* The wizard of spin and the keeper of Indian cricket’s conscience 

* Preparing for ground invasion… three circles of failure (on Oct 7): IDF

* In Maharashtra, both Deputy Chief Ministers support caste survey, cite Maratha quota 

* Centre clears voluntary retirement of Odisha CM’s aide Pandian

* Kerala board bans RSS activities on temple premises, Sangh blames CPM

* Ex-IPL cricketer’s sister, her child die in Mumbai fire, were visiting family

* Maharaja’s new clothes: Scindia remoulds as ‘karyakarta’

* Retired teacher, his ex-students keep Bengal village school alive