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

Producer C.V. Kumar has clarified that the Hindi remake of Tamil comedy “Kalyana Samayal Saadham”, which was rumoured to be shelved, is still on cards despite the delay to take off. “The project is not shelved. Anand L. Rai will be co-producing the Hindi version and the work on the same is currently underway. Although Imran Khan and Shruti Haasan Read More

Textiles Minister Smriti Irani has sought suggestions from the Wool and Woollen Export Promotion Council (WWEPC) with a view to boosting exports and creating employment in the sector, the council said on Tuesday. Representatives of the council met the minister on Monday and apprised her about the problems and steps that need to be taken for the industry. “The minister Read More

Four-time major winner Rory McIlroy may not watch the golf event on television when it returns to the Olympics next month and hinted on Tuesday it was not one of the sports that would matter in Rio de Janiero. Unlike world number three Jordan Spieth, who said earlier in the day that he agonised over his decision to withdraw from Read More

A British Open caddie was taken to hospital after being hit on the head by a stray shot from former world number one Vijay Singh during a practice round on Tuesday. William Ciplinski, bagman for American veteran Marco Dawson, was lying flat out on a golf buggy when he was initially taken to the medical centre at Royal Troon. Open 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

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged the Security Council on Monday to impose an arms embargo on South Sudan, sanction leaders and commanders who are blocking the implementation of a peace deal and fortify a UN peacekeeping mission. “We desperately need attack helicopters and other material to fulfill our mandate to protect civilians,” Ban said. “I also urge all countries contributing Read More

Stepping up efforts to restore normalcy in the Valley after two days of protests over the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani led to the death of at least 21 people in clashes with security forces, Union Home Minister Rajnath SinghMonday spoke to Congress president Sonia Gandhi and former J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah about the situation in the Read More

Jammu and Kashmir government on July 11 said about 1,000 vehicles carrying essential commodities were on their way to the Valley even as there are sufficient stocks of ration and life saving drugs. “About 1000 vehicles carrying essential commodities, on way to valley, will reach at their destinations by tomorrow morning,” Minister for Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution Choudhary Zulfkar Read More

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti said on Monday that some elements are hell-bent on fomenting trouble and mayhem in Kashmir for their vested interests playing with the lives of innocent youth by instigating them to indulge in violence “resulting in a vicious cycle of frenzy and bloodshed”. She sought the wholehearted cooperation of the people in restoration of Read More