Rate cards for LS election expenditure fixed, here is the list

Candidates in Punjab's Jalandhar can spend Rs 15 for a cup of tea and the same price for a samosa they offer to people during public meetings and campaign trails in the Lok Sabha elections. IMAGE:......

7 killed in Rajasthan's monsoon fury as rains lash 14 districts

Intense monsoon rains brought normal life to a standstill in several parts of eastern and central Rajasthan, flooding out roads, rail tracks, low-lying residential areas and hospitals and claiming......

Puja, idli-sambhar, vadai for Kamala Harris

Thulasenthirapuram and Painganadu villages in Tamil Nadu celebrate Kamala Devi Harris's victory.A Ganesh Nadar/Rediff.com reports. IMAGE: A Kamala Harris poster in her ancestral village in Tamil......

Bird flu alert in Rajasthan after crow deaths in several districts

A bird flu alert has been sounded in Rajasthan after the presence of the dreaded virus was confirmed in dead crows in Jhalawar and more avian deaths were reported in other districts, including......

No cancer-causing agents in our products: MDH on quality claims

MDH Spices has denied allegations that its products have traces of cancer-causing agent ethylene oxide (ETO), calling them “untrue” and “lacking any substantiating......

FSSAI launches probe into MDH and Everest products

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has commissioned a quality check on MDH and Everest products. Photograph: MDH/Facebook This follows complaints that several popular spice......

How illegal salt making threatens Sambhar Lake's ecology

The number of tractors in Nawa, a small town on the banks of Sambhar Lake in Rajasthan, falls a little short of the number of people living here. Even the sweltering heat of April does not......

We've no idea what we are going to do in the next decade

'An era of fiscal pessimism is setting in, which, if not countered intellectually, is going to have the same effect as export pessimism has had,' notes T C A Srinivasa Raghavan.Illustration: Uttam......

What's in Katrina's dabba? She tells us

When Twinkle Khanna asked her celebrity friends what was in their dabba, everyone wrote in and sent their recipes as well. While Akshay's dabba had avocado on toast and chia pudding, Malaika Arora......

The conviction of Salman Khan

Prisons aren't places to build bodies or boost egos, says Kishore Singh. IMAGE: Salman Khan arrives at the court in Jodhpur. Photograph: Reuters I can only guess at the dietary output in the......

Ittefaq Review: A 'whodunit' with plenty of laughs

Ittefaq has a gagster attitude, plenty of light touches and it announces Abhay Chopra as a mainstream talent to watch out for, says Sreehari Nair. About the twist in Ittefaq: it comes right at the......

'I am happy with whatever Dharamji did for me'

'Dharamji's mother Satwant Kaur was warm and kind-hearted.''I remember how she came to meet me at a dubbing studio in Juhu after I had conceived Esha.''She hadn't informed anyone in the house.''I......

World's footballing family bids farewell to Bobby Robson

Bobby Robson was described as a "footballing colossus" as some of the sport's greatest names attended a memorial service for the former England manager on Monday. More than 1,000 people,......

'I knew the goals would come'

Real Madrid reaped their first Champions League dividends from Cristiano Ronaldo as the world's most expensive player converted two free kicks to help his team to a 5-2 victory over FC Zurich on......

Bond hungry to strike on New Zealand return

New Zealand fast bowler Shane Bond has regained the motivation to spearhead his nation's bowling after a two-year break from international cricket. The 34-year-old is preparing for a comeback in......

What's on the menu for the Commonwealth Games?

Forget the corruption claims and unfinished stadiums, Sheela Bhatt finds out that New Delhi is all set to feed the 8,000 athletes who will descend for the Commonwealth Games, in true Indian style......

Sharath living family's dreams

It was by sheer accident that two teenage brothers, Srinivasa Rao and Muralidhara Rao, happened to see someone play table tennis at the Town Hall in Rajahmundry, a small town in Andhra Pradesh.They......