Veet Baljit

MUMBAI: In less than a week after he said that he would speak to National Cricket Academy (NCA) director Rahul Dravid and try and understand the problems concerning the premier BCCI institution, BCCI president Sourav Ganguly is walking the talk. Ganguly has invited Dravid to the BCCI headquarters in Mumbai on Thursday and the two former India cricketers, who were captain and vice-captain for a long period of time, are all set to discuss the issues surrounding NCA at length.

REWARI: The government said on Wednesday that it will provide free Wi-Fi services across villages connected through the Bharat Net optic fibre till March 2020. “We have already connected 1.3 lakh gram panchayats (GPs) through Bharat Net... Our target is to take this to 2.5 lakh. To promote utilisation of Bharat Net services, we will provide Wi-Fi free in all villages till March 2020,” telecom and IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said while inaugurating a Digital Village in Rewari, Haryana .

KOLKATA: Two-time former champions ATK made their Christmas celebrations special, pipping Bengaluru FC by a David Williams solitary strike to secure their first ever win over the defending champions in the Indian Super League on Wednesday. On a day the Sunil Chhetri-led side had better ball possession, Williams scored the winning goal with an explosive finish in the 47th minute after being set up by their captain Roy Krishna.