Kolkata: The immense desire to succeed coupled with his hard work has been crucial in the rise of India skipper Virat Kohli as a cricketing superstar, reckons former national selector Vikram Rathour.

“He’s a great player. He has been extremely hungry and hardworking and I think all this combination is

Washington/New Delhi: India today jumped 30 places to rank 100th in the World Bank’s ‘ease of doing business’ ranking, sending the jubilant government to vow to continue reforms that will help the country break into top 50 in coming years.

India, which was ranked 142nd when the Narendra Modi gove

In what can be termed as a historic day, Karnataka has appointed its first woman police head of state, on Tuesday.

The 57-year-old Neelamani N Raju will take charge from her predecessor Rupak Kumar Dutta who retired on Tuesday, after serving a short stint of nine months.

She is the first woman to be appointed as Director Gene

New Delhi: Union minister Alphons Kannanthanam will be the BJP candidate for the Rajya Sabha bypoll in Rajasthan to be held on November 16, the party announced late on Sunday.

Kannanthanam’s name as the party candidate for the bypoll to an Upper House seat from the BJP-ruled Rajasthan was announced by its ch

Kanpur: Virat Kohli today became the sixth Indian to complete 9000 ODI runs during the series-deciding third game against New Zealand here on Sunday.

Kohli got to the landmark in the 37th over when he guided one off Grandhomme towards the third man for a four.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni had reached the milesto

New Delhi: BJP national president Amit Shah will address his first public meeting in poll-bound Himachal Pradesh today.

He is expected to hold close to 15 meetings during his two-day visit to the hill state, party sources said.

The saffron leader will address four public meetings tomorrow and chair a num

As everyone wondered about the rise in Rahul Gandhi’s presence on Twitter, the Congress vice-president today revealed the ‘genius’ who was behind his tweets. It is ‘apparently’ none but his dog, Pidi.

Rahul Gandhi today tweeted a video of Pidi performing a trick, saying that “Pidi has come

New Delhi: A 49-year-old Delhi Police head constable was on Sunday found dead inside his government quarter under mysterious circumstances in northwest Delhi’s Jahangirpuri, the police said.

The body of head constable, Bhibidan, who was posted in Sixth Battalion of the Delhi Armed Police, was found, they sai

Ahmedabad: A Delhi-bound Jet Airways flight from Mumbai was today diverted to the airport here for “security reasons”, according to sources.

The flight 9W339, which took off from Mumbai at 0255 hours, landed at Ahmedabad airport at around 0345 hours.

A passenger onboard said the flight was di

Mumbai: The benchmark Sensex and the broader Nifty today jumped to new life highs of 33,295 and 10,369, respectively, with encouraging quarterly earnings sending out a positive signal among investors.

PSU, consumer durables, infrastructure and auto stocks remained in the lead. Positive Asian shares added to optimi