Minor girls at an Indore 'orphanage' narrated tales of abuse and alleged horrifying ways of punishment, including branding with hot tongs, hanging them upside down and forced to inhale smoke from burning red chillies, prompting the local administration to seal the facility and the police to file a first information report (FIR) against five women.
Get transported to Bengal with this simple, yum meal.
This Muri Ghonto recipe has its origins in former East Bengal, present-day Bangladesh.
Is it surprising that the favourite food of our manic Mumbai city has achieved a world rank?
This version of my mom's special sambar uses plenty of Madras cucumber and okra.
A recipe that works well for weekends and special occasions.
These deep-fried Corn Cheese Balls can be made from scratch in less than 40 minutes.
A rice cooked with dahi kadhi is a soothing evening or weekend meal.
Cosy up with a warm bowl of pumpkin soup as you enjoy Christmas carols or the winter chill.
Food blogger Ramapriya Suresh shows you how to make a traditional pineapple pachadi or raita.
Tangy and sweet, it will be a lovely addition to your weekend spread.
Bajra or pearl millet is a wonderfully nutritious substitute to rice, and can be made into a tasty vegetable pulau.
A marriage of stuffed eggplant or brinjal and South Indian-flavoured rice has a new outcome.
Raw Jackfruit Curry, also called Ahuna Kathal, is a specialty in Champaran, Bihar.
Serve it with steamed rice, chapattis, salad and papad for a wholesome meal.
Drivers returned to the pits, under a darkening sky, with engineers using torches in the garages before back-up generators came on and the session resumed about an hour later.
This wonderful-tasting gluten-free dosa is made with samo rice and sabudana.
These recipes will remind you of your grandmother's cooking.
These mushrooms are a perfect side with the drinks at a weekend biryani party.
Serve them as a teatime or cocktail snack or a yummy side to a special meal.
Chef Varun Inamdar's recipe for Chitranna is mildly spiced, nourishing and can be eaten over a few days.
Maharaj Jodharam Choudhary, corporate chef, Khandani Rajdhani has some interesting tricolour recipes for you.
Fried eggplants cooked in a splendid thick curry.
Corn rotis fried in ghee with white butter-topped mustard greens has a firm place in culinary heaven.
Here's an Indo-Italian treat: Spicy Prawn Spaghetti with South Indian flavours.
Afternoon hunger pangs can be kept at bay with a healthy Indian-style corn-on-the-cob snack.
You can make these cutlets in a microwave oven without compromising on their taste.
The addition of green tomatoes make this dish tangy and different, while the extra green chillies pep it up.
Can you resist these crispy snacks?
This flavoursome curry is everything you would want on a lazy week night. Try it!
Delicious street food onto your dinner table.
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