Have You Heard of This Festival?“Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the biggest saver of them all?” ”Holidays are over and boy did you shop! Fancy cosmetics and clothes for...
Vigils on: The watchman and many hats he’s donnedChowkidar also has the sense of being a private, or community guardian, as opposed to the state-appointed policeman.
PM Modi’s ‘Main Bhi Chowkidar’ poll drive leads to war of wordsA BJP functionary described the campaign as “highly successful and the single-biggest Twitter campaign done by a political party or company...
'Chowkidar Narendra Modi': PM changes Twitter handle name to counter Rahul Gandhi's chor jibeThe campaign has been launched to counter the Congress President Rahul Gandhi's "chowkidar chor hai" jibe
PM Modi launches BJP's campaign with 'Main Bhi Chowkidar' tweetBJP has also leveraged a unique tech innovation called conversation cards on twitter for this campaign.
Not a politician’s usual cup of teaMuch like once a lawyer hits the top bracket, once a chaiwalla becomes a PM, he or she can charge much more for a court appearance.
Humble 'chaiwallah' vs 'chai' chain: Will Khetla Aapa-bitten tea kiosks survive in long run?It is a different issue that if the idea reaches dizzying height, it would adversely impact lives and businesses of lakhs of chaiwallahs in...
Chaiwalla under I-T lens for paying Rs 1.5 crore in dowry for six daughtersIn a video that went viral earlier this week, Leela Ram Gujjar, who owns a tea stall at Haduata near Kothputli, is seen flaunting the cash ...
Banks wake up to digital reality, chase small vendorsSince UPI allows direct transfer of funds within bank accounts, it is seen scoring over mobile wallets.
A case for universal health coverage in IndiaPerhaps Modi's family escaped that experience: he has hardly been heard talking passionately about it as he does about other aspects of pov...
R Balki quits advertising for the silver screenBalki said,“I had a lot of fun. Now, I can very responsibly choose to have another kind of fun. Everything has been put in place with peopl...
Plan to install 2,500 wi-fi hotspots by next fiscal: Ravi Shankar PrasadToday mobile penetration is 100 crore, while internet penetration is 40 crore. It took more than 3-4 years to become from 20 to 30 crore.
At Mahila Congress meet, Mani Shankar Aiyar talks of sending Narendra Modi to seashoreAiyar, a former Panchayati Raj minister, said that one of the reasons behind the party's Lok Sabha poll debacle was its failure to empower ...
PM Modi calls Constitution, democracy a 'gift' to help uplift poorReferring to his humble origins, Prime Minister Narendra Modi hails power of Constitution and democracy;pitches to promote country's touris...
Now Jairam Ramesh feels Narendra Modi could be India's Richard NixonRamesh believes Modi has the potential of emerging as 'India's Richard Nixon' in handling Pakistan, China because he enjoys the "flexibilit...
Spartan StrokesPsychologists say for such people criticism may actually be a stronger motivating factor than praise. It may serve to heat up the milksop i...
Narendra Modi enters maiden Lok Sabha fray from VadodaraModi filed his nomination from Vadodara, formally launching his bid for a maiden entry into the LS and steering his party and NDA to power ...