Vat Purnima Vrat 2026: Pooja Time and Date, Ukhane, Significance, Rituals and the Story of Savitri and SatyavanVat Purnima Vrat will be observed on Monday, June 29, 2026. Primarily celebrated by married women in Maharashtra, Gujarat, and several sout...
28 Jun, 2026, 11.33 AM IST
Vat Purnima 2026 Complete Guide: Best Simple & Bridal Mehndi Ideas, Puja Samagri, Fasting Rules, Date and Pooja TimeVat Purnima Vrat will be observed on Monday, June 29, 2026. Married women across Maharashtra, Gujarat, Goa, and several southern states obs...
28 Jun, 2026, 11.31 AM IST
This tiny Indian village receives 5 times more rain than Mumbai every year, yet its residents have mastered the art of survival with ancient tricks smarter than modern techIn Mawsynram, the world's wettest village, residents have mastered living with relentless rain. Their ingenious 'knup' rain shields, crafte...
27 Jun, 2026, 03.46 PM IST
Forget concrete, steel or wood. One state in India, has ‘living bridges’ which last for 500 yearsMeghalaya's Khasi community crafts extraordinary 'living bridges' from the roots of rubber fig trees, a testament to natural engineering. T...
20 Jun, 2026, 10.39 PM IST
Indian Coast Guard station Frazerganj apprehends fishing boat involved in betel nut smugglingIndian Coast Guard (ICG) Station Frazerganj successfully conducted an operation on January 22, 2026, leading to the apprehension of an Indi...
24 Jan, 2026, 11.17 AM IST
The Betel Leaf Co secures $800K from Venture Catalysts, 9 Unicorns, othersThe company aims to utilize the funds to expand its footprint in India and overseas to build a sustainable supply chain with a standardized...
30 Nov, 2021, 11.05 AM IST
IIT Kharagpur researchers develop essential oil extractor to economize betel leaf productionThe extractor is capable of saving 44% of the time and 30% of the energy requirement while increasing the oil yield by more than 16%, as co...
10 Apr, 2021, 01.15 PM IST
Will the Mahoba paan leave a bitter aftertaste for BJP in Chhatarpur?The cultivators are mostly from the Chaurasias, a community which is exclusively dedicated to betel farming and are backing one of their ow...
23 Nov, 2018, 06.33 PM IST
Leafy does it: A bit of paan in Indian recipes can give the right spicy, herb-like flavourThere are rare Indian recipes that use paan leaves.
12 Nov, 2018, 10.59 AM IST
- Posco supporters want more compensation, threaten non-coop
The state government had then clarified that the betel vine owners would be compensated despite the fact that they had raised the vines in ...
13 Jan, 2014, 10.22 PM IST
Odisha: Land acquisition for Posco resumes, locals allege use of forceThe Odisha government resumed land acquisition amidst stiff opposition from villagers who alleged use of force to demolish their betel vine...
28 Jun, 2013, 08.21 PM IST
- Rocky Indo-Pak ties hit Kerala betel leaf exports
Shipments drop to 8 tonne from 40 tonne a month after Osama bin Laden killing.
19 May, 2011, 06.25 AM IST
- Spit India! An egalitarian village
The sight of betel leaf spit may make the average foreign visitor rear back in horror, given that it looks suspiciously like blood spatter ...
24 Sep, 2010, 06.45 AM IST
- POSCO project remains grounded on betel vs steel fight
It is now the betel leaf farmers of a cluster of villages around Paradip in Orissa who now stand in the way of the Indian footprint of a gl...
27 Jun, 2010, 11.12 AM IST
- India announces package for betel vines workers
Posco-India had announced a rehabilitation package for daily labourers earning their livelihood from betel vines or prawn ponds raised on t...
10 Feb, 2010, 04.47 PM IST
- Govt disallows betel nut imports through Indo-Nepal border
The government has disallowed import of betel nuts from Nepal and the commodity can now be brought into the country only from the Mangalore...
03 Sep, 2007, 03.40 PM IST
- Betel nut imports restricted to M'lore Port
The Government has restricted entry point for betel nuts import to only Mangalore Port, following allegations of large scale smuggling of t...
12 Jul, 2007, 04.43 PM IST