Isfahan has several military bases and facilities and is believed to have been one of several launch sites for Iran’s attack on Israel on Saturday night. Two US officials confirmed Israel was behind the attack. The Israeli government told officials and embassies not to confirm or discuss the strike, a fairly common practice, according to Israeli officials. Iran did not accuse Israel of launching an attack and state media mostly downplayed the incident, saying no damage was caused.

It took the mighty Brian Lara ten long years to surpass his own record of 375 and go down in history as the first batsman to ever score a 400 – a number that has dominated the political discourse in the Lok Sabha elections. As a nation that loves cricket as much as elections, parallels between the two are inevitable.

A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justice JB Pardiwala took note of the submissions of a lawyer representing petitioner Hiren Gohain, a Guwahati resident, and issued notices to the state government and the union ministries of Home Affairs and External Affairs