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Red hot chillies spice up poll battle in Guntur

‘It is a fiercely fought battle, like our fiery chillies in Guntur.’ IMAGE: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy holds a fan, the election symbol of YSR Congress Party,......

It's more fasting than feasting this Ramzan in city of Nawabs

Iftar parties for 'rozedars' in the city of Nawabs no longer conjure up the image of mouth-watering galouti kebabs with the aroma of lip-smacking biryani wafting all over. IMAGE: A view of a......

The man who will run the 2019 election

'Do you think Indian voters are so immature that they can be impressed or won over by such freebies before the elections?' Election Commissioner Sunil Arora asks A K Bhattacharya.Illustration:......

'Dharmashastras are the most vocal defenders of caste'

'Hindus are proud of what the Dharmashastras symbolise, but they don't want to do any work to preserve it!,' Sanskrit scholar Donald Davis tells Kanika Dutta.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com......

Bihar's midday lunches: You may find cockroaches, lizards, rats, even snakes!

On Monday, August 29, a court in Saran, Bihar, sentenced the headmistress of the school where 23 children died after eating a mid-day meal to 17 years in prison.Three years after that tragedy,......

Packaged food sector leaving consumers spoilt for choice with new launches

Over the past year, Amul has undergone a transformative journey, evolving from a dairy-centric entity to a comprehensive foods company. Photograph: Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters Since 2022, PepsiCo......

Lunch and more with IT's marathon man

Whenever Ajit Balakrishnan is quoted in the press, it's usually in connection with wise pronouncements on information technology (IT) or higher education. But there had to be more to India's first......

Karl Slym: GM India's goalkeeper

The first name suggests Germanic origins but no, research shows he's British. "Or 'Britisher' as Indians like to say. I was born in Derby in the West Midlands. That's Derby with an 'e', not 'a',"......

Meet the world's 5th largest towel maker

Hissar is a sleepy town in Haryana with no claim to fame. Except it has produced a crop of pugnacious businessmen: steel magnate Om Prakash Jindal who died in a helicopter crash some months ago,......

Eat out, eat right

Are you eating out once again and worrying about the calories? Maybe it's time to try something new. How about starting with a glass of karela juice?Follow it with a platter of 'healthy' papri......

What Akshay, Salman, Ranbir, Deepika eat for breakfast

Like the rest of us, movie stars also feel the need to start their day with something scrumptious on the platter. Here’s what Bollywood’s rich and famous eat for breakfast. Akshay......

'I know what will work at the box-office'

Filmmaker Dharani is a relaxed man. His last release, the Tamil filmDhool, starring Vikram, Jyothika and Reema Sen, wasa stupendous success and the onlyPongal hit this year. It is on its way to......

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