The word’s out. It’s not The Lunchbox, the critically acclaimed debut film of Ritesh Batra, that’s heading for the Oscars.

There is quaint irony in the fact that in a tournament based on the shortest format of cricket, two of the main draws are the oldest players playing the sport. Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar, both pushing 41, will be seen for the last time in T20s which gives the Champions League a dimension and romance of its own.

There is no let-up in ceasefire violation by Pakistani troops which indulged in unprovoked firing overnight on Indian forward posts along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district.

A recent tender floated by the Jharkhand government regarding procurement of Ready to Use Theraputic Food (RUTF) has invited trouble from the ministry of women and child development (WCD).

Pakistani umpire Asad Rauf is one of the 24 absconding accused in the cricket betting case in which Mumbai crime branch filed a chargesheet on Saturday. According to the crime branch, Mr Rauf placed bets on IPL matches, including those in which he officiated. He was also allegedly in touch with bookies and accepted expensive gifts from them.

For Mohammedan Sporting the long wait is over. For 73 years, their numerous fans in the walled city of Delhi, suffered repeated frustration as their favourite club failed to win a second Durand title, after their first ever triumph in 1940. They were runners-up in 1959, 1980 and 1992. On all three occasions they were fancied to win but it was always a case of so near and yet so far.

The death toll from an attack in northeastern Nigeria that saw insurgents dressed as soldiers set up checkpoints and gun down travellers on a highway has risen to at least 142, an official said Sunday.

In a shocking move, the managing trustee of a temple in Thrithala, Palakkad, has put up a board restricting entry to upper caste Hindus. Only Namboothiris and Embranthiris can enter Padinjatti (temple premises) while other upper castes can pray from outside the temple. Backward caste Hindus are also barred entry.

Waiting to be crowned for his third year as the BCCI boss, N. Srinivasan washed his hands off son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan on a day the former Chennai Super Kings official was named in the Mumbai police’s chargesheet.

Lalit Yadav scalped 2/26 before scoring 74 as Sporting Club beat Surinder Khanna Academy by six wickets in the quarter-finals of the RS Rawat Memorial Under-19 cricket tournament here on Sunday.