A magnificent double century by Cook has helped him to finish the year inside the top 10 batsmen in Test rankings, which were released today following the conclusion of the Melbourne and Port Elizabeth Tests.
Terming the policy of allowing Muslim women to perform Haj only in the company of a male guardian as "injustice", Prime Minister Narendra Modi said his government has removed the restriction following which hundreds of women have applied to travel alone for the pilgrimage.
The CPI(M)-led LDF government in Kerala on Sunday said the number of cases connected with political violence has come down in 2017, a claim disputed by opposition Congress and BJP in the state.
The national capital of India witnessed a 10 per cent growth in per capita income for the year 2016-17, stated a new report released by the Delhi government.
The about 90,000-personnel strong ITBP is tasked with guarding the 3,488 km long Sino-India border.
Two heavily armed militants stormed the 185th battalion camp of the Central Reserve Police Force in Awantipora in Pulwama around 2 am, killing a personnel and leaving two others injured.
An Indian Army brigadier, who was in an extra-marital affair with his senior, a Lieutenant Colonel's wife, will be dismissed from service, a general court martial (GCM) has ordered after intervention from the Army headquarters in New Delhi.
Baijal had returned the proposal to the Delhi government asking to reconsider it and raised several objections, including safety of citizens and corruption.
Six people were killed when a seaplane crashed into a river in Australia on Sunday, police said, with divers recovering three bodies so far.
The incident happened on Saturday when GoAir flight 140 landed at Patna airport.
Anjum Bashir Khan, a 27-year-old youth from Jammu and Kashmir, who was showered praises by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday, said he was grateful to the PM.
An estimated 655,000 Rohingya have left Myanmar since late August to escape what UN officials have termed ethnic cleansing with possible "elements of genocide".
Vice President Venkaiah Naidu has urged the Centre and state governments to invest more in the healthcare sector and educate people to get health insurance.
Shah is spending the last day of 2017 in poll-bound Karnataka
One a sporting icon with demi-god status who is rarely away from the headlines and the other a relatively low profile parliamentarian, the two Tendulkars in the Upper House of Parliament are a study in contrasts.
Anand has endured a tough year which included an early exit in the Chess World Cup in Georgia and finishing last in the recent London Chess Classic, before the turnaround towards the end of 2017.
The UN Security Council last month unanimously imposed new sanctions on North Korea for a recent intercontinental ballistic missile test.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's helicopter made an emergency landing in Faizabad on Sunday leaving the authorities in a frenzy.
Three injured jawans have been shifted to a hospital in Srinagar
The 2012 London Olympics bronze medallist shuttler said she was doing the training part but would need to strengthen herself while playing.
Garcia, who enjoyed a breakthrough season in 2017 when she reached a career-high world ranking of eight, took the first set 6-3 with relative eas
The heavily-armed men hurled grenades and opened fire, trying to enter the training camp located in Awantipora.
With latent demand for data fuelling the digital economy, 2018 could be the growth year for the sector where investment of around Rs 3 lakh crore is estimated to be made in next two years.
In a shocking case, a jilted lover first stabbed a woman to death and later committed suicide consumed poison.
Murray, who is in Queensland for the season-opening Brisbane International, has not played on the ATP tour since losing a tough five-setter to American Sam Querrey in the quarter-finals at Wimbledon.
