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A 12-year-old boy raised money by taking out his neighbours’ trash for four years to fulfil his dream of watching Australia take on arch-rivals England in the Ashes and was also rewarded with a bus ride with his heroes

Each team plays six series in the ICC World Test Championship, with a total of 120 points available from each series. These points will be evenly allocated across the number of matches in each series

PV Sindhu was the toast of the nation as she became the first Indian to win a badminton World Championships gold medal. Virat Kohli broke Sourav Ganguly’s Test record and England registered a historic Ashes Test win. All this and more in MyNation’s Sportstop weekly review show (August 19 to 25)
 

While former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti said on Sunday (July 28) “If any hand tries to touch Article 35A, it’s not only the hand, but the entire body that will be burnt to ashes”,  Omar Abdullah said that the central government should wait for Supreme Court's final verdict on Article 35A and Article 370
 

'When you hit 70 you feel (vulnerable) anyhow, but I guess I've got so used to bloody skin cancers over the years, and the fact that none of them have been melanomas, probably provides a bit of comfort. It may be naivety on my part,' Ian Chappell said

Fire engulfed a two-wheeler showroom near Indrali railway bridge (Udupi district) in Karnataka. It is said a short-circuit could be the reason behind the fire. The fire has reduced many two wheelers and their spare parts to ashes.

BJP leader Hanumantharaju's message included the picture calling Godse a "great patriot" and said his ashes have still not been immersed in the Sindhu river. Taking note of it, the Karnataka BJP has expelled him

Within half an hour of noticing the smoke, ashes and burnt leaves started flying into the nearby houses. The Varthur lake had earlier caught fire in March 2017

 

Former England captain Michael Vaughan said, 'Clearly, if you take the two best players out of any team they will struggle. But losing Smith and Warner is an easy excuse to hide behind. India were beaten 4-1 in English conditions last summer, although the matches were closer than the final score suggests, but would have beaten Australia 3-1 had it not rained in Sydney for the last two days'

A couple's corpse has been found in Karnataka's Kalaburagi district. Police officials say the remains might be of couple, who went missing three years ago.

It’s been 14 years since the life of the criminal Veerappan, who ruled the forests covering about 6,000 sq km in three different states for decades, turned into ashes.

After being informed about the protest, BJP workers started gathering at the office leading to a clash with Congress supporters. To avert any untoward incident, police rushed to the spot and used mild force