Every harvest season, the outcomes are dreaded. Tomatoes get mushy, leafy vegetables go limp within hours of being cut. In Northeast India, most agricultural yields never make it to urban markets, the reason isn’t a lack of produce or demand, but because refrigerated vehicles are the only option, and their fuel and transit costs make…
Arjuna Award trophy, being held by a recipient, during the National Sports and Adventure Awards 2023 at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi. (left), and Union sports minister Mansukh Mandaviya (Photo/Agencies) More than six months after the selection committee submitted its recommendations, the National Sports Awards for 2025-26 are yet to be announced, leading to…
Former India cricketer Sunil Gavaskar (ANI Photo) Sunil Gavaskar has strongly defended the IPL and the BCCI amid renewed criticism from former players and commentators over the growing influence of franchise cricket on the international calendar.The debate intensified during and after the 2026 IPL season, particularly in England, where concerns were raised about players prioritising…
UGC NET City Slip Out: NTA Releases Advance Exam City Intimation For June 2026 Candidates UGC NET June 2026 city slip: National Testing Agency (NTA) has issued the advance intimation for allotment of examination city for UGC-NET June 2026. The slip is available for candidates on the official website ugcnet.nta.nic.in from June 10, 2026.According to…
Trinamool Congress, born from the grassroots in 1998, is seeing the ground slip from beneath its feet, with rebels asserting themselves in the assembly and Parliament.In 2011, Mamata Banerjee‘s party ended 34 years of Left rule in West Bengal, making her the state’s first woman chief minister and ushering in a 15-year stint in power….
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (Image credit: SLC) NEW DELHI: After a spectacular IPL 2026 campaign, the focus quickly shifted to 15-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and was expected he will continue his six-hitting spree in the India A tri-nation one-day series in Sri Lanka. However, things did not go according to plan for the young batting sensation in his…
Kuldeep Yadav (Photo by @BCCI on X) TimesofIndia.com in Mullanpur: On the eve of the one-off Test against Afghanistan, Team India head coach Gautam Gambhir categorically stated that one of Manav Suthar or Harsh Dubey would be the fourth spinner for the two-match series against Sri Lanka, scheduled for August this year.Suthar, who eventually got…
The National Testing Agency (NTA) is once again facing criticism after a section of candidates who appeared for the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) Entrance Examination 2026 alleged irregularities in their results.The NIFT 2026 final results for undergraduate and postgraduate programmes were declared on June 3. Soon after the results were released, students began…
Swapan Dasgupta (File photo) NEW DELHI: Newly sworn-in West Bengal ministers were allocated portfolios on Wednesday, with Swapan Dasgupta placed in charge of the finance department and Tapas Roy appointed as industries minister.Dasgupta was elected from the Rashbehari assembly constituency and is a former Rajya Sabha member.The allocation covered 13 Cabinet ministers and 22 ministers…
MUMBAI: Fresh from an impressive Test debut against Afghanistan in New Chandigarh, young left-arm spinner Manav Suthar is set for his first stint in county cricket after signing a short-term deal with Warwickshire.The 23-year-old made an immediate impact in his maiden Test, returning match figures of seven for 62 — including six for 33 in…
