Rs 1,000 turned into Rs 11 crore: Man becomes crorepati overnight after selling vegetables all his lifeAmit Sehra, a vegetable seller from Rajasthan’s Kotputli town, won Rs 11 crore in the Punjab State Lottery’s Diwali Bumper 2025 after borro...
06 Nov, 2025, 06.50 PM IST
How Rs 10 – 20 payments sparked a Rs 29 lakh GST storm: Cash vs UPI, BJP vs Cong and taxpayers vs non-payers in KarnatakaGST notice to vegetable vendor: A Karnataka vegetable vendor's ₹29 lakh GST notice over UPI transactions has sparked widespread protests am...
23 Jul, 2025, 11.59 AM IST
Karnataka: Small vegetable vendor receives GST notice of RS 29 lakhA vegetable seller in Karnataka received a hefty GST notice of Rs 29 lakh, despite dealing primarily in fresh, untaxed produce. This has fu...
21 Jul, 2025, 02.12 PM IST
The fine art of chopping veggies: From bonti to kuruni, Indians have yet to appreciate their indigenous knivesMost cooks ignore how well the cheap and humble Indian knives do their job.
11 Oct, 2020, 10.19 AM IST
Dabba pav: Goan version of Mumbai's favourite snack is the upgraded vada pav that you need to haveWhile the temptation to tamper with vada pav might seem treacherous, there does exist an evolved version.
12 Feb, 2020, 10.53 AM IST
Amazon, Walmart find success in rural India during sales seasonThe etail bandwagon is now moving beyond the country’s urban, English-speaking population.
07 Oct, 2019, 02.21 PM IST
Demonetisation: Fruit, vegetable traders plan to halt operations if situation doesn't improveTraders are contemplating shuttering their operations in a few days if there is no respite from the cash crunch, which has triggered a paym...
13 Dec, 2016, 06.20 AM IST
Veggie wholesale rates crash, retail prices only dip in citiesAn analysis of arrivals and prices data from 29 big cities from major states and Delhi shows that for a range of common vegetables, arrival...
02 Dec, 2016, 10.38 AM IST
Demonetisation: Wholesale fruit, vegetable sale hit hard, traders mulling suspension of operationsChambers of Azadpur Fruit and Vegetable Traders are mulling to shut down wholesale markets for a few days as sales have been affected adver...
14 Nov, 2016, 01.14 AM IST
West Bengal's first fair price vegetable market coming up in BehalaThis comes after the huge success of her concepts of fair price medicine shops and diagnostic centres, and the temporary fair price stalls ...
19 Feb, 2016, 07.52 PM IST
Fruit and vegetables seller Lawrencedale scales up back-end ops for speedy deliveryFruit and vegetables seller has set aside Rs 2 crore for this restructuring and is adopting a hub-and-spoke model in Bengaluru, Chennai and...
23 Nov, 2015, 02.28 AM IST
Small business backbone of Indian economy; not large corporations: PM ModiAccording to the prime minister, while many think that large companies dominate, in reality it is over 5.5 crore small units that drive the...
09 Apr, 2015, 12.39 PM IST
FDI in retail: Are commission agents really that bad?Retail FDI is on hold. Commission agents, the supposed bad boys of farm products' retail, can carry on. Do we underplay their role as marke...
11 Dec, 2011, 01.35 PM IST
- Bihar not to allow Wal-Mart-Bharti stores
Bihar Government would not allow Wal-Mart-Bharti joint venture to open any stores in the state as it would result in job losses.
02 Apr, 2009, 08.42 PM IST
- How green was my veggie
A variety of leafy greens traditionally eaten in India are gradually dropping out of the food chain.
30 Jun, 2007, 03.49 AM IST
- Reliance to partner local veg vendors
In an attempt to combat political opposition against its retail stores, Reliance Industries (RIL) is planning to enter into partnerships wi...
15 Jun, 2007, 02.28 AM IST
- Reliance Fresh no threat to petty traders
Corporate giant Reliance Industries on Friday formally entered the country's fairly young organised retail market through its 'Reliance Fre...
03 Nov, 2006, 11.30 AM IST