London: New Zealand cricket great Brendon McCullum was hired as head coach of England's Test team on Thursday in another bold appointment coming soon after the decision to select all-rounder Ben Stokes as captain.

Berlin: Astronomers on Thursday unveiled the first image of the supermassive black hole at the centre of our own Milky Way galaxy.

New Delhi: Driven by rising food and fuel prices, retail inflation soared to an eight-year high of 7.79 per cent in April this year, which may prompt the Reserve Bank to go in for another interest rate hike in the next month policy review to tame price rise.

Mumbai: Tata Sons on Thursday announced the appointment of Campbell Wilson as the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director (MD) of Air India.

Lucknow: The Allahabad High Court on Thursday dismissed a plea seeking a ''fact-finding inquiry'' into the history of the Taj Mahal and the "opening of 22 rooms'' on the monument's premises, saying the petitioner failed to point out which of his legal or constitutional rights were being infringed.

Elections will be held on June 10 to fill 57 Rajya Sabha seats from 15 states falling vacant due to the retirement of members on different dates between June and August, the Election Commission said on Thursday.

An offence has been registered against the captain of Chhattisgarh's Ranji Trophy team for allegedly getting a job in the office of principal accountant general audit here by submitting bogus documents, police said on Thursday.

Kanachur College of Physiotherapy & Kanachur Hospital & Research Centre in association with U.T Fareed Foundation (R) organized Late Naseema Fareed Memorial Lecture on May 12, 13 here.