Counting of votes begins in Kharge vs Tharoor contest

Counting of votes began on Wednesday in the Congress presidential polls in which senior leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor faced-off for the post of All India Congress Committee (AICC)......

'We speak our minds': Malaysian PM stands by Kashmir remark

A defiant Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Tuesday said he stands by his remarks on Kashmir, asserting that he speaks his mind and does not retract and change, days after India......

Modi govt reshuffles top secretaries; Ajay Bhalla to be new home secy

Power secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla is all set to become the new home secretary with the government appointing him officer on special duty in the high-profile ministry on Wednesday. IMAGE: Prime......

Vajpayee's ashes taken to state capitals for 'asthi kalash yatra'

IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi after paying tribute to the ashes (asthi kalash) of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, before their distribution to all BJP state presidents for......

Post-Covid, govt planning ban on sale of loose edible oil

Branded and packaged edible oils are currently selling at around 50 per cent premiums over their loose varieties. Hence, products using edible oils would be costlier going forward. ......

Cotton farmers may shift to soybean this kharif season

Soybean is trading at a 25 per cent premium to the MSP, after initially slipping below the government’s threshold procurement price of Rs 2,850 a quintal. Many cotton farmers are reportedly......

Edible oils of all varieties to cost more; prices surge up to 8%

Through increase in import duty, the government aims to help domestic oilseed crushers and edible oil producers who suffered badly last year due to cheap imports Prices of edible oils and oilseeds......

Veg oil import may fall first time in 6 years

Oilseed output to surpass its previous record of 32.75 mt in 2013-14 to 33.59 mt this year Vegetable oil import is likely to decline during the current oil year (November 2016 to October 2017),......

Kiara-Sidharth Light Up A Diwali Party

Manish Malhotra's Diwali Party had the who's who of Bollywood in attendance. From Ananya Panday to Alia Bhatt. And then some more:   Kiara Advani matches husband Sidharth Malhotra.  ......

Salman Parties With Shah Rukh, Aamir

When Aamir Khan parties, he makes sure the entire film industry parties with him! The Mumbai wedding reception of daughter Ira Khan and Nupur Shikhare saw the who's who in attendance. Salman Khan......

Alia-Ayan Party With The Ambanis

*Everyone* turned up when Nita and Mukesh Ambani invited them to their home Antilia in south Mumbai for Ganesh Chaturthi. Aishwarya-Aaradhya at the Ambani party Alia Bhatt with Ayan Mukerji.......

Janhvi-Varun's Bawaal Date

All eyes are trained on Janhvi Kapoor and Varun Dhawan's latest film, Bawaal, and quite a few stars trooped in to watch it at a special screening. The hatke love story has been directed by Nitesh......