Battalion Cadet Adjutant Praveen Singh, son of a printing press owner from Agra, wants to join the infantry and serve the country to the best of his ability. IMAGE: Chief of Defence Staff General......
'Nobody will be saved if you don't stop this ideological and political-strategic bulldozer.' IMAGE: Communist Party of India-Marxist leader Brinda Karat speaks to the media after the Supreme Court......
'No aeroplane in the world has been designed to switch off its engines above 14,500 feet.''Thanks to a lot of practice, we were able to execute a flawless landing at DBO at 0900 hours on 31st May,......
'Not for the first time during this festival I was struck by the atmosphere of friendly inclusion the organisers had managed in a city where you can smell menace in the air, thanks to Adityanath's......
‘Trial and appeals for rape cases must end in a year. Then the police will not feel constrained to justify encounters and people will not applaud it.’ ‘People are applauding the......
While the brand did step into cities such as Delhi in the last few years, it is now stitching up an expansion strategy aimed at partaking of growth in areas where consumption of ice cream remains......
Gone are the days of over-the-top Diwali parties, says Kishore Singh.This year round, the taxman is the invisible -- and unwanted -- guest at these once extravagant affairs.Illustrations: Uttam......
The clarification comes amid reports that sweet shops have discontinued chocolate barfis and chocolate sandesh. Sandesh, with or without chocolate, will be taxed at 5 per cent, the government......
The homegrown brand expands its presence in the mithai market, hopes to cash in on changing customer preferences The halwai across the road might be in for some competition as organised......
The festival of lights has come as a bright spark for fast moving consumer goods companies (FMCG), dependent on the period for a significant proportion of their sales.Chocolate makers such as......
'My entire house turn their backs on me when a cricket match is happening.''The minute I look at the TV screen, an Indian player gets out.''So if I do enter the room, I have to sit with my back to......
What the stars wanted, this Diwali. Hema Malini: Diwali is my favourite festival. It means being with my family, dressing up in beautiful new clothes, making rangolis and eating mithai. There......
For the love of films... and larger-than-life food! What's it about the celluloid that makes everything including food so larger-than-life? Remember when Juliette Binoche concocts a gooey blend of......
Shah Rukh Khan plays a tour guide in his new film.Sukanya Verma looks at SRK's unusual onscreen professions. Actors play cops and crooks, teachers and tycoons, medics and musicians, lawyers and......
'For me, Diwali is all about sweets and shopping, spreading love and being with family and close friends.' Television stars have elaborate Diwali plans and some lovely memories around the festival......
IMAGE: Lakshya Sen gifts the Prime Minister Narendra Modi Almora's famous bal mithai. Photograph: PTI This is not a small feat, Prime Minister Narnedra Modi said while hosting the victorious......
'Happy Diwali. Let’s celebrate being kind to nature and animals.' IMAGE: Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma celebrate Diwali on Wednesday. Photograph: Virat Kohli/Twitter It was a special day......
It has been a busy, exciting two days at the sleepy Shyamali Colony in Doranda, north Ranchi, the capital of Jharkhand. Cameramen and journalists have been impatiently swarming about a modest......
Sledging is not limited to cricket alone and it rears its face, albeit not an ugly one, during hockey matches like thoseinvolving staunch rivals India and Pakistan.Also ReadAsia Cup - complete......
Today is Akshaya Tritiya, the day of eternity, immortality, and fulfilment, according to Hindu tradition.Rahul Dravid could not have chosen a better day to enter matrimony, a day when all seven......