In photos: Homecoming parades welcome the beauty queen.
In women's sprint, Triyasha Paul finished 0.722 seconds behind her opponent, Mina Sato of Japan, in the 1/16 final. Later in the day, the Indian will compete against South Korea's Hyeonseo Hwang in the repechage round, which gives her another shot of making it to the quarter-finals.
Who do you think should be part of India's playing for the fifth Test against England?
A Good Samaritan from Delhi ended the concerns of a worried family of a South African teacher of Indian-origin, who had gone missing in India last month.
The Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad has topped the overall rankings this year.
Foreign policy is always a work in progress and ups and downs are built into foreign policy process. What is permanent is national interest. Hopefully, this year, which will also witness general elections in the country, will also clear clouds in the foreign policy horizon, observes Rup Narayan Das.
It rained in the periphery of Delhi -- Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh and Karnal in Haryana -- but clouds hovered over the national capital, without giving any relief from the heat.
Jadeja raised 81 runs for the unbroken eighth wicket with Axar Patel (52) to drive home India's advantage.
'It's dull because this time the election is spread over such a long period.'
'During the making of the film, he (Rishi Kapoor) kept fighting with Ayan and me.' 'Who takes so long to make a film? Who spends so much money?' 'Ranbir, you are not making a penny on this film. Who will watch a VFX film in the country?'
'It is important to understand that the disability is not in the person.' 'The problem lies in societal attitude and the discriminatory treatment given to disabled people in our country.'
The Kukis have already declared that they are not fielding any candidate in the parliamentary polls as an act of boycott.
Hardik Pandya was missing from the squad as he has not joined the team yet.
India, missing their top players, aim to punch above their weight and seal a memorable series victory against South Africa in the third and final ODI in New Delhi on Tuesday.
Australia coach Andrew McDonald made no bones about his team's capitulation in the second innings of the second Test in Delhi.
...close to the 2024 general election. The BJP calling the Congress 'seasonal Hindu' is as laughable as the saffron party sparing itself the title of 'seasonal extreme Hindu.'
How else should one describe its election campaigns of the past years?
It was typically obsessive religion and personality cult with economic development for fig leaf, asserts Shyam G Menon.
"NDA is a beautiful rainbow of regional aspirations... So nation's development through the development of states... At a time when we are working for a developed India, NDA is taking the lead in showing the spirit of sabka prayas," he said.
'We'll see how he goes in the build-up and make that decision when we get on the ground in India'
Images from the third and final One-Day International between India and South Africa in Delhi on Tuesday.
The gorgeous beauty queens who put India on the world map.
It pains former F1 driver Karun Chandhok to see that interest in motorsport in India has declined drastically.
The open buggy was seen as a security threat by the security agencies then, following which the traditional carriage was replaced by bullet-proof cars.
The 2023 World Cup culminated with Australia extending their World Cup title wins to six with a six-win over India in the final played here on Sunday.
As the year 2023 comes to an end, a look at some newsy events that shaped the world in the first half of the year.
The injury-hit Indian team brought in left-arm wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav as they aim to salvage some pride in the third and final ODI against Bangladesh on Saturday.
'Rahul Gandhi is going to turn 54 and in India political leaders peak when they are around 60.' 'This 'bhai-behen ki jodi' has done a wonderful job for the Congress.' 'Priyanka Gandhi was a very effective campaigner.'
The 42-day break would give Kohli the time to introspect, and rejuvenate his cluttered mind.
Punit Bisht recalls emotional stand with old buddy Kohli
Earlier this week, the Congress claimed that the BJP had "abducted" some MLAs of the ruling party as well as its allies BSP and the SP to bring down the Madhya Pradesh government.
'It's amazing how the mommy brain can do so many things at the same time.'
Australia have won only four Test series in India in three quarters of a century of touring the country, the last coming in 2004.
February is a slow month when it comes to original Hindi content on OTT.
'But he was very quick and did a very stylish adab.' 'Of course, I didn't expect him to hug.'
Pant returned to competitive cricket in this IPL after recovering from a life-threatening road mishap in December 2022, and this was his first fifty in three games this season.
16 Indian Army divisions face China, 20 face Pakistan and two divisions are reserves. This powerful signal can hardly be missed in China or Pakistan, notes Ajai Shukla.
It is thanks to the policy of liberalisation conceived by Manmohan Singh and enforced by P V Narasimha that the Indian economy has now become the world's 5th largest economy by nominal GDP, asserts Dr Sudhir Bisht.
Though Covid cases are rising in Delhi and its satellite towns, the focus should be on hospital admissions that have remained the same or changed just marginally, say several scientists, underscoring that the uptick is not an indication of a fourth wave in the country at this point.
Rishabh Pant is currently recovering after undergoing treatment for his injuries.
An Indigo flight from Bagdogra came close to a descending Air India plane over Bagdogra in West Bengal on Friday afternoon, raising the spectre of a collision and giving scare to about 250 passengers on board the two aircraft.
