TMC invites PM Modi to have meal for Rs 5 at Bengal government-run Maa CanteenThe Trinamool Congress has thrown down the gauntlet by inviting Prime Minister Narendra Modi to experience a nourishing Rs 5 meal at a loca...
25 Apr, 2026, 08.44 PM IST
Her eye tests were normal, but the pain wasn’t: CMC Vellore neurologist shares the hidden causeAnjali suffered intense eye pain for months. Doctors found her eyes healthy. Neurologist Dr Sudhir Kumar diagnosed migraine. Migraines can ...
03 Apr, 2026, 02.41 PM IST
India’s gas shortage will make Dal compete with dataIndia is facing a worsening cooking gas shortage as the Iran war disrupts LPG supplies, exposing the country’s heavy reliance on imports ro...
01 Apr, 2026, 10.06 AM IST
Zomato delivery agent eats customer's food. Man who caught him 'red handed' thanked CEO Deepinder Goyal. Here's whyKiran Verma's Facebook post details an encounter with a Zomato delivery agent eating unclaimed food due to a customer no-show on Holi 2025....
17 Mar, 2025, 09.48 AM IST
McDonald's shares up 5% as international markets prop up sales growth even as US lagsMcDonald's experienced unexpected growth in global sales during the fourth quarter, driven by demand in the Middle East, Japan, and China d...
10 Feb, 2025, 10.06 PM IST
Money was only problem for Manmohan Singh at Cambridge; skipped meals at times or ate sixpence bar of Cadbury's chocolateManmohan Singh endured financial hardships while studying at Cambridge University in the 1950s, relying on a scholarship and support from h...
27 Dec, 2024, 08.36 PM IST
Teacher recruitment, skills census, hiking welfare pensions among Andhra CM's first decisionsAmong the first decisions taken by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu after assuming office were recruiting 16,347 governmen...
14 Jun, 2024, 10.49 AM IST
Thomas Cook launches helicopter darshan to Adi Kailash, Om ParvatThe base camp for the tour will be Pithoragarh, in Uttarakhand. The darshans will start from the second day onwards. On the day-2 of the tr...
10 Apr, 2024, 04.17 PM IST
India may fix biggest subsidy schemes - food & LPG - that cost Rs 4 lk cr a yearNITI Aayog, the policy think tank of the Indian government, will evaluate the National Food Security Act and LPG subsidy to ensure efficien...
26 Sep, 2023, 02.43 PM IST
296 families from subsidence-hit Joshimath shifted to safer places: GovtThe Uttarakhand government has issued orders for payment of Rs 1,00,000 as an advance for rehabilitation, and Rs 50,000 as displacement all...
02 Feb, 2023, 07.23 PM IST
Americans to pay up for organic eggs after trade spat with IndiaConsumers could see higher prices for organic eggs at a time when conventional eggs are also rising on increased retail demand. Soaring soy...
15 Sep, 2021, 10.07 AM IST
You will run govt or cook? Sharad Pawar on Shiv Sena's Rs 10 meal promiseAhead of the October 21 Maharashtra Assembly polls, the Sena has promised to provide a full meal to the poor at Rs 10.
12 Oct, 2019, 05.29 PM IST
Raj Babbar expresses regret over food comment; BJP hits out at CongressBJP hit back at the leaders by questioning the kind of food Congress wants people to eat. "It is actually mocking the poor of this country,...
26 Jul, 2013, 03.20 PM IST
- LPG relief for midday meal kitchens, canteens
The Oil Ministry has asked state-run fuel retailers to supply cooking gas cylinders at subsidized rate to non-domestic consumers.
09 Feb, 2013, 02.30 PM IST
- Let mid-day meal plan use cheaper LPG this year: Kapil Sibal urges Oil ministry
Kapil Sibal has urged oil minister Jaipal Reddy to take a quick decision to prevent operational problem in the scheme.
12 Oct, 2012, 06.00 AM IST
- New BPL norms: If Rs 32 makes you poor, will Rs 33 make you rich?
Poverty line is at the centre of a big debate, a concept which determines how many Indians are poor and the benefits they are entitled to i...
24 Sep, 2011, 03.48 PM IST
- Govt to adopt NAC food security target
The govt is set to accept Sonia Gandhi-led NAC's recommendation to cover 75% rural, 50% urban population under a food security law, but wan...
04 Jul, 2011, 02.46 AM IST