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'Bihar, bidis start with B': Congress's GST post triggers row

The Bharatiya Janata Party and Congress locked horns in Bihar on Friday over a social media post by the opposition party, which allegedly made disparaging remarks about the state while criticising......

Maha: Bidi sparks fire in train lavatory, passenger held

A minor fire broke out in the lavatory of the moving Daund-Pune shuttle train on Monday morning after a passenger allegedly threw a lighted cigarette in a dustbin there, causing panic among......

Tharoor backs Bihar voter review, hails GST reforms

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Sunday said the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise being conducted by the Election Commission of India (ECI) was 'essential', as electoral rolls were not......

Israeli soldiers replace hookah with Indian bidis

Indian bidis are the latest hit among young Israeli soldiers following a ban on smoking of the traditional hookah due to concerns that images of soldiers sharing a hookah may damage the prestige of......

New laws most modern, justice in 3 years of registering FIR: Amit Shah

The first case under the new criminal justice laws that came into effect on Monday was registered for a motorcycle theft in Gwalior, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said, as he asserted that the new......

Dalmia launches bidis sans tobacco

Dalmia Consumer Care, an FMCG start-up of the Rs 1,200 crore (Rs 12 billion) Dalmia group, has launched Vardan, a bidi without tobacco.The new bidis are claimed to simulate the pleasure of tobacco......

Rolling bidis is child's play in this Chhattisgarh village

Just days after Kailash Satyarthi won the Nobel Peace Prize for his campaigns against child labour, photographs captured children with bare feet clearing waste from the Yamuna. A five-part series......

GST Gamed For Rs 81,875 cr, Finds Report

The highest-ever goods and services tax (GST) evasion has been done by the online money gaming industry. IMAGE: Kindly note the image has been posted only for representational purposes.......

ITC's pot of gold? Bye, bye bidis

On his way home from a Chennai construction site, Arumugam stops his bicycle at a shop to buy a Wills Navy Cut filter-tipped cigarette, a popular brand made by ITC, India's biggest tobacco company.......

Exports, imports down in Nov; trade deficit at $20.58 billion

India's merchandise exports slipped by 2.83 per cent to $33.90 billion in November while the trade deficit narrowed to $20.58 billion, according to government data. Photograph: Aly Song/Reuters......

Even Manoj Bajpayee Can't Help Bhaiyya Ji

A film with a one-line plot needed a lot more pizzazz, whistle-worthy dialogue and a large-than-life, invincible protagonist. Karki makes a Rajinikanth kind of actioner (Bhaiyya Ji fights with a......

Luv Ki Arrange Marriage Review: Loud Comedy

If this were a French farce, nobody would have batted an eyelid if the father of the groom and mother of the bride fell in love and wanted to marry. But here, some crude comedy is generated......

When Munna Bhai Was In Jail

A day before the event, I learnt from an old Mumbai crime branch informant that a group of gangsters were planning to serve breakfast to the prisoners at Balgandharva Rangmandir prior to the show.......

When Irrfan was heartbroken

Irrfan was hoping he would get a role as one of the kids in Salaam Bombay!, and when that didn't happen, heartbreak and tears followed. Photograph: Kind courtesy Irrfan Khan/Instagram Much before......

'My mother is always in my heart in a way I don't realise'

'My mother is a lady with a lot of emotional stability and strength. And wisdom.''When I was younger, she would tell me that if I ever refused water to anyone, I would have to drink gutter......

Srinivasan's daughter Rupa in 'Conflict of Interest'?

IMAGE: Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) president Rupa has been found guilty of indirect conflict of interest for India Cements Limited's close association with Chennai Super Kings.......

Bangladesh lift ban on all-rounder Shakib

Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan's six-month ban imposed last month for "misbehaviour" has been lifted, the Bangladesh Cricket Board said on Tuesday. "After September 15, Shakib will be......

Why Tendulkar, Beckham and Djokovic have come together

Ahead of Father's Day, Sachin joins Beckham and Djokovic for UNICEF's Super Dads campaign. IMAGE: Sachin Tendulkar. Photograph: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar......

Safin to be ready for U.S. Open

Australian Open champion Marat Safin should be fit for next month's U.S. Open after undergoing keyhole surgery on his left knee, Russia's Davis Cup captain Shamil Tarpishchev said on Wednesday.......

Bedi lauds J&K players, says Rasool should be in World Cup squad

Parvez Rasool. Photograph: BCCI 'An off-spinner who can bat. He is by far the best off-spinner that the country has at the moment and a brilliant tonker' Proud of seeing Jammu and Kashimir......