New Delhi: Captain Virat Kohli and opener Murali Vijay made a mockery of sub-par Sri Lankan attack with effortless centuries as India cruised to 371 for four on the first day of the third and final cricket Test.

Skipper Kohli (156 batting), who is on a record-breaking spree, smashed his 20th hundred in company of

Cyclone Ockhi, that killed 12 people in coastal Kerala and Tamil Nadu’s Kanyakumari district as of Friday, lashed the Lakshadweep islands resulting in damage to several houses.

It is likely to continue to move west-northwestwards across Lakshadweep islands during the next 24 hours and then recurve north-eastwards during the subse

New Delhi: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today sought Lt Governor Anil Baijal’s nod on the Delhi government’s decision of cancellation of DSSSB examination, question papers of which were allegedly leaked recently.

The Delhi Subordinate Services Selection Board (DSSSB) exam was held on October 29 for t

Washington: An Indian Amercian woman has announced that she will run for the next year’s election to the seat of US House of Representative from a Chicago suburb.

Vandana Jhingan, who is a journalist, will challenge Democrat Indian American Raja Krishnamoorthi, 44, who was elected to the US Congress for the

Surat: Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today welcomed the uptick in the Q2 GDP growth at 6.3 per cent but cautioned that it is too early to say there is a reversal in decline seen in the past five quarters.

Singh also said at this rate it is not possible for the Narendra Modi government to equal UPA governmen

 Infosys today said it has appointed Salil S Parekh as its CEO and Managing Director, concluding the 3-month high-profile executive search at the country’s second largest IT firm.

The Bengaluru-based firm had initiated the search after CEO Vishal Sikka resigned in August following a protracted acrimony between the management

Jammu: Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti was today re-elected the president of the Jammu and Kashmir People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for the next three years.

Mehbooba’s election for the sixth consecutive term was unanimous, party leaders said.

She thanked party leaders for “reposing their

New Delhi: An NGO spearheading the movement against triple talaq today welcomed the draft law prepared by the Centre to curb the practice, but demanded that it should also prescribe arbitration before divorce as well as ban ‘halala’ and polygamy.

According to the draft law, giving instant triple talaq

Lucknow: Challenging the BJP, Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati said today “with full confidence” that the saffron party would lose the general elections due in 2019 if ballot papers are used, instead of electronic voting machines.

Mayawati’s remarks came a day after her party came second to t

New Delhi: Virat Kohli became the fourth fastest Indian batsman to reach the landmark of 5,000 runs in the five-day format on the opening day of the third and final cricket Test against Sri Lanka here on Saturday.

The India captain reached the milestone in 105 innings — the same number as his England counter