More flights between India, Iran
India and Iran have agreed to increase the number of flights per week. The air services agreement was one of six pacts to be signed on Friday towards the end of the two-day India-Iran joint commission meeting, held here after a gap of 16 months.
Want share in govt to stay: NCP
The NCP said on Friday that it will strive to set up a non-Congress secular and democratic front in different parts of the country while remaining in the UPA.
The NCP initiative comes at a time when the Congress has indicated that it is not interested in continuing with the coalition politics. It had fought the Lok Sabha seats in U
Go yeast for bread
It is a proven fact that the strongest emotions and memories are triggered by smell. And one of the smells that compete with the best perfumes in the world is the smell of freshly-baked bread. It is actually surprisingly easy to make one’s own bread at home. You just need to get over the mindset that roti should be made at home and bread bought from stores.
SC approves lifting of ban on Shivaji book
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to intervene in the Bombay high court order lifting Maharasthra government’s ban on foreign author James Laine book on Hindu icon Chhattrapati Shivaji.
Gadkari’s Afzal remark sparks bickering in BJP
BJP chief Mr Nitin Gadkari’s remarks against the Congress not only drew sharp criticism from Congress leaders but from his own party. A beleaguered BJP, which is already battling against internal crisis and desperately trying to put its house in order, was left in a dilemma after its chief’s latest controversial remark.
Quick fix mutton dish
Rogan josh 101
Most recipes for this Kashmiri mutton delicacy suggest at least 10-12 ingredients. Though purists might frown, we can make do with half of these ingredients traditionally needed and is pretty authentic too.
CBI chargesheet against Speaker
The Central Bureau of Investigation has filed a chargesheet against the Speaker of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha Mr Nirmal Singh Kahlon and 14 other individuals in a corruption case pertaining to extensive bribery in the recruitment of panchayat secretaries during his tenure as minister of rural development and panchayats from 1997 to 2002.
BHEL wins award for excellence 5th year in a row
Navaratna engineering and manufacturing enterprise BHEL has been conferred the maximum number of “ICWAI Nation-al Awards for Excellence in Cost Management” among public and private sector companies.
Must-haves for cooking Chinese
One needs some standard ingredients to cook an “authentic” Chinese meal. The word “authentic” is always debatable when discussing Chinese cuisine in India as most of the restaurants serving Chinese food use bastardised recipes to suit the Indian palate.
GSLV failed due to faulty turbo pump
A malfunctioning turbo pump in the indigenous cryogenic engine has been identified as the rogue component which sent the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-D3) into the Bay of Bengal soon after lift off on April 15, 2010.