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......
From playing Hanuman -- when I was in the sixth grade -- in a modern version of the Ramayana for a cultural night titled Diwali Dhamaka, held at my apartment complex in India, to organising......
'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......
'The Indian version is that the two top diplomats merely exchanged pleasantries, while the Pakistani side characterised the encounter as an 'informal dialogue'.''The truth, as always in such......
'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,......
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......
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 list of opportunities ready for the taking in the food and other service areas is rather long. Amongst the most interesting ones in the food sector are the following: Indian fast food/finger......
Shailesh Poddar calls it 'choco fever'. But he guarantees that anyone gripped by 'choco fever' will be cured by the time they leave his Belgique chocolate boutique -- at least for the time being.......
'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 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......
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......
Why has Sushant Jain, the owner of Ghantewala, the famous sweet shop in Delhi's Chandni Chowk, sent Yash Raj a legal notice?Shakya Mitra reports. IMAGE: Shah Rukh Khan with a Ghantewala mithai......
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......
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......
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......