UP sub-station fire leaves Delhi 'powerless' for 1 hour, homes of LG, CM hit

Several parts of the national capital, including the area housing the Delhi LG secretariat and Chief Minister's residence, faced outages for varying lengths as a substation of power grid in......

COVID: Passengers from EU, Turkey, UK banned

With the cases of the coronavirus swelling in the country, the government on Monday prohibited entry of passengers from European Union countries, Turkey and the United Kingdom from March 18 till......

20 killed in Taliban-triggered blast at Pak vegetable market

At least 20 people were killed and over 50 others injured on Saturday in a powerful blast at a crowded vegetable market in northwest Pakistan’s restive Kurram Agency, officials said. The......

Modi trounces Kejriwal by 3.37 lakh votes in Varanasi

Narendra Modi on Friday won the Varanasi Lok Sabha seat by defeating Arvind Kejriwal by a massive margin of 3.37 lakh votes.   Modi polled 5,16,593 votes -- about half of the total votes --......

Mandi agents a key link in retail chains

Large retail chains like Reliance Fresh, Subhiksha and Spencer's have not been able to do sourcing of their entire farm products directly from the farmers. Most of them have found a way out in the......

Farmers find Reliance a better deal than mandis

Kartaar Singh, a farmer of Mokha village in Punjab's Kapurthala district, used to travel about 50 km on his scooter to Jalandhar's new sabzi mandi, or wholesale vegetable market, to sell his......

Fresh summons issued to SpiceJet, Kalanithi Maran in I-T cases

A Delhi court on Friday issued fresh summons to budget carrier SpiceJet Ltd, its former Chairman Kalanithi Maran and an erstwhile top official in two tax evasion cases for their alleged failure to......

Truckers' strike continues

The country-wide indefinite strike by truckers, protesting hike in fuel prices and higher levies, entered the sixth day on Saturday amidst fears of crippling production at industrial units even as......

When Om Puri deserved an Oscar

'I started learning to pull a rickshaw from two regular rickshaw-pullers.' 'Once I stopped at a roadside tea-stall to have a cup of tea.''It was early morning and two elderly customers were......