Rajasthani food is unique in the sense that for a region that traditionally grows few vegetables, its cuisine — mainly based on pulses and meat — is simply delicious. In no other part of the country will one find so many uses for pulses and of course, so many types of chillies.

A dismissed sub-inspector of the Delhi police has been arrested in the west Delhi for allegedly killing his domestic help in June. The accused was angry over the fact that the domestic help, who had been working with him for the past 15 to 20 years, had become friendly with his wife.

Cheat chits, secret signs and petty hints, all coded to perfection to master exams are a norm with students. But secret languages especially created to avoid eavesdropping and get away with blurting out not-so-pleasant remarks on someone is a rising trend among teenagers.

Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray on Thursday said that the appointment of Prithviraj Chavan as Maharashtra chief minister indicates that all the Congress leaders in the state are corrupt.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is set to register a regular case in connection with the Adarsh Cooperative Housing Society scam in a day or two.
Talking to this newspaper, Mr R.K. Gaur, Press Information Officer of the CBI, said, “A letter from defence ministry asking the CBI to conduct the probe has been received. The agency is in process of collection of relevant records and documents”. He, however, made it clear that the agency has not registered any case so far.

The issue of corruption, including alleged scam in the allocation of 2G Spectrum, continued to rock Parliament for the second consecutive day on Thursday leading to adjournment of both the Houses till November 15.

With just a few months left for the West Bengal Assembly elections, Trinamul Congress chief and railway minister Mamata Banerjee met UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Thursday to discuss not only the political situation in the state, but also the violence allegedly unleashed by the Left cadres in the state.

The government may be keen to see the controversial Land Acquisition Bill legislated into law by Parliament during the on-going Winter Session.
But the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamul Congress, for sure, will not allow this to happen given the party’s policy against any forcible land acquisition.

Ridiculing former RSS chief K.S. Sudarshan as an “archaeological creature in the Saffron camp”, the Congress on Thursday rejected his reported deregatory remarks on party president Sonia Gandhi with contempt and asked party men to stage protest against such comments with all the might they posses.

The gradation committee of the BCCI on Thursday hiked players’ retainers: those in Grade A will get `1 crore, up from `60 lakhs, while Grade B players will get `50 lakhs instead of `40 lakhs.