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A source in the PCB said that the five-member panel appointed by the board to interview prospective candidates for the team management positions had nearly concluded its work

Apart from Ravi Shastri, the other big names who will give presentations to the three-member committee include former Australia all-rounder and Sri Lanka coach Tom Moody, along with ex-New Zealand and Kings XI Punjab coach Mike Hesson

From Ravi Shastri to Tom Moody, here are six names that are being considered for the post of coach for Team India. The final decision is yet to be taken.

The six candidates will give a presentation to the Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) headed by the legendary Kapil Dev, and a final decision will be arrived at by end of this week or early next week

President Mahinda Rajapaksa has named his brother Gotabhaya Rajapaksa for Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna presidency. Gotabhaya had led Rajapaksa's military campaign against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) between 2006 and 2009 and won the hearts of many.
 

Earlier, AAP's disgruntled MLA Alka Lamba had complained that her party had disrespected her on several occasions which prompted her to resign from the party and contest as an independent candidate in the upcoming Delhi Assembly polls.

Following the resignation of Karnataka Speaker Ramesh Kumar, deputy Speaker Krishna Reddy announced that election to the post will be held on July 31. Here is the list of probable candidates

 
 

Karnataka Congress MLA Zameer Ahmed Khan had challenged Yeddyurappa, saying that there was no way that the state BJP president would become the CM. “If Yeddyurappa becomes the chief minister, I will work as watchman in his house for a day”, Zameer had said earlier.
 

The Supreme Court on January 3 had asked Congress leader Ahmed Patel to face trial on BJP candidate Balwantsinh Rajput's election petition challenging the Election Commission's decision to invalidate the votes of the two rebel MLAs. 
 

Of the 10 MLAs who quit the Congress to join the BJP, three will be inducted into the Goa Cabinet. Three ministers from Goa Forward Party and an independent candidate will be dropped from the Cabinet.
 

For the six vacancies from Tamil Nadu, there were seven valid nominations. One of them, DMK's backup candidate, NR Elango had withdrawn, which left six nominees in the fray for the biennial elections to Rajya Sabha

The candidates have to undergo screening for physical fitness, medical examination and documentation. Successful candidates will then undergo a written test on July 28 and August 25. 

NR Elango, DMK’s back-up candidate for the Rajya Sabha poll has withdrawn his nomination. Elango had filed the nomination as a back-up for MDMK founder Vaiko at the MDMK leader's insistence to the DMK in this connection
 

Former soldier Tej Bahadur was featured in the news in 2017 after he released a video claiming the army men were being served substandard food. He was eventually dismissed from service.

Both the disgruntled MLAs indulged in "cross-voting" as they gave their votes to BJP candidates instead of Congress nominees, said a senior Congress leader