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Drag queen embraces disability

A maths tutor who lost his leg after being hit by a car has revealed how hisdrag queen alter ego has helped him embrace his disability. Ian Lilley, 43,had just moved from his home town in South Wales to London after landing aplace at prestigious drama school Mountview Academy in 2000 when his lifechanged forever. While unloading his possessions from a removal van as hemoved into his new flat, the driver of a passing car blacked out at the wheeland hit him. Airlifted to hospital, Ian came to hours later to find that hisleft leg, which had been smashed into 13 pieces, had been amputated. Foryears, Ian, now a science and maths tutor from Crouch End, north London, hidaway, desperately self-conscious. But now, he has unveiled his drag alter ego,Eileen Eiffell – which sounds like, ‘I lean, I fall', a tongue-in-cheekreference to what he has been through – and he wants to help empower otherdisabled performers.

Six held after allegedly beating up man in Indore

Indore police arrested six people after a video of them allegedly beating up a man went viral on social media, police said on August 02. A case has been registered against all the people who were seen in the video, in Rajendra Nagar police station and further investigation is underway. "A video on social media was received at around 6 pm in which some people were beating up a man by tying him to a pole. Police took cognisance of the video and identified the area which is near Choithram Mandi. We have arrested six people and further investigation is being done," said Police official.

Jodhpur Police launched 'Har Ghar Dastak' campaign for inspection

Police launched a campaign in Rajasthan's Jodhpur amid coronavirus outbreak. Jodhpur Police will visit houses of COVID patients daily under 'Har Ghar Dastak' campaign. While speaking to ANI, the Commissioner of Jodhpur Police, Jose Mohan said, "Under this campaign, policemen will visit residences of the citizens infected with virus and check if quarantine norms are followed or not."

Vikas Dubey encounter: 'Official statement to be issued soon', says UP ADG

Additional Director General (ADG) of Law and Order of Uttar Pradesh, Prashant Kumar commented over the question that under which circumstances the encounter took place or whether there was any negligence by police personnel, he replied, "Official statement will be issues soon." "After car overturned, Vikas Dubey tried to snatch police weapon and attempted to flee after which there was retaliatory fire by Police in which he was injured. He was declared dead after being taken to hospital. We'll issue official statement soon," ADG added.

Hallmark Channel Will Include LGBTQ Stories In Christmas Lineup

The Hallmark Channel is making it's annual holiday movie celebration more inclusive this year. According to CNN, "Countdown to Christmas" and "Miracles of Christmas" lineups will include LGBTQ narratives. The announcement came days after the channel was called out online for not including LGBTQ movies in their lineup. The network responded to upset viewers by assuring them that new content will include better LGBTQ representation.