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New Delhi, Dec 3: There is no stopping Virat Kohli. Just a day after becoming the first captain to register a hat-trick of centuries in a three-match series, the Indian skipper scaled yet another milestone when he scored his sixth double century, the highest as a captain. He overtook West Indies great Brian Lara, who held the record previously with five double tons in Tests. With a sixth double

Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 3: Ockhi, the cyclonic storm over Lakshadweep, continued to spell death and misery in Kerala on Saturday even as the official figure of fishermen rescued from the sea in joint operations of the Indian Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard crossed 400. Seven people, including five fishermen, brought to the shore by rescue teams were reported dead on Friday, taking the toll in the

Lahore, Dec 3: Mumbai terror attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed has confirmed that his banned outfit Jammat-ud-Dawah will foray into Pakistan’s political scene by contesting the 2018 general elections under the banner of Milli Muslim League, which is yet to be registered with the country’s election commission. Saeed, who was under house arrest since January this year, walked free on November 24 after

Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 2: The leader of the opposition in the Kerala Assembly Ramesh Chennithala today urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to declare cyclone Ockhi, which wrecked havoc in the state, Kanniyakumari in Tamil Nadu and Lakshadweep in the last two days, as a national disaster. In a letter to Modi, he requested that immediate central government assistance be provided in these places to

Surat, Dec 2: In a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, his predecessor Manmohan Singh on Saturday said Modi failed to understand the "pains" of his note ban and GST decisions were going to unleash on the people of his own home state. Calling demonetisation an "uninformed, half-baked crusade" and GST a "badly designed and hastily implemented" measure, Singh also lamented the "low-level

Lucknow, Dec 2: Questioning the magnitude of the Bharatiya Janata Party's win in Uttar Pradesh civic body polls, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday claimed that the party had performed well only on seats where EVMs were used for polling. "BJP has only won 15% seats in ballot paper areas and 46% in EVM areas," Mr. Yadav said on Twitter. Mr. Yadav did not elaborate or provide data for

Ernakulam, Dec 2: The coastal areas of Ernakulam district in Kerala on Saturday faced the wrath of raging sea in the wake of cyclone Ockhi. Nearly 2,700 people from 718 families were evacuated to seven shelters spread over five villages in Kochi taluk as on Saturday afternoon. The first casualty in connection with the natural calamity was also reported from the district as 42-year-old Rexon was

Colombo, Dec 2: Thousands took to relief camps in Sri Lanka and southern India on Saturday to escape rising floodwaters after a cyclone killed at least 26 people. Cyclone Ockhi has left 13 people dead in Sri Lanka and killed an equal number in India's Kerala and Tamil Nadu states since Friday as it churns in the Arabian Sea. Eleven people, mostly fishermen, remained missing in the two countries as

Washington, Dec 2: US President Donald Trump spoke over phone with Prime Minister Narendra Modi during which the two leaders expressed satisfaction over the recently concluded Global Entrepreneurship Summit co-hosted by the US and India last month in Hyderabad, the White House said today. President Trump's daughter Ivanka, who is also his senior advisor, had led the US delegation at the three-day

London, Dec 2: India has been re-elected to the Council of the International Maritime Organisation under a category that represents nations with the largest interests in international sea borne trade. India was re-elected to the body under Category B at an assembly of the organisation at its headquarters here yesterday. Indian High Commissioner to the UK Y K Sinha represented India at the assembly