Le Meridien hotel chef Devinder Kumar prepares to make the world’s largest genetically modified-free “baigan ka bharta” as part of the Greenpeace campaign against the clearance given to GM crops in In

The crime branch of Delhi police has arrested a man who allegedly called the inspector general of Railway Protection Force posing as railway minister Dinesh Trivedi. The accused has been identified as Raja Babu Ojha.

It was only recently that researchers from NASA’s Chandra X-Ray Observatory discovered that the one common feature about the early days of the universe was its sprinkling of black holes which grew as

It is probably the most important ingredient in your food and you simply can’t do without it. Like it or not, most of the doctors advise to cut down on salt to curtail obesity, hypertension and heart problems. But now, a recent study has revealed that cutting down on salt content won’t prevent the chances of a

If boys are flirtatious, girls know how to have their share of fun too. Sexting, or the act of sending sexually explicit messages via mobile phones is popular with both the sexes. And a new survey in Daily Mail reports that women are far more likely than men to engage in ‘sexting’. City girls couldn’t agree more and confess that sexting is their way of keeping the romance alive while they’re away from their partner.

When the Union minister of health and family welfare, Ghulam Nabi Azad, labelled homosexuality as an ‘unnatural disease’, little did he realise that this statement would make him look like a patient in his own country. An angry LGBT community and supporters of homosexuality have decided to change his mindset in Munnabhai style. Elakshi Kumar, Shalini Krishan and Rituparna Borah, three youngsters from the capital have created a Facebook page called Get Well Soon!! to Hon’ble Union Health Minister Azad, which urges people to send him flowers and get well soon cards.

The post-Malkangiri collector hostage crisis period has seen a sudden spurt in violence in the Maoist-hit districts of Orissa. At least 22 persons, including nine tribals and nine security personnel, have been killed by the rebels while 45 civilians have allegedly died in anti-Naxal operations.

The Organising Committee (OC) of the Commonwealth Games, which has so far been blamed for excessive spending has received an unlikely windfall. The OC has received a VAT refund of `49 lakhs on payments made to the London-based AM Films for the Queen’s Baton Relay (QBR).

Union information and broadcasting ministry has forwarded the file — regarding action against former director general of Doordarshan Aruna Sharma in connection with the Commonwealth Games broadcasting rights scam that allegedly led to a loss of `135 crore — to the Prime Minister’s Office. The final call on the issue is now likely to be taken soon by the Prime Minister’s Office.

Indian jails suffer from 29.2 per cent overcrowding with the total prison population at a staggering 3,84,753 which is 0.034 per cent of the total population of the country. The home ministry last week reviewed the conditions of prisons and noted that most states have not been able to reduce