Day before crucial meet with govt, farm leaders insist on MSP ordinance

A day before the crucial meeting with Union ministers, farm leaders on Saturday asked the Centre to bring an ordinance on giving a legal guarantee to minimum support price, while a tractor march......

TN allows liquor only at IPL, investors' summit, bans in marriage halls

The Tamil Nadu government late on Monday amended the gazette notification to remove marriage halls from the purview of granting special licence to possess and serve liquor. Image used for......

AWESOME Images Of The Heavens!

The Royal Observatory Greenwich has announced the shortlisted images for the 2022 Astronomy Photographer of the Year! The Awe-Inspiring scenes of the Milky Way rising, galaxies colliding, stellar......

2 SpiceJet flights suffer snag, 1 had to land in Pak

SpiceJet's Delhi-Dubai flight suffered a mid-air malfunction in its fuel indicator on Tuesday and was diverted to Karachi and cracks developed on the windshield of another plane of the budget......

Uttar Pradesh and its 'sugarcane politics'

Sugarcane has a bearing on 100-odd assembly seats in western UP; any let-up in this space could have a serious impact on any political party's chances of forming the government in  Lucknow.......

Why onions make us cry

'Electronic media splash sensational headlines of the bulb prices about to cross the three-figure mark and focus on customers looking longingly at baskets full of onions, bemoaning their misery......

Potato farmers want Pepsico to withdraw the cases unconditionally

With support from other farmer organisations and activists, including RSS-affiliate Bharatiya Kisan Sangh, the potato growers have not only sought compensation but also called for boycott of the......

PepsiCo offers out-of-court settlement to potato farmers

Firm had sued them for buying seeds and selling a potato variety used for making Lays chips, It has been suggested that the farmers give an undertaking that they would never buy and sow the......

Sonakshi Sinha holidays in Miami!

The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities: Sonakshi Sinha is currently holidaying in Miamia. She posted a picture on Instagram and wrote: ‘So windy! #soMiami......

FL: Anoop Menon and Jayasurya in Hotel California

Jayasurya was the hero of Anoop Menon's debut film, Kattuchembakam. Since then, the two have been close friends.They have been instrumental in the success of films like Cocktail, Beautiful and......

FL: Cyberyugadhol Nava Yuva Madhura Prema Kavyam

A team of like-minded friends has just let the cat out of the bag after running a sustained ad campaign for several weeks. This team published a unique crossword puzzle in the media inviting......

Readers' choice on the best, worst actors of 2002

Thu Dec 26 21:01:21 2002 Name:ajit gokhaleCity, Country:usaYour Views:I think Anil kapoor was the best in Nayak.He is an in-depth actor above all the current crop. (I think Amitabh is running out......

PIX: Messi, Suarez soak in some Ibiza sun

IMAGE: Lionel Messi with wife Antonela Roccuzzo on holiday in Ibiza. Photograph: FCBarcelonaFl/Twitter   What do you do when your football team fails to defend a league title? You sit and......

Nadal, Gauff nominated for Laureus awards

Rafael Nadal is in contention for the 'World Sportsman of the Year' award alongside six-time Formula 1 World champion Lewis Hamilton, six-time World MotoGP champion Marc Márquez and six-time......

Sports Shorts: EPL club QPR face Football League ban

QPR Chairman Tony Fernandes and a friend during the Premier League match between Queens Park Rangers and Sunderland at Loftus Road on August 30. Photograph: Paul Gilham/Getty Images  Queens......

ODI career records: West Indies

OVERALL BATTING & FIELDING Mts Inns NO Runs Hs Avg 100 50 0 S/R Ct/St Smith, DS 29 27 2 625 91 25.00 0 3 1 68.83 10 Sammy, DJG 26 19 5 283 51 20.21 0 1......