COLOMBO: Dinesh Chandimal was named skipper of Sri Lanka's test team today, while fellow batsman Upul Tharanga has been tasked with leading the limited-overs squads after Angelo Mathews relinquished the...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court today decided to constitute a five-judge Constitution bench for an urgent hearing of the main Aadhaar matter, most likely to be heard on Tuesday. The...

New Delhi: BJP chief Amit Shah today strongly dismissed Opposition criticism about the alleged 'jobless growth' in the country under the Modi government and asserted that on the contrary through...

New Delhi: The Election Commission took a U-turn today on the issue of a PIL seeking permanent ban on the convicted and charge sheeted Members of Parliament and state Legislative...

New Delhi: In an effort to enhance B2B collaboration which would subsequently help in employment generation, the Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was apprised of Memorandum of...

New Delhi: Hyundai Motor India Ltd (HMIL), the country’s second largest car manufacturer and largest passenger car exporter, today launched the 3rd Phase of Happy Move - ‘Save Our Heritage’...

New Delhi: Amidst widespread reports of Ravi Shastri being appointed as Team India coach, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) today refused to confirm the development and...

CAIRO/BEIRUT: The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights told Reuters today that it had "confirmed information" that Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been killed. The report came just days...

ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell today agreed to pay a fine of about 257 million rupees (2.4 million dollar) in compensation for a tanker truck explosion that...

New Delhi: The standoff with China on the tri-junction in Bhutan near Sikkim border may well continue till winter, as India appears to be in no mood to budge from...