Off-spinner Simon Harmer picked a six-wicket haul as South Africa defeated India by 408 runs in the second Test to complete a 2-0 series whitewash here on Wednesday.The loss marks another embarrassing chapter in India’s Test history as it was their biggest loss in terms of runs. It was South Africa’s first series win in India in 25 years.

Even as the BJP-led Union government made it clear that it has no intention of introducing a constitutional amendment Bill to bring Chandigarh under Article 240 of the Constitution in the upcoming Winter Session of Parliament, the political parties cornered the Bhartiya Janata Party.

Veteran actor Dharmendra, one of India’s most beloved and enduring film legends, passed away at his Mumbai residence on Monday at the age of 89. Filmmaker Karan Johar confirmed the demise in an emotional social media post. An official statement from Dharmendra’s family is still awaited. The news comes just weeks ahead of his 90th birthday on December 8.

As India’s first and only woman prime minister, Indira Gandhi reshaped the country with her policies dedicated to ameliorating poverty, deprivation, conflict, and inequality, Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi said on Wednesday.

The CPI(M) will launch a 1,000-km ‘Bangla Bachao Yatra’ on November 29, a statewide mobilisation it claims will expose “injustice, loot and systematic democratic erosion” under the TMC-led state government while countering what it calls the BJP-led Centre’s “anti-people policies” that have deepened distress across Bengal.

The United Nations has said that the verdict against Bangladesh’s ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina on charges of crimes against humanity is an “important moment” for the victims, but expressed regret over the imposition of the death penalty.