Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Dravid, Jaffer… and everyone else: When ‘blood spread at crease’ and Ganguly used all 11 players as bowlers in Test | Cricket News

Anil Kumble. (Photo/Getty Images) The fourth Test of the 2002 series between India and West Indies, played at Antigua, is widely remembered for Anil Kumble’s display of courage. In the second innings, Kumble bowled with a broken jaw, his face strapped with bandages, after being hit earlier in the match. That image remains one of…

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‘Zero appeals received’: CEC Gyanesh Kumar hails ‘successful’ SIR at IICDEM 2026 | India News

Gyanesh Kumar, Chief Election Commissioner NEW DELHI: Chief election commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar on Wednesday utilised the India International Conference on Democracy and Election Management (IICDEM) 2026 — which got underway here with the participation of delegates from 70 nations — as a forum to showcase the successful conduct of special intensive revision (SIR) in…

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Local audit push: CAG flags capacity gaps, calls for stronger PAIs and tech-led audits

The Comptroller and Auditor General of India has called for strengthening the institutional framework, professional capacity building and audit practices of primary auditing institutions (PAIs) responsible for local governments, highlighting the need to improve audit quality and transparency at the grassroots level, PTI reported.The call came at the conclusion of a three-day national workshop for…

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Year by year, visa by visa: How Trump is making international students reconsider the US

The first signs appeared quietly last spring. The Trump administration moved to cancel visas and deport dozens of international students across the country, including a handful enrolled at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.The cancellations were later reversed. But the episode triggered alarm inside university administrations that depend heavily on students from abroad. At Wisconsin, where roughly…

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Greenland & windmills: Trump’s unhinged Davos speech fact-checked; mentions India-Pak war again

Trump at Davos (Photo credit: AP) Donald Trump reignited tensions with Europe at the World Economic Forum in Davos by again asserting that the United States should acquire Greenland, insisting he wants “right, title and ownership” of the territory while claiming he would not use force. In a combative speech, the president mocked European allies,…

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EC seeks explanation from West Bengal govt over ‘procedural lapse’ in disciplinary action against poll officials | India News

NEW DELHI: Taking exception to the West Bengal govt’s decision to unilaterally exonerate Baruipur Purba assembly constituency (AC) assistant electoral registration officer (AERO) Tathagata Mondal and impose only a minor penalty against Moyna AC AERO Sudipta Das — despite clear instructions by the Election Commission dated August 5, 2025 to suspend and initiate disciplinary proceedings…

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