Jasprit Bumrah (Image credit: BCCI/IPL) NEW DELHI: Former India captain, 1983 World Cup winner and former selector Kris Srikkanth lavished praise on Jasprit Bumrah for his leadership during Mumbai Indians’ six-wicket victory over Punjab Kings in Dharamsala. Bumrah’s maiden outing as Mumbai Indians skipper turned into a memorable one as he guided the side to…
NEET-UG aspirants queue up outside an examination centre in Guwahati Guwahati: Challenging for some, moderately tough for many, and downright tricky for others — the NEET-UG re-examination turned into a true test of endurance and resilience for thousands of candidates in the city.As students emerged from examination halls with mixed reactions, one sentiment was common:…
NEW DELHI: On a night where milestones beckoned, Sanju Samson chose substance over statistics, guiding Chennai Super Kings to a vital win with a match-winning unbeaten 87 against Delhi Capitals at the Arun Jaitley Stadium.Samson admitted after the game that the thought of a third century this season had crossed his mind, but winning the…
NEW DELHI: NEET-UG 2026 saw a sharp rise in top scores after the paper-leak controversy and nationwide retest, with Punjab’s Aryan Gupta topping the exam with a 715 score. Haryana’s Panshul Bansal who also scored 715 out of 720 is the second topper based on a tie-breaker rule. Their score was 29 marks higher than…
Picture for representation purpose only Pune: The Pimpri Chinchwad crime branch on Thursday arrested two men in Chakan and seized 84kg of ganja worth Rs42 lakh. The police also seized an SUV allegedly used to transport the contraband.A team from the anti-narcotics cell, led by senior police inspector Mahesh Patil, nabbed the duo — Aniket…
VB-G RAM G__ India’s new rural jobs scheme promises more work but shifts burden to states (PTI image) The Centre’s newly launched Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G), which replaces the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), could improve rural incomes through higher wages and increased employment guarantees.However,…
Lucknow: The UP govt has directed all district authorities to make elaborate arrangements for the observance of ‘PM-Kisan Utsav Divas on June 20, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi will release the 23rd instalment of the PM-Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme from Tarakeswar in Hooghly district of West Bengal.In a directive sent to all DMs and divisional…
Sunetra wins by 2.18L votes, tells party to let work speak PUNE: Deputy chief minister Sunetra Pawar, riding a sympathy wave, on Monday won the Baramati bypoll by a margin of 2,18,034 votes, the highest-ever recorded by any candidate in an assembly election in the country.She polled 2,18,969 votes and New Rashtriya Samaj Party candidate…
Photo credit: Dr. Philip Matthews For years, scientists have believed one major reason insects are almost absent from the ocean is simple physics: their air-filled bodies would collapse under deep-water pressure. But a tiny insect larva living in Africa’s Lake Malawi is challenging that idea in a surprising way.Every day, billions of lake fly larvae,…
Hyundai Motor India has confirmed plans to launch two completely new SUVs in the country during FY27. The announcement was made as part of the company’s financial results for FY2025-26, where Hyundai also outlined its future growth and expansion plans for the Indian market.One of the upcoming models will be a new mid-size SUV powered…
