China has no legal basis to claim “historic rights” to islands in the South China Sea, an international tribunal ruled on Tuesday in a bitter dispute that risks stoking further tensions in Southeast Asia. “The Tribunal concluded that there was no legal basis for China to claim historic rights within the sea areas falling within the ‘nine-dash line’,” the Hague-based Permanent Read More

West Indies wicketkeeper Denesh Ramdin has been sanctioned by the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) for his Twitter rant last week, in which he had expressed dissatisfaction at being left out of the squad for the upcoming Test series against India. The WICB said that actions of the former captain had been in ‘contravention of their policy’ and had moved to penalize the player. The release Read More

At the Sri Maharaja Hari Singh (SMHS) hospital in Srinagar, Mohammad Yasin, whose eyes were hit by pellets, lay on a bed. I was talking to Yasin’s cousin when I saw him murmuring in a feeble voice. Then, all of a sudden, Yasin thundered at me, “Get out of here. Or the situation will turn bad for you. I will Read More

The US car major Ford today launched its iconic sports car ‘Mustang’ in India, priced at Rs 65 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi). This is the first time in Mustang’s 52-year history that the company has launched the model in India. The sports cars is powered by a 5 litre V8 petrol engine and delivers power of 401PS. It is capable of Read More

England should have gambled on seamer James Anderson’s fitness and included him in the squad for the first Test against Pakistan at Lord’s, paceman Stuart Broad has said. Anderson, England’s most successful Test bowler with 454 wickets, was left out of England’s 12-man squad for the first match of the four-Test series beginning on Thursday. In his absence, Toby Roland-Jones Read More

Looks like the guys at Netflix India are actually in a mood to chill these days. So, on July 7, they decided to trend the hashtag #LifeWithoutNetflix and insisted that their users don’t have to live a life with Netflix. Amid a lot of other responses came a tweet from a frustrated user who couldn’t contain his anger and decided Read More

In the face of violent clashes between anti and pro government forces in South Sudan, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday reiterated that security of Indians is of paramount importance and that India has formed a task force to take stock of situation there. “We have made all arrangements to evacuate Indians from South Sudan in case the situation Read More

France forward Antoine Griezmann was named player of the tournament on Monday after leading the Euro 2016 hosts to Sunday’s final where they lost to Portugal in extra time. The 25-year-old was the tournament’s top scorer with six goals — more than any player at one European Championship since Michel Platini hit nine in France’s 1984-winning campaign on home soil. Read More

Supreme Court on Monday sought responses from the Centre and Uttar Pradesh government on the plea of underworld don Babloo Srivastava seeking interim bail, till his application for remission of sentence is considered by the government in light of he having spent over two decades behind bars. A bench of Justices V Gopala Gowda and Adarsh Kumar Goel posted the Read More

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on July 11 presented a Ganesha idol to Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev during the ongoing International Industrial Exhibition ‘Innoprom’ in Ekaterinburg. Fadnavis is currently on an official visit to Russia. At the Maharashtra pavilion at Innoprom, Fadnavis apprised Medvedev of investment opportunities in Maharashtra, an official said. The CM presented the Prime Minister a Read More