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Sher Khan, who is 8 feet and two-inch tall, visited several hotels in search of a place to stay but no hotel allegedly agreed to rent him a room courtesy to his height. (Photo: ANI)

8-feet tall Afghan cricket fan struggles to find place to stay in...

Ranu said the man will be staying in the city for the next four to five days.

7 Nov 2019 10:34 AM IST

The Indian rupee is totally correlated to the crude prices and as long as the crude remains above $70, the rupee will hold weak.

Rupee slips 14 paise to 71.11 against USD in early trade

Sustained foreign fund inflows, positive opening in domestic equities and easing crude oil prices supported the local...

7 Nov 2019 10:29 AM IST

A throw to the stumps deflected off the bat of a diving Ben Stokes as he tried to complete a second run and raced to the boundary, with Sri Lankan umpire Kumar Dharmasena awarding six runs to England. (Photo:AFP)

'I don't think it'll slow things down', Gilchrist on TV umpire for...

Gilchrist's remarks came after IPL's governing council on Tuesday said that they will introduce an extra umpire to...

7 Nov 2019 10:28 AM IST

The accident took place near village Samroli in Udhampur district around 2 AM when the driver of the truck lost control over the vehicle while moving from Srinagar to Jammu with a Bhakerwal family, a police official said. (Photo: Representational)

Tamil Nadu student kills warden after complaint to parents over...

According to police, student did not attend the college and was absent from the hostel for 4 days recently without...

7 Nov 2019 10:23 AM IST

Shweta Pandit and Hema Sardesai. (Photo: Instagram)

#MeToo: Shweta Pandit lashes out at Hema Sardesai for defending Anu...

Hema Sardesai had said that she was one of the few people who had raised her voice against abuse in her era.

7 Nov 2019 10:19 AM IST

In a video posted by the British daily, Nirav Modi can be seen sporting a handle-bar moustache and wearing an ostrich hide jacket, estimated to cost 10,000 pounds.

Nirav Modi tells UK court he'll 'kill himself' if extradited to India

Nirav Modi was taken back to Wandsworth prison in south-west London and will next appear via videolink before the same...

7 Nov 2019 10:09 AM IST

India batsman Rishabh Pant needs to improve his off-side game if he wants to graduate from being a one-trick pony, former Australia batsman Dean Jones has told Reuters. (Photo: AP)

Rishabh Pant is a 'young kid, learning his craft and one-trick pony'

The 22-year-old has received lots of flak lately from India's coaching staff, and pundits after losing his wicket...

7 Nov 2019 10:09 AM IST

Top gainers in the Sensex pack included SBI, Infosys, ITC, Sun Pharma, HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank, rising up to 2.64 per cent.

Sensex rallies 200 points to hit fresh high; Nifty above 12,000

The 30-share index was trading 202.93 points, or 0.50 per cent, higher at 40,672.71.

7 Nov 2019 9:59 AM IST

Indian batsman Shubman Gill on Wednesday said that it would be interesting to see how pink ball behaves under lights in Indias first-ever day/night Test slated to be played later this month. (Photo:ANI)

Would be interesting to see how pink ball behaves under lights:...

Bangladesh had defeated India on Sunday in the first T20I of the three-match series.

7 Nov 2019 9:56 AM IST

New Delhi said the step would further facilitate India-US trade and technology collaboration in defence and high technology areas.

4 Indian-Americans, including Muslim woman create history, wins state,...

Ghazala Hashmi, former community college professor, created history by becoming first Muslim woman to be elected to...

7 Nov 2019 9:53 AM IST

China has said it will lower carbon intensity and peak emissions by about 2030. (Photo: AFP)

Unprecedented global carbon pollution causing untold suffering

Scientists foresee 'untold suffering', another climate record falls.

7 Nov 2019 9:50 AM IST

Indian economic growth has steadily slowed to a six-year low of 5.0 per cent in the April-June quarter from an 8.1 per cent peak in the January-March quarter of 2018.

Slowing Indian economy spells tough times ahead for the rupee: report

A barrage of rate cuts from the RBI this year has done nothing concrete so far to revive a slowing Indian economy.

7 Nov 2019 9:47 AM IST