MUMBAI: Former India captain Sourav Ganguly will attend the BCCI Annual General Meeting on September 18 at the BCCI HQ here, as the representative of the Bengal Cricket Association, of which he is the president.31 out of 35 state units will attend the BCCI AGM, with four state associations being left unrepresented due to various…
Arthur aged seven found the tooth, PC: National Trust In August 2025, 7-year-old Arthur was exploring Lizard Point in Cornwall, the most southerly point of mainland Britain, when he discovered a collection of teeth in the ground. He showed them to Ken Wallace, a Wildlife Watchpoint volunteer who happened to be a retired dentist, and…
Meet Pragya: She could not take the JEE route during Covid, but her IIT dream found another path. (Photo: LinkedIn) For many students aspiring to study at an IIT, the journey seems to begin and end with one examination: the Joint Entrance Examination, or JEE. But Pragya’s story offers a different perspective. When the Covid-19…
Major Rishabh Sambyal served as President Murmu’s ADC before taking premature retirement after 12 years in the Army. For someone who had dreamed of wearing the Army uniform since childhood, taking it off was never supposed to be part of the plan. Yet, after nearly 12 years in the Indian Army, Major Rishabh Singh Sambyal,…
Date: Friday, 4 September 2026 (Smarta households) and Saturday, 5 September 2026 (Vaishnava sampradaya and ISKCON), based on the Ashtami tithi of Krishna Paksha, Bhadrapada, for New DelhiObserved as: Krishna Janmashtami / GokulashtamiBest reader action: Check your local panchang if you are outside India. What to keep ready before the sun goes down Start with…
Toxic Day 8 box office collection LIVE (Image Credits IMDb) Yash-starrer ‘Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-Ups’ is into its second week at the box office after delivering a blockbuster opening and crossing the Rs 200-crore mark in India during its first week. The Geetu Mohandas directorial opened with Rs 101.10 crore net on Day…
Asmita Dey poses with her gold medal during the victory ceremony for the Women’s 48kg judo event at the Commonwealth Games 2026, in Glasgow, Scotland. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: A four-medal haul in Glasgow has opened a new window of opportunity for Indian judokas. The sport’s Commonwealth Games success paved the way for overseas training…
Sikkim recorded the highest incidence among Northeast states, with 374 dengue cases in 2024. Using the state’s revised population estimate, the dengue incidence was 57.9 per lakh. NEW DELHI: Climate change, deforestation, unplanned urbanisation and poor drainage are creating conditions for mosquitoes and other disease-carrying vectors to spread into new areas of the Northeast, a…
The dispute was not about the eligibility for the chit prize or whether the claimant had won the bid. Won a chit prize but the payout is delayed? A Telangana consumer commission has upheld an order against Kapil Chits after holding the company responsible for delaying the payment of a Rs 15 lakh chit prize…
NEW DELHI: Shubham Gautam hails from Narora, a town located on the banks of the Ganga River in the Bulandshahr district of Uttar Pradesh. Narora is famous for its nuclear power plant, operated by the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL).In the NPCIL campus, Ankit Kumar Rajput runs a cricket academy, where he first…
