A British couple who were kidnapped in India have been rescued by police, officers said last night. The pair were abducted on 29 May in Chennai and apparently held for a £300,000 ransom.

Steven Davies hit 127 off just 104 balls to give Surrey a nine-wicket win over Hampshire in the Yorkshire Bank Pro 40 yesterday.

West Indian sets sets record ton for Bangalore against Pune

Top courses must be international if they want to compete, says Peter Brown

An Indian member of parliament on the future of a special relationship

Lib Dem leader to offer stark assessment of an unbalanced Britain in speech to be given today

View From the Middle: Keeping wickets in hand for those final overs is now the name of the game

You learn to not make eye contact with men, to avoid crowds, and to shield yourself with scarves and bags

Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin returned the best Test match figures by an Indian bowler against New Zealand to ensure an innings and 115-run victory on the fourth day of the first test.

Two universities are negotiating deals to outsource their services to private companies, in what could be a new model for higher education.

The woman who gatecrashed India's parade at the Olympic opening ceremony apologised today for her "error of judgement" and said she did not breach security at the London Games.

Factories and workshops across India are up and running again, a day after a major system collapse led to a second day of power outages and the worst blackout in history.

Who's that girl?

The woman who upset Indian athletes by gate-crashing their parade at the Olympic ceremony and walking with them was a “slightly over-excited” member of the opening event’s cast.