'Biggest Worry Should Be Pakistan'

'Right now, we have no relationship with Pakistan. And the relationship with China is not great.' IMAGE: The Bilal mosque in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan occupied Kashmir, May 7, 2025......

Vegetarians are not normal here

Iran has long been a country of questions. Questions it has inspired in those within and without its borders. While America thrives in painting it as a part of the axis of evil, its neighbours......

Rajma Galouti Kabab, Broccoli soup at PM's lunch for Oz PM

It was an entirely vegetarian fare at the lunch hosted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his Australian counterpart Malcolm Turnbull on Monday. The lunch held at Hyderabad House was a 14-course......

SAARC leaders treated to all vegetarian fare at retreat

From traditional Nepali thali to Gujarati basundi with jalebi, it was a lavish vegetarian spread of cuisines laid out for the SAARC leaders as they met in the cooler climes of exotic Dhulikhel......

'FICCI is focusing on start-ups'

'For our traditional membership base, it would be an access to disruptive ideas,' FICCI President Subhrakant Panda tells Asit Mishra/Business Standard. FICCI President Subhrakant Panda.......

Trademark Row: Burger King in the soup

Burger King has about 13,000 outlets across the world and has had a trademark registration in India since 1979, which has been renewed by the company. Burger King has about 13,000 outlets across......

If Amul's for butter, will Licious be for meat?

With India already having a huge population of meat eaters and about 70 per cent of the people being non-vegetarian, Indian entrepreneurs are hotting up the online meat market, reports Samreen......

Meet IBM's Transformation Man

'My simple instruction to every IBM salesperson is, "When you go to the customer, use less of this (he points to his mouth) and more of this (ear)".''Talk less, listen more",' Karan Bajwa tells......

Golmaal Again!!!, in more ways than one

When a Hindi film does well in Chennai, it's time to sit up and take notice, says A Ganesh Nadar. You can't miss the fact that this is the fourth installment in the Golmaal series; the cast......

'I got more praise than the hero'

Movie veteran Chandrashekhar, best known for films like Cha Cha Cha, Surang and Street Singer and playing the role of Arya Sumant on the television serial Ramayan, passed into the ages on June 16,......

BCCI in soup over 'halal meat' mandate for Team India

IMAGE: It emerged that only 'halal' meat has been recommended for the Indian cricketers during their stay in Kanpur for the first Test against New Zealand, starting on Thursday. Photograph: BCCI A......

'Yashpal won us the 1983 World Cup semi-final'

IMAGE: Yashpal Sharma, a former middle-order batsman, died on Tuesday after suffering a massive cardiac arrest. Photograph: Yashpal Sharma/Instagram India's cricket fraternity was in shock and......

India's 1983 World Cup hero Yashpal Sharma dies of cardiac arrest

IMAGE: Yashpal Sharma was known for his gutsy attitude and his stroke-filled half century in the semi-final against England at Old Trafford in the 1983 World Cup . Photograph: Yashpal......