Over 80 per cent of the street vendors surveyed in Delhi reported a decline in customers during heatwave days in April and May, and around 50 per cent experienced significant income loss, according......
From florists in Ghazipur's phool mandi to sweet shop owners in Old Delhi's Chandni Chowk, the preparations, if not the sales, have already begun. IMAGE: Kindly note the image has only been posted......
'It's dull because this time the election is spread over such a long period.' IMAGE: A vendor sells flags and umbrellas printed with the symbols of different policital parties at a market in......
'Merchandise plays a key role in creating buzz about a specific party.' IMAGE: Students participate in a voter awareness campaign at the Government Home Science College in Jabalpur, April 3, 2024.......
Diwali and diyas have an ancient connect. IMAGE: Specially-abled children of the Shishu Sarothi create colourful diyas at Shishu Sarothi in Guwahati. Photograph: ANI Photo IMAGE: An......
Many traders say that after demonetisation cash in the market has drastically reduced Every year before Diwali, Prakash Maurya, an auto parts shop owner in southeast Delhi, and his wife would sit......
Work in mandis across UP and in northern India which till Tuesday, witnessed heavy arrivals of newly harvested paddy, saw a steep decline. On Tuesday evening, when Kolkata’s Sheikh......
Nirodh condoms marked for free distribution are being illegally diverted from government supply lines and sold as foreign brands in the down-markets across India. The supplies leaving the......
The global slowdown seems to have held back the colourful Chinese dragon that used to rule Diwali shopping in the national capital. The confetti of cheap Chinese goods like electric streamers, gift......
Shankarlal Sahu, owner of a flower shop in Raipur is a worried man. He's not been too happy with his flower sales just before Valentine's Day onFebruary 14. "The response is not even 25 per cent......
Sport can sometimes act as a great healer and it was wonderfully demonstrated during the opening ceremony of the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi on Sunday. The Pakistan athletes and officials, as......