'Kongu Nadu' part of BJP's Grand Plan?

New Union minister L Murugan's declaration of Kongu Nadu as his native place, instead of Tamil Nadu, may be part of a grand BJP strategy to create new states out of existing ones, particularly......

PM Modi reasserts 'dawai bhi, kadai bhi' as COVID cases rise

Modernisation in the agriculture sector is the need of the hour as already a lot of time has been lost, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday. Photograph: Press Information Bureau In his......

PIX: India takes 1st step to end COVID with vaccine

More than one crore cases and 1.5 lakh fatalities later, India on Saturday took its first steps out of the pandemic with shots of the Covishield and Covaxin vaccines being administered at medical......

'Don't fall for rumours': PM launches India's COVID-19 vaccination drive

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched India's COVID-19 vaccination drive while reassuring the country that emergency use authorisation was given to two made in India vaccines only after......

In AP's Nizamabad, all that glitters is turmeric

Turmeric has reaped gold in Andhra Pradesh's Nizamabad district. Turmeric farmers B Pedolla Chinnaya and Badam Maruthi are celebrating their new prosperity at the local auto dealer. While Mr......

Kurkure adopts an innovative marketing strategy

To mark 10 years of its existence, Kurkure, FritoLay's Indian innovation in the salted snack market, is changing tracks, says Sayantani Kar. It came out in December with a print campaign which......

'I Don't Do Intimate Scenes'

'There are some things I may not be comfortable about. Explicit things and all that.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Nithya Menen/Instagram There is a reason why Nithya Menen decided to do more......

Sanju, Suniel, Fardeen say chicken

There are three actors in the film industry who will say, "Chicken!"Nor would you find them objecting to eat -- at last count -- at least seven different kinds of chicken-based dishes, ranging from......