In what could pass for a political comedy of errors, the Madhya Pradesh Assembly’s Winter Session, scheduled till December 5, ended with a whimper after lawmakers across party lines vanished from the House en masse to attend weddings.

For the past two years all public Christmas celebrations have been cancelled in Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank. 

​For the past two years all public Christmas celebrations have been cancelled in Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank.  

This was India’s 10th century opening stand against South Africa in ODIs, and the first since Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan put on 127 in the Champions Trophy 2013 match in Cardiff.