After becoming the highest run getter in Test cricket, the Liitle Master Sachin Tendulkar has catapulted back among the top 20 Test batsmen in ICC test rating.
Now he stands at number 19 in the ICC list. He was at 24th spot before the biginning of Mohali test; that was his lowest position in last 15 years.
In the same match the 35-year-old Mumbai player became the highest scoring Test batsman in history of world cricket overtaking the record of 11,953 runs set by West Indies' Brian Lara.
The Maharaja of Indian cricket Sourav Ganguly, who hit a century in the first innings of the second Test has also improved his position. The ranking shows his position at 23rd.
Mumbai, Oct 24 : A Kalyan court will today hear the case of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray in connection with recent attacks on North Indians by his workers.
The riot-hit Kandhamal district of Orissa is slowly returning to normalcy. District authorities have lifted the prohibitory orders under Section 144 CrPc from entire district from today. But the night curfew in five worst affected police stations will continue.
District collector of Kandhamal Dr. Krishan Kumar said, "The night curfew would be lifted at any time from these areas while reviewing the law and order situation. There is no news of any untoward incidents in last fortnight."
New Delhi, Oct 24 : India and Pakistan will hold a special session of the Joint Anti-Terror Mechanism (JATM) here today, in which investigations in the terror attack on Indian Mission in Kabul are likely to figure prominently.
The Indian side will be led by Vivek Katju, Special Secretary (International Organisations) in the External Affairs Ministry while the Pakistani delegation will be headed by Aizaz Ahmad Choudhary, Additional Secretary (South Asia) in the Pakistan Foreign Ministry.
Moscow - Some 15 people were kidnapped by alleged Islamic militants in Russia's strife-torn North Caucasus region, while at least eight police officers were injured in mine explosions, media reports said Friday.
Masked gunmen abducted up to 15 civilians in the Russian republic Ingushetia, the Interfax news agency reported the republic's Interior Ministry as saying.
In Chechnya, eight police officers were injured when two mines exploded in buildings, the agency said. Both incidents took place late Thursday evening.
New Delhi, Oct 24 : India and Pakistan will hold a special session of the Joint Anti-Terror Mechanism (JATM) here today, in which investigations in the terror attack on Indian Mission in Kabul are likely to figure prominently.
Moscow - Some 15 people were kidnapped by alleged Islamic militants in Russia's strife-torn North Caucasus region, while at least eight police officers were injured in mine explosions, media reports said Friday.
