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In a touching gesture, the Andhra Cricket Association (ACA) will name two stands at the ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam after legendary Indian players Mithali Raj and Ravi Kalpana. The inauguration ceremony for the Mithali Raj Stand and the Ravi Kalpana Stand is scheduled for October 12, 2025, just before the high-stakes clash between India and Australia in the ICC Women’s ODI World Cup 2025. The decision was taken after star batter Smriti Mandhana’s request during the “Breaking Boundaries” fireside chat in August 2025 with Andhra Pradesh IT Minister Nara Lokesh, where she highlighted the absence of stadium stands named…

Bangladesh: Three more dengue fatalities raises 2025 death toll to 215 Dhaka, Oct 6 (IANS) As many as three people died in Bangladesh due to dengue in the past 24 hours till Monday morning, raising the total number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in the country in 2025 to 215, local media reported. The new fatalities due to dengue were reported in Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) and Khulna Division, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). During this period, 782 more people have been admitted to hospital with viral fever, increasing the total number of cases…

LONDON (AP) — U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday condemned a suspected arson attack on a mosque in an English coastal town, which police were investigating as a hate crime. No one was injured.The fire on Saturday night came two days after two men were killed when a knife-wielding assailant attacked their synagogue in Manchester on the holiest day of the Jewish year, in what authorities have called a terrorist assault. One of the victims was accidentally shot by an armed officer as he and other congregants barricaded the synagogue to block the attacker from entering.Starmer’s spokesperson said that…

Sunset Boulevard/Getty Images For better or worse, director Stanley Kubrick and author Stephen King are forever connected by “The Shining.” Kubrick’s movie deviates from the book — much to King’s chagrin — but not because he despised the novel. As a matter of fact, Kubrick was quite complimentary of King’s work — for the most part. In a 1980 interview with Spanish filmmaker Vicente Molina Foix (via Cinephilia Beyond), Kubrick revealed that “The Shining” was the first book sent to him for potential adaptation that he connected with. “‘The Shining’…

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The Election Commission on Monday announced the schedule for the Bihar Assembly elections, setting the stage for a high-stakes political battle in the state. The polls will be held in two phases — on November 6 and 11, with counting on November 14, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar announced in New Delhi. The entire election process will be completed by November 16, and the term of the current assembly expires on November 22. Bihar has 243 constituencies, including two reserved for Scheduled Tribes and 38 for Scheduled Castes. Amit Shah Congratulates Bihar, Hails ‘New Era of Governance’ Union Home Minister…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli authorities said Monday that they have deported to Greece and Slovakia another 171 people detained for taking part in a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, including prominent Swedish activist Greta Thunberg.Israel’s foreign ministry posted on X that “the deportees were citizens of Greece, Italy, France, Ireland, Sweden, Poland, Germany, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Austria, Luxembourg, Finland, Denmark, Slovakia, Switzerland, Norway, the UK, Serbia, and the United States.” The post included photos of Thunberg and other activists wearing white T-shirts and gray sweatpants. Israeli authorities rejected once again mistreatment accusations that have emerged in interviews with activists who were deported to…

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Cricket Australia (CA) on Monday announced that public ticket allocations for the men’s T20I game between Australia and India at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) have been fully exhausted, more than three weeks ahead of the fixture scheduled to be held on October 31.   Previously, public allocations for 12 days of the five-match Ashes series between Australia and England were exhausted. CA added that the extraordinary demand for the Melbourne T20I reflects the high interest surrounding India’s white-ball tour, which has now surpassed 175,000 tickets sold across eight matches. “The huge crowd anticipated for the Melbourne T20I is another…

CAIRO (AP) — Israel and Hamas are set to begin indirect talks on ending the war in Gaza on Monday after both sides signaled support for U.S. President Donald Trump’s peace plan.The talks in Egypt’s Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh are brokered by the U.S. and aim at hammering out details for the plan’s first phase. That includes a ceasefire to allow for the release of all remaining hostages held by Hamas in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in Israel.Trump’s plan has received wide international backing and raised hopes for an end to a devastating war that has…