However, Sushant's death snowballed into a nationwide controversy after Sushant's family alleged that his girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty should be arrested for abetment to suicide. The case was registered for abetment and later was handed over to the CBI. Following the transfer to CBI, the agency recorded statements of all the staff present at SSR's house and Rhea and her brother Showik several times. Two more central investigative agencies, including ED and Narcotics Control Bureau, were investigating the case. NCB made several arrests related to SSR's death, including Rhea, her brother Showik in drugs angle. Several Bollywood A-listers, including Deepika Padukone, was interrogated after drug chats surfaced. Despite several attempts at digging out the truth, CBI has not yet reached the closure report of this case and is now seeking the help of the US through the channel of MLAT. The case may see some new angles if some more details about Sushant's personal and professional life resurface after the investigation.

The Mumbai Police have summoned superstar Shah Rukh Khan's manager Pooja Dadlani regarding extortion probe in the ongoing drugs on cruise raid. Following the drugs raid on 2nd October, Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan was arrested and taken into custody by NCB. Dadlani is also expected to be summoned by the vigilance team of the Narcotics Control Bureau. According to a report in Times Of India, Dadlani has reportedly asked for some more time from the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of NCB. Dadlani's name came up in the investigation after SIT of the Mumbai Police found CCTV evidence of her meeting with KP Gosavi and Sam D'souza in Lower Parel. However, there has been no official communication from the Mumbai Police so far. Reports also claim that a case will be registered against Gosavi. Sam D'Souza claimed to Bombay High Court that Gosavi had taken Rs 50 lakh from Dadlani to get Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan released from custody in the ongoing investigation. But he added that the amount was returned after NCB arrested Aryan Khan. Dadlani has been Shah Rukh Khan's manager since 2012. She also manages his brand deals and endorsements. Dadlani attended Aryan Khan's every court hearing after his arrest. Aryan was among eight people who were arrested on October 3 after the NCB team raided a cruise ship in Mumbai. Aryan was later released from Arthur Road Jail.

Last week, we saw Facebook announce a rebranding of its Facebook Company to Meta. And while this definitely shocked several users, it has also affected a few companies along the way that were using the same name for their brand. And now, one company named Meta Company has gone to court against the social media giant for allegedly stealing its name and ‘livelihood’ with this rebranding. The statement was issued by Meta Company founder Nate Skulic, who revealed that Facebook tried to purchase the brand name from them for the past three months, however, they refused to do so for several reasons. Firstly, the offer was too low and it wouldn’t have covered the cost of the damages the company would have faced by rebranding their name. Moreover, they were keen on knowing the intent of the client. Facebook at the time wasn’t willing to share the details. According to Skulic, since they disagreed to go forward with the proposal, Facebook tried to ‘bury’ the company by the ‘force of media’. Skulic said in a statement, "Facebook decided to commit trademark infringement and call themselves Meta.” “They couldn't buy us, so they tried to bury us by force of media. We shouldn't be surprised by these actions - from a company that continually says one thing and does another." Skulic has stated that it won’t go down easy on the social media company and has decided to take necessary legal actions against it, while stating that the official statement may be regarded as a public cease and desist. Skulic added, "Facebook and its operating officers are deceitful and acting in bad faith, not only towards us, but to all of humanity." What’s surprising (highlighted by an IANS report) is that even though there exists a patent for Meta Company in 2016, there already exists a 2015 trademark listed for Meta with the owner listed as the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. Meta (formerly known as Facebook) is yet to release a statement in accordance with these allegations.

A 32-year-old Indian fisherman was killed by Pakistan's maritime security agency.

The Kodava Samaj has banned all cake cutting and opening of champagne because it does not form part of the culture of the community, as per HT. This happened in Ponnampet of Kodagu district, about 225 km from Bengaluru. But it does not end there. Bridegrooms will not be allowed to sport beards and brides will not be allowed to have their hair loose during the ceremony. “Kodavas have their own distinct culture. We can survive only if our culture survives. Cutting of cakes and sharing of champagne by new couples during marriage ceremonies is not our culture. The decision has been taken in this regard in our annual meeting,” said Chotakmada Rajiv Bopaiah, the president of Ponnampet Kodava Samaj, according to IANS. Kodavas are a small ethnic group mainly located in Kodagu. It has a unique culture in Karnataka and other parts of South India. Ponnampet is a small town in Kodagu district. There are many Kodava Samajas that represent members of the community and are usually restricted to within the community. These orders come when more restrictions are being imposed in many parts of the country in the name of preserving culture. The detailing of the restrictions have been reportedly circulated on WhatsApp.

After getting brutally trolled for celebrating a Hindu festival, Farhan Akhtar might take legal action against the trolls soon. "We believe in the oneness of all gods. Farhan’s father is Muslim. His mother is Parsi and she celebrates Diwali every year for as long as she can remember. For Farhan, celebrating Diwali comes as naturally as celebrating Eid. Where did the trolls come in?" a source was quoted as saying by National Herald. The source added that the Akhtar family will take a legal action as it feels "letting go of the hate-filled comments is playing into their hands". Hate started pouring in after Farhan Akhtar shared a photo in which he was performing Dhantares pooja with his girlfriend Shibani Dandekar and his business partner Ritesh Sidhwani. He wrote, "Happy Diwali" in the caption. In the photo, Farhan who has a Tilak on his forehead is putting a Tilak on his girlfriend Shibani's forehead. Alongside Ritesh, Dolly Sidhwani can also be seen in the photo. Soon people started abusing him. "Your family belongs to Kanjar," read a comment. "Doob maro musalman ke naam pe dhabba ho Farhan Akhtar," wrote another user. "Naam ka musalman hai tu," read another comment.

On the first day of Chhath Puja on November 8, worshippers continued taking part in Chhath Puja in knee-deep toxic foam.

Sixty-eight-year-old Harekala Hajabba, a fruit-seller from Mangalore in Karnataka, built a primary school for less privileged children with his meagre earnings of Rs 150 per day. On November 8, he received India's fourth-highest civilian award, the Padma Shri, from President Ram Nath Kovind for his efforts. Hajabba is known for his extraordinary contribution to society. Despite his own constrained circumstances, he worked towards the cause of education in his native village. Hajabba's village Newpadapu did not have a school for many years. All the village children were deprived of any kind of access to education. In 2000, Hajabba invested all his life savings and started a school on one acre of land. Hajabba conceived the idea of the school after feeling “handicapped” while speaking to some foreign tourists. “The first time I felt handicapped because of my lack of education was when a foreigner asked me the price of the fruits in English. I didn’t know what he meant,” he told the BBC during an interview in 2012. Local authorities noticed his efforts and offered him help as well.

A Delhi court has sentenced the Ansal brothers to 7 years each and fined them Rs 2.25 crore each, as per India Today according to PTI. Sushil and Gopal Ansal received their sentences in connection with the 1997 Uphaar fire tragedy case. The brothers were convicted of evidence tampering on October 8. The court also gave 7 years to former court staff Dinesh Chand Sharma and two others - P P Batra and Anoop Singh plus a fine of Rs 3 lakh each. The court also ordered that all expenses of the complainant, Uphaar Victims Association during the trial is to be borne by the Ansals. Then the compensation will be paid to the people who lost members of their family in the fire. The main tragedy saw the Ansals get a 2-year sentence. A fire in the Uphaar cinema resulted in 59 people being killed. It happened on June 3, 1997, while the movie Border was being screened. The Ansal brothers were convicted in 2015. However, the Supreme Court allowed the Ansal brothers to walk free with a fine of Rs 60 crore and said they did not have to go to jail. This caused a lot of outrage as neither of the siblings spent more than 6 months behind bars.

Joyful crowds pelt each other with fistfuls of cow manure this weekend as part of one village's local ritual to mark the end of Diwali. Similar to Spain's "La Tomatina" -- the eccentric tomato-hurling celebration of the local fruit -- residents of Gumatapura instead fling snowball-sized wads of a more earthy variety. The Gorehabba festival begins with the afternoon collection of "ammunition" from cow-owning homes in the village, which lies on the border of the southern states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. The manure is brought to the local temple on tractor trolleys before a priest performs a blessing ritual. After that, the dung is dumped in an open area -- with men and boys wading in to prepare their weapons for the battle ahead. People flock to Gumatapura from far-flung cities each year, and for those in attendance, the messy battle is as much about fun as it is about the perceived health benefits. Locals believe that they will get cured of diseases due to the miraculous properties of cow dung. Some Hindus believe cows and everything they produce is sacred and purifying.

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