NDA allies get 11 ministerial positions

Bharatiya Janata Party's National Democratic Alliance partners have got five cabinet ministerial berths in the third term of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as against none in the outgoing......

Govt reconstitutes various cabinet panels, Shah in all of them

IMAGE: Amit Shah takes charge as Minister of Home Affairs at North Block in New Delhi, last week. Photograph: Manvender Vashist/PTI Photo The government on Thursday announced constitution of......

Govt has lost trust of entire farming community: Harsimrat

A day before the government's eighth round of talks with protesting farm unions, Shirmoani Akali Dal leader and former Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal said the Centre has lost the trust of the......

India sets Guinness world record with 918 kg khichdi

IMAGE: Union Minister of Food Processing Harsimrat Kaur Badal, centre, along with Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti, MoS for Food Processing, left, and Yoga Guru Ramdev, cooking khichdi in a giant wok at the......

Nestle supplies Maggi noodles to rain-hit Chennai

The company is listed among the top suppliers of food and beverage products for people in Chennai After remaining at loggerheads with the government over ban on Maggi noodles, Nestle India was on......

Modi asks cola cos to blend aerated drinks with fruit juice

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said he has asked soft drink makers like Pepsi to try and mix aerated drinks with 5 per cent fruit juice to help distressed farmers find a new market for......

How govt plans to cut down food wastage

Centre has already started work on developing a mechanism to ensure states producing any item in excess is able to transport it to other states where there is demand. The government plans to cut......

Budget 2016: A view from the visitor's gallery

Aditi Phadnis brings us a ringside view of the reactions Jaitley's speech generated in Parliament. Loosely translated, the couplet that Finance Minister Arun Jaitley used to illustrate the big......