Riding on a sensational century in his Test comeback, wicket-keeper-batter Rishabh Pant re-entered the ICC rankings at an impressive sixth position but India skipper Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli slipped.

India’s ‘golden generation’ of chess players is relishing its triumph in the Chess Olympiad in both the Open and Women’s sections. Hailed as ‘super heroes’, ‘role models’ and ‘kings and queens of 64 squares’ after their remarkable display in...

Hurricane Helene killed more than 130 people across North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee and Virginia, and the death toll is expected to rise once rescue teams reach isolated towns and telecommunications are restored.

The BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in California was desecrated with anti-Hindu messages, the second such incident in the US in the past 10 days

The US Muslim advocacy group Emgage Action endorsed Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris despite its ongoing concern over the war in Gaza, saying former President Donald Trump posed a greater danger with his promise to reinstate travel...

The ministerial panel on GST rationalisation has discussed proposals to rework the rates on over 100 items, apart from merger of the 12% and 18% slabs, but has opted to analyse it in detail, before finalising its recommendations.

Sri Lanka has restored an online visa application platform to encourage tourism after its top court suspended a controversial multimillion-dollar deal that outsourced visa processing to a foreign consortium. The government of newly elected President...

Singapore's former Transport Minister S Iswaran has pleaded guilty to receiving gifts while in office, local media reported, as proceedings began in a rare graft trial involving a state official in this Asian financial hub.

Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif accused India of “massive expansion of its military capabilities” and issuing threats to cross the LoC for taking over Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, as he raised the Kashmir issue again in his UNGA address. He demanded...