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At his IPL home, Varun can be the X factor for India

Kolkata, March 1 -- When Varun Chakravarthy walks out at Eden Gardens on Sunday, it can instinctively feel like a homecoming. In reality, it's more like than an examination. He has played here as a Ko... Read More


J&K clinches historic Ranji crown, end a 67-year wait

New Delhi, March 1 -- It was a team that had spent decades on the margins of Indian domestic cricket, but on Saturday, as captain Paras Dogra declared the innings, Jammu & Kashmir were no longer the u... Read More


Manhas on charting J&K's path to domestic success

MUMBAI, March 1 -- "Mithun Manhas' appointment in the Union Territory's cricket administration was a gamechanger for J&K cricket," says the state selection committee chief, Sarabjit Singh, the former ... Read More


India calls for restraint, dialogue to solve issues

New Delhi, March 1 -- India urged all stakeholders in West Asia on Saturday to exercise restraint and avoid escalation in the aftermath of US and Israeli attacks on Iran, calling for dialogue and dipl... Read More


The woods are lovely...

India, March 1 -- High in the forest canopy, long before we built cities or roads, life clung to branches.Our ancestors ate mangosteens and black junipers, and dug up tubers and roots. On an ill-fated... Read More


Mine craft: Space edition

India, March 1 -- How close are we to manufacturing in space, and what possible advantages could that have? For years, space, by which we mean the International Space Station (ISS) and other manned la... Read More


No losses, just grains: Can millets save the planet?

India, March 1 -- "A female elephant rubs against the white koothalam flowers, That have blossomed on dark green shrubs, Looking like white herons perched on the verdant foliage, Her skin is dotted by... Read More


In her own write

India, March 1 -- In 1947, Punjabi poet and writer Amrita Pritam (1919-2005) left Lahore, sought refuge in Dehra Dun and then went to Delhi to look for a job. She was 28 years old. While on the train ... Read More


Roles with the punches

India, March 1 -- In the history of Indian television, very few occupy the distinctive space that actor Mona Singh does. She entered the scene with the Hindi television show Jassi Jaisi Koi Nahin (200... Read More


For Indians in W Asia

India, March 1 -- The most immediately vulnerable are the estimated 9,000 to 10,000 Indians in Iran - mostly religious pilgrims and students without employer-backed infrastructure or corporate evacuat... Read More