Here’s the latest on the 68th annual Primetime Emmy nominations announced Thursday in Los Angeles by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (all times local): 10:05 am The executives behind “Downton Abbey” celebrated the news of their last batch of Emmy nominations with champagne, and a bit of swordplay. “Downton Abbey” executive producer Gareth Neame says he opened a Read More

The state of emergency which France declared after last November’s deadly Paris attacks will come to an end later this month, President Francois Hollandeconfirmed on Thursday. Speaking on the national July 14 holiday, Hollande said the decree after the November 13 attacks will not be renewed beyond July 26, because a law bolstering security in France was adopted in May. Read More

The results of the Board Of Secondary Education Andhra Pradesh’s (BSEAP) advanced suplementary SSC examination 2016 have been announced on the official website of the Board. The exams were held in June this year. Steps to check the BSEAP SSC Advanced Supplementary Results 2016: Log on to the official website of the Board, http://www.bseap.org Click on ‘results’ Go to your Read More

Tata Advanced Systems and US-based Bell Helicopter announced an agreement on Thursday for working together to manufacture helicopters under Make in India initiative to meet civil and military requirements. The pact looks to tap the multi-billion dollar potential rotary wing market in India in light utility and reconnaissance segments. The scope is intended to include potential production and assembly capabilities, Read More

Jewellery stocks jumped by up to 10 per cent after the government increased excise duty exemption limit for the small scale industry to Rs 10 crore from Rs 6 crore that could bring relief to gold jewellers. On Wednesday, it also decided to waive the levy on sale of traded goods and relaxed other procedural norms. Shares of Tara Jewels Read More

The families of the 298 people who died when flight MH17 was downed over Ukraine are steeling themselves for a slew of bitter legal battles, on the eve of the tragedy’s second anniversary. Sunday marks the deadline for relatives to launch action against Malaysia Airlines, which operated the passenger jet that was shot down with a surface-air-missile over war-torn eastern Read More

A 31-year-old man with alleged ISIS links was on Thursday arrested by Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS). The man, who is a resident of Parbhani district of Maharashtra, was in touch with another wanted accused Farooque who is based in Syria and was trying to influence youth through social media using different handles and profile IDs, reported ANI news. Earlier in Read More

Trouble refuses to end for Great Grand Masti. The film’s release was brought forward to July 15 after the adult comedy leaked online. Now, a day before its release, actor Shiney Ahuja filed a case against the film for naming a character after him. He has based his case on a report in Bollywood Hungama, which said a maid in the Read More

All India Bakchod (AIB) is back with yet another AIB take on the recent Pokémon Go phenomenon that has gripped the world. Like everyone else, the funny men of AIB has been bitten by the Pokémon Go bug too. And they have a rather hilarious take on the frenzy, which has people absolutely hooked onto the augmented-reality mobile game. Here’s Read More

Men who are overweight or obese are nearly three times more at the risk of premature death than women, says a study. The findings showed that the premature deaths, defined as those at ages 35-69 years, would be 29.5 per cent and 14.6 per cent for moderately obese men and women respectively. This corresponds to an absolute increase of 10.5 Read More