Prime Minister Narendra Modi was among the 11 candidates shortlisted by Time for its annual honour.
Indra Nooyi joins several prominent persons of Indian-origin who have donated generously to US universities.
The ICC on Thursday confirmed that an error by the host broadcaster during first day's play in the second Test between the West Indies and India in Barbados led to the wrong replay being shown to the third umpire, which led to India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni's dismissal.
The controversy over poor umpiring in the ongoing Test series between India and the West Indies has taken a new twist as it has now emerged that Mahendra Singh Dhoni was given out off a no-ball on the first day of the second match in Bridgetown, Barbados.
India's batting woes continued as the visitors suffered a humiliating 46-run defeat at the hands of England in the NatWest Women's T20 Quadrangular Series in Taunton on Sunday.
Fit-again opener Adrian Barath made his way in but the explosive Chris Gayle was once again left out of the 13-member West Indies squad for the fifth and final one-dayer against India in Jamaica on Thursday.
Usain Bolt completed another 100-200 double at the IAAF World Championships when he bested rival Justin Gatlin to the 200 metres title at the Bird's Nest.
Prince William and his bride Kate Middleton were bestowed with the titles Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on the day of their wedding in April 2011.
Led by the in-form Cheteshwar Pujara, India 'A' will eye revenge for the ODI series loss when they take on a confident West Indies 'A' in the unofficial three-Test series, starting at the Gangotri Glades, in Mysore, on Wednesday.
Images from the closing ceremony of the Commonwealth Games, on Thursday.
'The fruition of Nobel's hope lies in the response of a caring government that can rise above politics and propaganda, not in the frenetic raptures of a public that worships fame for fame's sake,' says Sunanda K Datta-Ray.
Edward Hess, Professor of Business Administration and Batten Executive-in-Residence, Darden School of Business, discusses the growth of technology and the challenges it creates for organizations with Sangeeta Tanwar.
Robert Pattinson shines in this movie which has a lesson you're not going to easily forget.
'I am proud of Maharashtra and the city of Mumbai, that this is a state which has done more number of tests than any state in India.' 'The more you test, the more number of cases you will pick up.' 'If you do not do the tests, then you are groping in the dark.'
Indian captain Mithali Raj on Tuesday created a world record by becoming the first player to cross 6000 runs in the history of women's ODI during the ICC World Cup match against Australia in Bristol.
India-born American doctor Jayant Patel, who is facing accusations of botching operations and causing death of three patients, failed to inform an Australian hospital about surgical restrictions placed on him in the US due to repeated negligence.
A section of the under-construction flyover near Lalbaug in central Mumbai collapsed on Tuesday evening. There have been no reports of casualties at the site.
After nearly 59 persons were hospitalised following the leakage of chlorine gas from a cylinder at the Mumbai Port Trust early on Wednesday morning, the government has sought the help of experts to prevent any further incident of this kind.
Jabir Moti, 51, who was arrested by Scotland Yard last year, appeared before the Westminster Magistrates' Court in London at the start of his trial.
Britain withdraws the 20-pound note featuring the image of composer Edward Elgar will be withdrawn from circulation
No one knows when the lockdown will end and people will get to meet in person, but hopes of finding their 'soulmates' is keeping the lights burning amid all the gloom and doom.
According to a study, men sometimes act less interested in sex, in order to get it.
The United States will continue to spy on foreign governments, President Barack Obama has said even as he assured German Chancellor Angela Merkel that he would not allow the surveillance mechanism to harm their bilateral relations.
Under mounting pressure from students and the Indian government, Australia's police on Thursday stepped up efforts to identify the killer of 21-year old Nitin Garg, who was brutally murdered recently. Inspector Bernie Edwards, Australia's leading homicide squad detective, appealed to public for information on the murder, which occurred in a Melbourne park last Saturday night as the 21-year old Indian was going to work at a nearby eatery. An information caravan was set up.
Ecuador said it would take months to decide on whether to grant asylum to United States whistleblower Edward Snowden, currently staying in Moscow airport for the fourth day in a row after fleeing Hong Kong.
The illegal modifications in the anti-ship Harpoon missiles is a provocative and destabilising action by Islamabad and threatens the "delicate" India-Pakistan ties, an influential US lawmaker has said.
Stephanie Meyer's bestseller series puts Emily Bronte's 1847 novel at the top of the Waterstone's classics chart.
West Indies cricket president James Cameron and Pakistan board chairman Najam Sethi have been awarded seats on the International Cricket Council's new executive committee, but South Africa has been snubbed from the game's new world order.
The Krishna-Godavari (K-G) basin may prove to be a much bigger play for Reliance Industries Ltd. This follows the announcement that its D4 block could hold twice the reserves of the in-production D6 block to the north.
Joe Root was named 'Test Player of the Year', 'Limited Overs Player of the Year' and Fans' 'Player of the Year' at England's annual awards ceremony on Monday. The Yorkshire batsman, 25, hit two centuries in England's Ashes triumph last year, scored four one-day tons and was his team's leading scorer at the recent World Twenty20 tournament in India. He overcame competition from Stuart Broad and Ben Stokes for the Test award and edged Jos Buttler and David Willey in the Limited Overs category, with both prizes decided upon by a media poll.
An American mountain biker was killed in a snowstorm in Lahaul and Spiti district of Himachal Pradesh where authorities rescued nearly 30 tourists, including foreigners.
Akeem Bloomfield announced himself as the latest 'next big thing' from Jamaica
New Zealand won a rain-affected fourth One-day International by 58 runs on Saturday to take a 2-1 lead over the West Indies in their five-match series.
A 61-year-old Indian man was found dead under an overpass bridge in Melbourne with stab wounds, a report stated on Monday.
Hailing the decision of the Supreme Court to appoint a two-member committee to oversee reforms in the Cricket Board after the removal of two top BCCI officials, some Olympians and Arjuna Awardees from other disciplines backed ex-cricketers Bishen Bedi and Kirti Azad to undertake the task. "The Hon. Supreme Court has given the onerous responsibility of suggesting names of eminent people who shall comprise a committee to oversee reforms in BCCI and state bodies which have been bedevilled by controversies and malfeasance," they said in a media statement following the apex court's ejection of Anurag Thakur and Ajay Shirke as President and Secretary of the BCCI.
West Indies piled on the misery for Bangladesh by ending the third day of the second Test in Gros Islet, Saint Lucia, with a huge 427-run lead with six second innings wickets remaining.
Deccan Chargers denied signing Pakistan all-rounder Abdul Razzaq amid reports that the player has been roped in as a substitute.
All-rounder Abdul Razzaq has become the first Pakistani player to fetch an Indian Premier League contract this year, signing up with Deccan Chargers.
An audio recording of the Beatles from 1966, in which John Lennon is asked about his comment that the band was more popular than Jesus, is expected to sell for about 13,400 pounds at auction.
The saga of conveying eternal desire by means of overwhelming looks, quivering lips and picture-perfect kisses continues in Eclipse, the third edition of the Twilight mania.
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