The great food delivery reset: How small restaurants are challenging commission-driven delivery modelsIndia's booming food delivery sector faces a growing challenge as independent restaurants question the sustainability of high commission fe...
05 Jun, 2026, 04.06 PM IST
RCB on the ground, ₹2.1 lakh bill on the table & 6,200 peak orders in a minute on the app: India's IPL food obsession revealedIPL 2026 fueled a massive surge in food delivery and restaurant bookings across India. Swiggy reported significant jumps in orders and rese...
02 Jun, 2026, 12.27 PM IST
Not Lyari, Pakistan. Ranveer Singh's Dhurandhar famous tea shop is actually in Leh. It is just 1.5 hours from Delhi by flight. Check how to reach thereA viral video has uncovered the real location of a famous tea shop from the Dhurandhar films. Many believed it was in Pakistan, but it is a...
30 May, 2026, 02.41 PM IST
Fish, meat & West Bengal elections: It’s about money and not politicsWest Bengal Elections BJP vs TMC: Political campaigns in West Bengal are creatively using fish and meat, staples of Bengali culture, to con...
24 Apr, 2026, 12.46 PM IST
From 2 lakh pizzas to 1,336 Biryani orders per minute: How India feasted on New Year's EveIndia's New Year's Eve 2025 saw a nationwide feast on Swiggy. Biryani, pizzas, and burgers were top orders. Desserts like Rasmalai and Gula...
01 Jan, 2026, 03.30 PM IST
Mumbai man ordered 3,000 times, nearly 9 orders per day, Hyderabad customer spent ₹47,106 on just cookies: Swiggy's 2025 reportIn 2025, food ordering in India became an instinctive part of daily life, from work breaks to celebrations. Biryani reigned supreme for the...
23 Dec, 2025, 03.32 PM IST
How Archana Puran Singh found out Salman Khan family's favourite biryani spotArchana Puran Singh's YouTube family embarked on a flavorful quest to discover Mumbai's best biryani, joined by Aaryamann Sethi's girlfrien...
09 Aug, 2025, 09.33 AM IST
Aim to exceed Rs 100 crore ARR by end of 2025: House of BiryanWith over 20 cloud kitchens, the company aims to exceed Rs 100 crore ARR by December 2025 through strategic expansion and tech-driven perso...
22 Apr, 2025, 02.46 PM IST
This Mumbaikar lives the Swiggy life, ordered food worth Rs 42.3 lakh in 2023Among all the different foods people love, Biryani stands out as the absolute favourite for the eighth year in a row. According to the repo...
14 Dec, 2023, 08.06 PM IST
Book 'Calcutta On Your Plate' chronicles the evolution of Kolkata's culinary cultureIn her seminal book, Nilosree Biswas explores the socio-cultural context of Bengalis' love affair with food.
14 Jan, 2023, 04.45 PM IST
East or west, biryani still the best. At 2.28 orders per second, biryani is the queen-bee of Swiggy!The dish was the most-ordered item on Swiggy in 2022!
16 Dec, 2022, 08.12 PM IST
How rice varieties tend to get overlooked in the diversity of biryani across IndiaThe Ambur biryani replaces basmati with seeraga samba, a small-grained flavourful variety.
01 Mar, 2020, 04.24 PM IST
For the love of chicken & mutton biryani: How political gatherings helped caterers grow bigTamil Nadu’s love for biryani probably stems from the state’s love of rice.
27 Oct, 2019, 12.50 PM IST
Biryani By Kilo raises Rs 30 cr in series-A roundInvestors say building restaurant supply is a huge opportunity in India since the number as well as density of restaurants is limited compa...
20 Jun, 2019, 08.19 AM IST
Biryani fuels the ballots: An easy-to-serve dish, appealing to workersWhether its voters who are to be treated, or campaign workers sustained, all elections require food.
13 Apr, 2019, 08.42 AM IST
From Awadh to Malabar, Bengal to Hyderabad, here's how Biryani tantalised India in many avatarsThe tragic loss for Lucknow was a gastronomic gain for the hungry zamindars and Bengali babus, for they were the witness to the making of a...
25 Jun, 2017, 12.00 AM IST
The royal legacy of Arcot, culinary and otherwiseA pucci biryani — where rice and meat are cooked separately, before being layered and steamed together on what is called “dum” in Lucknow —...
11 Dec, 2016, 12.26 AM IST