Here's the top headlines you need to know with your morning cup of joe or chai. Some of the tos stories of the day are as follows.

Priti Patel in UK cabinet, Vijay Sethupathi in new bio and bowler Tim Murtagh literally blew away England's batting order.

Mamata backs eminent citizens' open letter to PM on hate crimes
After a group of eminent citizens expressed concern at the number of "religious identity-based hate crimes" in a letter to the prime minister, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Wednesday that whatever they stated was "quite right" and that she had been "saying it for a long.

Who is Priti Patel, Britain's first Indian-origin home secretary?
Within hours after Boris Johnson was announced as the PM of United Kingdom, it was revealed that he appointed Priti Patel to the post of home secretary. The post previously held by Sajid Javid, is one of the four key positions in Johnson’s cabinet. Priti, has been known to be close to grassroot Conservative Party MPs, and this certainly makes her an asset.

BJD wins crucial Patkura bypolls. But, their troubles are far from over
The ruling Biju Janta Dal (BJD) comfortably won the Patkura bypolls, with its candidate Sabitri Agrawal securing the assembly seat in Kendrapara district of coastal Odisha with a margin of more than 17,000 votes against veteran politician and BJP candidate Bijoy Mohapatra, known as the bête noire of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. The byelection was the first one after Naveen Patnaik took charge as chief minister for the fifth consecutive term.

One-off Test: Ireland take 122-run lead over England on dramatic day 1

Ireland ended England's World Cup honeymoon in dramatic fashion on Wednesday, bowling out the host nation for 85 and taking a 122-run lead on the first day at Lord's to raise hopes of, possibly, the biggest shock in Test history.

Tim Murtagh blew away the England top- and middle-order with a five-wicket haul on a ground where he plays for Middlesex.

Vijay Sethupathi to play Muttiah Muralitharan in biopic on the cricketer
Tollywood actor Vijay Sethupathi will play Muttiah Muralitharan in the official biopic of the legendary Sri Lanka cricketer to be made in Tamil, the production company said on Wednesday.

The film, chronicling the life and times of one of the world's finest and greatest cricketers, will be produced by DAR Motion Pictures and directed by M.S. Sripathy.