Here are the top evening headlines of the day.Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee Tuesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi joked about how the media was trying to trap him into saying “anti-Modi” things. Banerjee, who met PM Modi in New Delhi, told reporters: “He has been watching TV, he has been watching you guys, he knows what you are trying to do. So stop.” Banerjee called the meeting a “unique experience” and thanked the Prime Minister for giving him “quite a lot of time.” “PM talked a lot about his way of thinking about India which was quite unique. He spoke about the way in which he sees governance in particular and why sometimes the mistrust of people on the ground, colours the governance. It, therefore, creates structures of elite control over the governance process,” he said. Read More
India should stick to having five traditional Test centres, while the rotation of venues can take place for ODIs and T20s, said Indian captain Virat Kohli after winning the third Test at Ranchi on Tuesday. “We have been discussing this for a long time now. And in my opinion, we should have five Test centres. Period,” he said. “I agree that you know, state associations, rotation and giving games and all that. That's fine for T20 and one-day cricket. But Test cricket; teams coming to India should know we are going to play at these five centres. These are the pitches we are going to expect. These are the kind of people… they going to come…
