Why did India take mithai for Pakistan?

'The Indian version is that the two top diplomats merely exchanged pleasantries, while the Pakistani side characterised the encounter as an 'informal dialogue'.''The truth, as always in such......

Meet the NDA Bronze Medalist

Battalion Cadet Adjutant Praveen Singh, son of a printing press owner from Agra, wants to join the infantry and serve the country to the best of his ability. IMAGE: Chief of Defence Staff General......

'Nobody in India will be saved'

'Nobody will be saved if you don't stop this ideological and political-strategic bulldozer.' IMAGE: Communist Party of India-Marxist leader Brinda Karat speaks to the media after the Supreme Court......

Mission Accomplished: When IAF Made History

'No aeroplane in the world has been designed to switch off its engines above 14,500 feet.''Thanks to a lot of practice, we were able to execute a flawless landing at DBO at 0900 hours on 31st May,......

How Naturals plans to woo Gen Y ice cream lovers

While the brand did step into cities such as Delhi in the last few years, it is now stitching up an expansion strategy aimed at partaking of growth in areas where consumption of ice cream remains......

Amul packs a sweet punch

  The homegrown brand expands its presence in the mithai market, hopes to cash in on changing customer preferences The halwai across the road might be in for some competition as organised......

Online gifts get popular in India

Call it the lure of the net or changing habits, more and more Indians are logging on to the web for buying and sending gifts, though the choices are still traditional -- mithais, chocolates and......

Online Diwali sale seen to cross Rs 250 cr

It's Diwali time for marketeers in the online space, who are wooing the 37 million strong Indian online community with festival packages and Maha Diwali sales, where everything from diyas to......

Shruti Seth: Diwali in Delhi brings back family memories

Television actors look back at their favourite Diwali memories, and list them here:Shruti SethWhen my grandparents were alive, Diwali vacation had great significance as a family vacation in the......

The JINX Shabana Wants to BREAK!

'My entire house turn their backs on me when a cricket match is happening.''The minute I look at the TV screen, an Indian player gets out.''So if I do enter the room, I have to sit with my back to......

Bollywood's YUMMIEST foodie moments!

For the love of films... and larger-than-life food! What's it about the celluloid that makes everything including food so larger-than-life? Remember when Juliette Binoche concocts a gooey blend of......

Bollywood's Diwali wishes!

What the stars wanted, this Diwali. Hema Malini: Diwali is my favourite festival. It means being with my family, dressing up in beautiful new clothes, making rangolis and eating mithai. There......

Lakshya fulfils his promise, gifts 'Bal Mithai' to PM

IMAGE: Lakshya Sen gifts the Prime Minister Narendra Modi Almora's famous bal mithai. Photograph: PTI This is not a small feat, Prime Minister Narnedra Modi said while hosting the victorious......

PIX: How Kohli-Anushka, Tendulkar, Narang, Jwala celebrated Diwali...

'Happy Diwali. Let’s celebrate being kind to nature and animals.' IMAGE: Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma celebrate Diwali on Wednesday. Photograph: Virat Kohli/Twitter It was a special day......