Have you tried this traditional Diwali treat?
Monsoon is critical for the country's 263 million farmers and their rice, cane, corn, cotton and soybean crops because nearly half of its farmland lacks irrigation.
The GST rates for all but six items were finalised at the first day of the two-day meeting of the GST Council, headed by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and comprising state representatives.
Dining and drinking out will be expensive.
Read the fine print carefully lest your claim gets rejected, advises Tarun Mathur.
'The 24x7 power for all vision is inspiring, because as we've so often seen, where India leads, the world follows,' says Rajiv J Shah, President, The Rockefeller Foundation.
Food blogger Vidya Subramanian tells you how to cook up an easy snack at home.
The co-founder of Feeding India is changing the way India deals with wasted food.
Singing the national anthem and watching patriotic movies on Doordarshan.
'If credit is not available, people will postpone buying. That's what has happened.'
It is a Budget 'high on promises but low on design,' the agency said.
Perhaps for the first time, India's pace strength is not centred on any one individual, or set of individuals.
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This New Year, focus on your fitness goals and shed those extra kilos to live a healthy life.
Declining interest rates, a near-normal monsoon leading to higher rural incomes and pay hikes for central government employees are key triggers, says Dev Chatterjee.
Savera R Someshwar/Rediff.com describes the mood in the humble apartment in Varanasi where the Aam Aadmi Party leader strategises on how to defeat Narendra Modi.
Chitra R shares some traditional festive recipes from Tamil Nadu.
Most companies were working on Rs 65-66 to a dollar.
Ditch the painkillers, seek help from your own kitchen.
The Tata Safari is an SUV which was the big brash brutish bully of the road in the early 2000s before the Toyota Fortuner snatched that crown. The car's styling still harkens back to the pre-Zest era of Tata Motors but there is still a whole lot more than what meets the eye. Therefore, the people at MotorBeam decided to induct the powerful Varicor 400 variant of the new Tata Safari Storme in their long term fleet to test out whether the big burly beast is still relevant or not.
Why wait for a wedding to have this sumptuous preparation made from flavoured rice cooked in milk.
Samsung eyes growth in consumer electronics business in 80 districts through its service vans, and adding over 250 service points and as many resident engineers.
Whip up these delicious dishes at home!
Celebrate the season of love with these yummy strawberry delights.
A toilet stole the show at a traditional Maharashtrian marriage in Akola.
Rediff reader Reshma Aslam shares five delicious non-veg gravy recipes to indulge in the holy month of Ramzan.
Rediff reader Sonal Kalra Mascarenhas sent us this interesting recipe.
Chef Rishi Desai stirs up a yummy meal with quails.
Reader Tanu Pathak shares this recipe of an unusual yet very sumptuous starter or snacks for Diwali.
Here are some recipes ideas for Sattvic dishes, which contribute to the maintenance of Sattva guna -- the state of being calm and peaceful.
Rediff reader Daphne sent us recipes of Broccoli and Walnut Soup, Galouti Kabab, Gushtaba, Roast Leg of Lamb and Mutton Rogan Josh.
The church bells don't toll in Churachandpur any more. The hill district in Manipur has been in mourning for more than a year.
'The finance minister has told the BJP's core voters we are hearing you and we are sensitive to your aspirations.'
Jaitley increased the excise duty on most tobacco products by 10-15 per cent.
Home and kitchen appliances, electronic products, apparel and B-segment cars stand to gain.
Low on fat and high on fibre, this easy-to-make snack recipe is sure to delight you.
Now that you've ticked off that island, private jet and French cottage, how about splurging on technology? Abhik Sen lists some of the finest gadgets money can buy for your home and office
Just 4.6 per cent of all rural households in the country pay income tax while such households with salaried income are close to 10 per cent, the first socio economic and caste census released in eight decades said.
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