Proteas face selection dilemma for first Test

The World Test Championship (WTC) titleholders, South Africa, are gearing up for one of their toughest challenges yet — a two-match Test series against India on the latter’s home soil.
With the opening encounter scheduled at the iconic Eden Gardens in Kolkata, questions loom large over South Africa’s final playing XI.

No rank turner requested for SA Test: Ganguly

The Indian team management has not asked for a rank turner for the opening Test of the two-match series against South Africa beginning at the Eden Gardens on Friday, Cricket Association of Bengal president Sourav Ganguly said on Monday.

B’desh BNP infighting kills one, injures 18

Bangladesh’s BNP is facing escalating factional violence ahead of elections, with clashes between nominated candidates and those denied tickets across multiple districts. In Mymensingh, 35-year-old supporter Tanzim Ahmed Abid died, likely of a heart attack

KP CM booked for remarks against state bodies

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi has been charged under the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA) for allegedly making “false, misleading and derogatory statements” about state institutions.

Trump booed at NFL game

President Donald Trump, became the first sitting US president in nearly 50 years to attend a regular-season NFL game, appearing at the Washington Commanders’ matchup against the Detroit Lions. His visit marked only the third time a president attended a regular-season game in office, after Richard Nixon in 1969 and Jimmy Carter in 1978. Trump was shown on the stadium videoboard late in the first half, standing in a suite alongside House Speaker Mike Johnson, and was met with boos both when introduced by the stadium announcer at halftime and during an on-field military oath ceremony.

Russia, India to ink labour deal during Putin’s visit

India and Russia are expected to sign a bilateral mobility agreement during President Vladimir Putin’s visit to New Delhi in the first week of December.
This accord will establish a framework for legal migration, protection of workers’ rights and expansion of skilled Indian manpower in Russia as the post-Communist nation is feeling an acute shortage of qualified and skilled workers in its expanding economy.

Crude bomb blast at Grameen Bank HQ

A crude bomb exploded early Monday outside the headquarters of Bangladesh’s Grameen Bank, founded by Nobel laureate and interim government Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus, in Dhaka’s Mirpur area, police said.

Typhoon Fung-wong kills 8 in Philippines

Typhoon Fung-wong blew out of the northwestern Philippines on Monday after setting off floods and landslides, knocking out power to entire provinces, killing at least eight people and displacing more than 1.4 million others. The typhoon was forecast to head northwest toward Taiwan. Fung-wong lashed the northern Philippines while the country was still dealing with the devastation wrought by Typhoon Kalmaegi, which left at least 224 people dead in central provinces on Tuesday before pummeling Vietnam, where at least five were killed.

RS Bharathi petitions TN EC

R. S. Bharathi, the Organisation Secretary of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), on Monday met the Chief Electoral Officer of Tamil Nadu and submitted a formal representation to the Election Commission of India (ECI), urging the deferment of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR)