Indian filmmaker, family found dead in UAE
Dubai: An Indian film producer was found dead along with wife and daughter in an apparent case of suicide in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Tuesday, media reported on Wednesday. The decomposed bodies of Malayalam film producer Santhosh Kumar, his wife Manju and their daughter Gouri were found Tuesday under mysterious circumstances in their flat in Dubai after Kumar's cousin complained that nobody could contact the family since Thursday, Khaleej
Millions watch Bollywood-style UN music video on gay rights
United Nations: A Bollywood-style UN music video on gay rights, featuring Indian actress Celina Jaitly, has become one of the world body's most watched videos ever with over a million views online, the UN said. The video was launched by the United Na
Modi invites Putin to Kudankulam
New Delhi: India is keen to deepen its strategic partnership with Russia in defence, nuclear energy, trade and investment, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Russian President Vladimir Putin in Brazil and invited him to visit the Kudankulam nuclear pl
India largest consumer of antibiotics in the world
Washington: India has emerged as the world's largest consumer of antibiotics followed by China and the US, according to a new study which quantifies the growing alarm surrounding antibiotic-resistance. Global use of antibiotics is surging, according
Turned away by hospital, Indian-origin woman gives birth at home
London: An Indian-origin woman in labour was turned away from a hospital's maternity unit in Britain - only to give birth 40 minutes later in her mother's living room, a media report said. Zeenat Patel, 26, and her partner, Yaseen Lockhat, first went
Indian-origin woman found dead in swimming pool
New York: An Indian-origin woman was found dead in a swimming pool of a house, where she was attending a party, and local police are investigating the drowning incident. The body of the victim, identified as Rajkumari Motwani, 55, was found at the bo
Close call for Mumbai-bound Air India flight as engine catches fire after bird strike
Newark: An Air India Boeing 777 flight carrying 313 people on board returned here, soon after takeoff, following a bird hit that damaged its left engine. No one was injured in the incident in which the aircraft, operating the Mumbai-bound flight AI 1
Goetze gets it for Germany
Rio de Janeiro: Germany wrote a new chapter in the history of international football as they became the first European team to lift the World Cup in South America, clinching a hard-fought 1-0 win over Argentina in the final, their triumph coming on t
Binny's 78 saves first Test for India
Nottingham: Stuart Binny struck a match-saving 78 on his debut as India overcame some anxious moments to manage a draw in the first cricket Test against England at Nottingham on Sunday. India were in deep trouble midway into the morning session as Vi
