Puttur: Student falls from school bus, dies
Puttur, November 10: A student accidentally fell down from a moving school bus and died on Ishwaramangala- Patte road near Patladka in the taluk on Saturday.
The student has been identified as Gagan Alva (15), son of Padmanabha Alva of Anile in Badagannur village, studying in the 10th standard in Gajanana English Medium School. He used to commute in school bus every day. On Saturday afternoon, the incident happened while he was going home. He was standing on the footboard of the bus and when the bus took a turn at Patladka cross, the door of the bus opened suddenly and Gagan, who was standing on the foot-board, threw away from the bus.
The student who sustained severe head injury died on the way to a Puttur hospital. The boy survived by his father, mother and sister. Following a complaint from Padmanabha Alva, Sampya police registered a case.
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Rishabh Pant overtakes Kohli in Test rankings
Dubai, Oct 23: Rishabh Pant on Wednesday overtook his superstar India teammate Virat Kohli to reach the sixth spot in the ICC Test rankings for batters.
Fresh from a counter-attacking 99 in the second innings of the opening Test against New Zealand, Pant gained three spots in the rankings while Kohli, who made a fluent 70 in Bengaluru, dropped a place to be eighth.
Opener Yashasvi Jaiswal remains India's highest ranked batter at four. India captain Rohit Sharma dropped two places to be joint 15th alongside Sri Lanka's Dimuth Karunaratne.
England star Joe Root maintains a healthy lead at the top of the charts.
New Zealand duo of Rachin Ravindra (up 36 places to 18th) and Devon Conway (up 12 spots to 36th) also made good ground on the latest list for Test batters, while teammate Matt Henry (up two rungs to ninth with a new career-high rating) was the big winner in bowlers' category.
Henry picked up eight wickets during the Black Caps' drought-breaking eight-wicket victory over India in Bengaluru, while teammate Will O'Rourke (up two spots to 39th) was also rewarded for his seven scalps from the same match.
Pakistan spinner Noman Ali was re-instated at 17th on the rankings following his 11 wickets across two innings against England, while teammate Sajid Khan gained 22 places to move to 50th after he was adjudged Player of the Match in the same contest.
India's pace spearhead remains at the top of the bowlers' rankings followed by teammate R Ashwin. Retaining the seventh sport, Ravindra Jadeja is another Indian in the top-10.
