Comic Munawar Faruqui detained during raid at hookah bar

Stand-up comedian and Bigg Boss 17 winner Munawar Faruqui was among 14 persons detained by the Mumbai police after they were found smoking hookahs during a raid in south Mumbai, an official......

Father said it's a male-dominated job but ...: Padma awardee female mahout

In what will be her life's crowning moment at the age of 70, Assam’s Parbati Baruah, India’s first female elephant keeper or ‘mahout’, will be one among 110 unsung yet......

China claims traditional medicines fight COVID-19

Studies in China claim that traditional Chinese medicines seem to be working effectively on patients with mild or moderate symptoms of coronavirus.Sheela Bhatt reports. IMAGE: Workers prepare......

Hooch kills 12 in Lucknow, 100 struggle for life

Twelve persons were killed and around 100 hospitalised on Monday after consuming illicit liquor on the outskirts of Lucknow. Some of those admitted to the city's leading King George’s Medical......

Reliance Life exports herbal products to Europe

Reliance Life Science, the biotechnology initiative of the Ambanis, has begun exports of herbal and aromatic oil extracts to Europe, Japan and South East Asia.The products, which find application......

Colgate-Palmolive ready to ride the herbal wave

In the past few months, Colgate launched a new toothpaste for diabetics, an oil-based mouthwash, and mouth spray under Vedshakti. Colgate-Palmolive India is placing greater emphasis on freshness,......

Jail inmates-generated sales rival India's largest companies

Jail inmates produced goods generating gross sales worth Rs 223.4 crore in 2020, according to the government's annual Prison Statistics India report. The amount ranks at 496th place if compared......

Why Baba Ramdev's anti-MNC strategy is self-destructive

Anti-multinational strategy is a futile game, as many strong Indian brands have realised, notes Shailesh Dobhal It was the early 2000s, and as a reporter I was on the trail of the country’s......

The Legend Called Shashi Kapoor

'Shashiji was a terrific co-star' IMAGE: Shashi Kapoor in Jab Jab Phool Khile. Shashi Kapoor's five favourite leading ladies speak on his 84th birth anniversary to Subhash K Jha: Shabana Azmi:......

Why Radhika Madan learnt to smoke and milk buffaloes

'I was ready to do anything and go to any extent.''Vishal Bhardwaj told us to gain 8 kilos, but we gained 10-12 kilos.''I had to blacken my teeth, bleach my hair, get freckles on my face...'......

How Alia Bhatt nailed Udta Punjab

'The starting point of the Udta Punjab casting was that we didn't think stars would do a film like this, so we'd take non-stars.''As the names kept rolling in and we had Kareena Kapoor and Shahid......