Kolkata, Nov 22 (PTI) Virat Kohli on Friday became the fastest to 5000 runs as captain, completing the feat in 86 innings during day one of the Day/Night Test between India and Bangladesh here.
As captain, Kohli was also the quickest to 4000 Tests runs (65 innings). He is the sixth captain to reach the 5000-run mark.
Varanasi (UP), Nov 22 (PTI) A group of Banaras Hindu University students protesting against the appointment of a Muslim professor at the Sanskirt literature department ended their 'dharna' on Friday.
The university had announced on Thursday that classes at the department would resume, indicating that the stir against the appointment of assistant professor Feroze Khan had ended.
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 22 (PTI) A physical education teacher of a government school here was arrested on Friday for alleged sexual harassment of his students, police said.
Bobby Joseph, accused of having unnatural sex, was arrested based on multiple complaints against him, they said.
Ghaziabad, Nov 22 (PTI) A man was arrested here for posting communally sensitive messages on social media, police said here on Friday.
Mehtab Pathan, a resident of Eidgah Mohalla here, had lodged a complaint with police on Thursday, alleging that Gulshan Rajput, a resident of Railway Road, had uploaded objectionable posts on Facebook and WhatsApp, which might disturb peace and harmony, DSP (Sadar) Anshu Jain said.
Noida (UP), Nov 22 (PTI) An FIR has been registered against a lawyer who has been accused of rape by a woman police constable in Greater Noida, officials said on Friday.
Both the accused as well as the victim hail from Meerut district but the alleged incident took place at the constable's house in Beta 2 police station area here in June this year, the officials said.
Nagpur, Nov 22 (PTI) A tiger on Friday killed a bull and a cow in Parseoni tehsil in Maharashtra's Nagpur district, an official said.
The cow and bull belonged to Hemraj Meshram and were in his field when the big cat attacked, he said.
Meshram said he had sustained a loss of Rs 50,000 due to the death of his cattle and demanded that state authorities pay compensation.
New Delhi, Nov 23 (PTI) The BJP-NCP government took charge in Maharashtra on Saturday after the President's rule, imposed in the state a fortnight ago, was revoked at 5.47 am.
According to a Home Ministry notification, President Ram Nath Kovind issued the proclamation for revocation of the central rule this morning.
Thane, Nov 23 (PTI) A district court sentenced a 25- year-old labourer to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping his 17-year-old neighbour in Maharashtra's Thane district.
In an order issued on November 18, additional sessions judge P P Jadhav also fined the accused Mubarak Mohammadali Sayyad a sum of Rs 25,000.
Latehar (Jharkhand), Nov 23 (PTI) Four police personnel have been killed in a Naxal attack near a village in Latehar district, police said on Saturday.
Armed Maoists opened fire on a patrol van near Lukiatand village under Chandwa police station on Friday night, killing the four policemen, including an assistant sub-inspector (ASI), they said.
The deceased have been identified as ASI Sukra Oraon and home guard jawans Sikander Singh, Jamuna Prasad and Sambhu Prasad, a police officer said.
Sukma, Nov 23 (PTI) A naxal was killed in an encounter with security forces in the forests of Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Sukma district on Saturday morning, police said.
The skirmish took place in the forest near Muler village under Fulbagdi police station area, when a team of District Reserve Guard was out on a counter insurgency operation, Sukma superintendent of police Shalabh Sinha said.
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