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Former militants to make sanitary pads in Assam

The hands that once trained to fire guns are now learning to make sanitary pads in Assam's Udalguri district. Image used only for representation. Photograph: Baz Ratner/Reuters Former women......

Rice Economy Faces Turmoil as El Nino Turns Up Heat

In the coming months, globally as well as in India, rice might remain a hot potato. IMAGE: Women plant rice saplings in a paddy field in Assam. Photograph: Anuwar Hazarika/Reuters A fortnight or......

Mamata calls emergency meeting as heatwave lashes Bengal

Western and southern parts of West Bengal sizzled on Tuesday as heatwave conditions scorched the state, prompting Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to convene an emergency meeting. IMAGE: Boys......

Stage set for Assam's final phase of polling in 40 seats on Tuesday

Assam is all set to witness direct and triangular contests in 40 assembly constituencies that are going to polls in the last of the three phases on Tuesday to decide the fate of 337 candidates,......

Why did Mamata call herself a 'big donkey'

West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Sunday blamed herself for not recognising the 'true face' of the influential Adhikari family of Purba......

Emami has built itself through acquisition, but...

Two young men jostle in a rickshaw as it clatters along a narrow, bustling lane of North Kolkata, each with a leg dangling over the side of the vehicle, a bulging sack of cosmetics nestled between......

Robust Q1 numbers set to drive Emami stock

The stock of consumer goods major Emami has corrected nearly 3.5 per cent since its 52-week high of Rs 546.25. On August 29, the stock closed at Rs 521.90 on the BSE. After underperforming......

How Mamata can woo big-ticket projects to Bengal

The words ‘industry’, ‘industrial development’, ‘jobs’, and ‘employment’ have been ringing with higher frequency since Mamata Banerjee stepped into......

Emami may sell land, non-core assets to cut debt

Last month, Emami Group completed divestment of its 100 per cent stake in Emami Cement to Nuvoco Corporation for an enterprise value of Rs 5,500 crore. Promoters of Emami may look at selling land......

Specialty teas become popular with Assam's growers

Sale of India's specialty tea varieties from exclusive estates in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh are on the rise in the domestic market, and sought after in overseas markets too. Mokalbari Tea......

Pugalist Nishant Dev books spot at Paris Olympics

IMAGE: Nishant Dev is the first Indian male boxer to book a berth for the Paris Games. Photograph: BFI/X Nishant Dev (71kg) became the first Indian male pugilist to secure a Paris Games......

Olympic Qualifiers: Ankushita, Nishant seal quarter spots

IMAGE: India's Arundhati Choudhary (66kg) in action during her win over Stephanie Pieneiro of Puerto Rico. Photograph: Kind courtesy BFI/X Former world youth champion Ankushita Boro (60kg) and......

Panghal in focus as Indian boxers fight in final qualifiers for Paris

Photograph: Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters Indian pugilists will be determined to overcome the recent setbacks both inside and outside the boxing ring when they aim for the last available tickets to the......

How Lovlina broke bronze medal jinx

'I had two bronze in Worlds and one in the Olympics. Worked really hard to change the colour' IMAGE: Lovlina has had a roller coaster of a year and a half. The Assam boxer, who prefers to keep a......

Asian Boxing Championships: Sumit advances to semis

IMAGE: Boxer Sumit Sangwan is now in the semis of the Asian Boxing C'ships. Photograph: Files Indian boxer Sumit (75kg) eked out a 3-2 win over Thailand's Borworn Kadamduan to advance to the......

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