'We're coaching each other about what to say and how to behave.' 'We're hoping to ace the girlfriend test,' says Kishore Singh.
In the era when shops were still named after the owner and his sons' names, it took one high school student to start a new trend.
Congressmen are watching carefully how Rahul positions himself and manage the grand old party, reports Aditi Phadnis.
If at all it boils down to an election for President, then just around 60,000 votes can turn the table which means cross-voting cannot be altogether ruled out
For Aanchal Malhotra, the stories of Partition were stories that needed to be told; they needed to be chronicled.
'With this success (of access to water) the women are convinced that their rights go beyond law books -- and the law is indeed powerful.' 'The women are now not afraid to file a police complaint or file a case in court.'
Security around high streets in the national capital, such as Connaught Place and Khan Market, has been stepped up following the 16-hour hostage crisis at Sydney's Lindt Chocolate Caf earlier this week. The terrorist attack on a Peshawar school, killing nearly 145, has intensified the checks at many restaurants, cafes and popular hangouts.
The hounding of former AMU students by some alumni over their 'wining and dining' during Ramzan is deeply disturbing, says AMU Professor Mohammad Sajjad. 'Intolerance, irrationality, bigotry, religious/sectarian hatred, and all such pernicious tendencies must be fought and resisted, more particularly by university campuses, in order to build a better society.' 'Have we, as academics, failed, and that too, quite miserably?' he asks. 'I feel like confessing and saying yes, we have indeed failed.'
Three motorcycle-borne men joined Atal Bihari Vajpayee's motorcade when he was returning to his Race Course Road residence after an appointment with his dentist in Khan Market.
'It is not that he has not committed any mistakes; he has.' 'But people were willing to forgive you if you were honest.'
'Rather than an outcome of 'pro-incumbency', the exit poll results betray a completely lackadaisical approach of the Opposition parties.' 'While a new kind of politics was on display for the past five years, they were still mired in their old-style methods which will cost them the election,' predicts Utkarsh Mishra.
There are more than 30,000 commercial Wi-Fi hotspots in India, and very few public hotspots.
'Good Earth was more a passion than a business for a long time,' Anita Lal tells Anjuli Bhargava. 'Today, I can assure you I know more about retail than most, but I learnt it all the hard way.'
Perch, New Delhi's first wine and coffee bar, has an expansive wine list but could do with a few more options for coffee
The life of a chef in the kitchen, as late Anthony Bourdain saw it, had a glory to it. The kitchen gently moves forward in the culinary world, tightly packed, yes, but with leaders un-despotic.
A stable government at the Centre and its plans to set up smart cities has revived investors' interest in the country with Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore set to emerge as hot investment destinations in 2015.
Being employee light is the latest fad.
Because of high rents in Mumbai and the response from Delhi, most luxury retail players want to expand in the capital.
You'll be forgiven for salivating over these droolworthy pics that will give you a 'foodgasm'!
Gamers are losing sleep because of the craze of catching Pokemons.
Israel, which was among the first responders in providing assistance to Nepal after the earthquake, had its entire embassy staff in Delhi work with military precision to rush relief. Shubha Singh reports
Online shopping is the new buzzword amongst masses.
The author finds out if India's love affair with Old Monk has ended
For an increasing number of bike enthusiasts, the Royal Enfield is becoming a way of life
National Demorcatic Alliance ministry's list of assets is fairly wide -- from land and property to vehicles and, for quite a few, guns. Nivedita Mookerji reports
'The creation of Pakistan was integral to Britain's grand strategy.' 'If they were to ever leave India, Britain's military planners had made it clear that they needed to retain a foothold in the NWFP and Baluchistan because that would provide the means to retain control of Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, the UAE, Bahrain and Qatar.'
'It is extremely important to take back the domain of both religion from the religious bigots and nationalism from the chauvinists, who are spreading hatred.' Sugata Bose, the Harvard historian-turned-MP, who is Netaji's great-nephew, tells Anjali Puri why it is imperative to speak up for India's students.
It will be difficult for the AAP govt to maintain subsidies.
Upstaged by the swanky malls in town, both M G Road and Brigade Road have lost their "happening" status
Acid attack crusader Laxmi Aggarwal's exceptional rise from an accident is sure to inspire you.
T N Ninan lists a few David-Goliath encounters in the Indian markets, all of which make life interesting, though difficult if you are an investor looking for the next multi-bagger.
'After Rajan is back in India, our resident dons are almost down. I won't say that they are out. So, now the obvious question is about Dawood, and the present government, I think, is more than willing to address that issue.' 'I think the political system made this kind of people; the corporate world made this kind of people. I have mentioned in my book that even the banks were using these outlaws to get their money back.'
Life inside the prime minister's official residence is highly regulated, but it comes with its perks, says Veenu Sandhu
The Big Chill is an upmarket cafe in New Delhi's tony Khan Market and that's where Deora wanted to meet. He introduces me to his favourite cake: tiramisu with a generous infusion of Bailey's, the Irish creme liquor. I take a spoonful, recall the reading on the bathroom scales earlier that morning, and resolutely push it aside, writes Aditi Phadnis.
Shopkeepers are losing buyers in droves to e-tailers for everything from fashion to smartphones, and are struggling to find solutions.
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