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Patankar: India's oldest cricketer

Mumbai, April 11 -- During his playing days, cricketer Chandrakant Patankar largely lived in the shadow of more accomplished players. Because his career coincided with that of the late Naren Tamhane, ... Read More


Thunderous Sooryavanshi steals the show, floors RCB

Mumbai, April 11 -- They had all come to watch Virat Kohli. They went away admiring Vaibhav Sooryavanshi. The predominantly Royal Challengers Bengaluru-leaning Guwahati crowd shifted loyalties almost ... Read More


The calm behind the storm named Mukul

Kolkata, April 11 -- It was not supposed to unfold this way. Chasing 182, Lucknow Super Giants were 128/7, their hopes thinning with every dot ball. The equation - 54 runs off 24 deliveries - felt les... Read More


Shetty upsets Christie, in Asian C'ships semis

NEW DELHI, April 11 -- Sitting courtside, coach Irwansyah Adi Pratama wore a slight smile on his face as he witnessed his new protege Ayush Shetty dismantle his old pupil Jonatan Christie's game. Havi... Read More


India drub Mongolia 3-0, to take on South Korea next in BJK Cup

New Delhi, April 11 -- India produced a clinical performance to outclass Mongolia 3-0 in the Billie Jean King Cup (Asia/Oceania Group 1) at the DLTA courts here. After losing to Indonesia a day before... Read More


'Completely broken' to Candidates leader

Bengaluru, April 11 -- In August last year, Vaishali Rameshbabu was "completely broken". She had lost seven games in a row and finished at the bottom of the field, with zero wins and just one point fr... Read More


'Personal reasons': UGC secy steps down

India, April 11 -- University Grants Commission (UGC) secretary Manish R Joshi has resigned from his post, according to an order issued by the commission on Friday. Joshi, who was appointed as UGC sec... Read More


Pioneering hip-hop producer dies at 68

India, April 11 -- Afrika Bambaataa, a man widely considered one of the main pioneers of hip-hop, died in Pennsylvania of prostate cancer on Thursday, according to his lawyer. He was 68. The rapper an... Read More


2-year-old stuck in Ujjain borewell dies

India, April 11 -- The body of a two-year-old boy who fell into a 200-foot borewell in Madhya Pradesh's Ujjain was recovered on Friday after a 22-hour rescue operation. The boy, identified as Bhagirat... Read More


'Civil war' between 2 chimpanzee factions

India, April 11 -- For two decades, researchers observed members of the Ngogo chimpanzee group of Kibale National Park in Uganda spend their days eating fruits and leaves, resting, travelling and groo... Read More