Feeling that nip in the air? It’s time to get cooking with the best of the seasonal produce. The markets are awash with roots and tubers — yams (kand), colocasia roots (arbi), Elephant foot yam (suran) turnips, carrots, onions, garlic, radishes, turmeric and ginger. Nutritionist Kajal Bhatia tells you why you should tuck into these. […]
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Kindle or paperback? This is an argument that would perhaps never end; each has its own advantages. Though we have grown up reading paperbacks and few still hold pride in them, several others have moved on to the Kindle. Here are 11 reasons why you need to give Kindle its due: 1. Carry an entire
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Sonam Kapoor’s Neerja, the biopic on India’s youngest recipient of the Ashok Chakra Neerja Bhanot, has been in the news for a while now. Ever since the trailer of Neerja was released, social media has been all praise for it. And if the makers of Neerja are to be believed, Bhanot’s family hasn’t charged a
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This recent Tamil film has been declared a hit winning accolades for its director Vetrimaaran. Visaranai is based on a novel called Lock Up penned by M Chandrakumar and the movie was produced by Vetrimaaran and Dhanush. The latest news is that the film, which deals with police brutality and how the lives of four
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The United Nations warned on Tuesday that the Syrian government assault on Aleppo could cut off food supplies to 300,000 civilians still living there. Syrian state forces, backed by Russian air strikes, have launched a major offensive near Aleppo over the last week, sending tens of thousands of people fleeing for the Turkish border. Aleppo
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Moscow on Wednesday warned that Washington’s deployment of a US missile defence system to South Korea could spark an arms race in the region. South Korean and US defence officials said last week they would begin formal talks on the deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defence System (THAAD) system in response to North
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Hindi teacher Nezma Khatoon of Sapphire international school was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly killing a class VII student on Friday because “the boy loved her 11-year-old daughter and she did not like it”. The body of the boy Vinay Mahto was found outside the teachers’ quarters where Khatoon, in her late 30s, lives with
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Actor Varun Dhawan has been roped in for the lead role in the sequel of his filmmaker father David Dhawan’s 1997 hit comedy Judwaa. The 28-year-old Badlapur star revealed the news on social media by sharing his look from the upcoming movie. Wearing a black tee and a blue jacket with its collar raised, Varun
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Preity Zinta is miffed with all the rumours surrounding her impending marriage plans. The actress says she is fed up of “manufactured news”, adding that there is no need for any speculation as she will make an announcement when she has to. It seems the marriage gossip is not leaving Preity’s side. Last year, there
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Aamir and Shah Rukh Khan may not be the best of friends in real life. But they keep running into each other in unexpected places. Like Bhuj. Does Aamir remember the troubles he went through during the making of Lagaan? Now problems draped in saffron colours visited Shah Rukh when he reached Bhuj to shoot
There’s no denying that the common consensus on Sunny Leone, Tusshar Kapoor and Vir Das starrer Mastizaade is that it is creepily disgusting. However, an FIR has now been lodged against the film for showing a condom inside a temple. FIR filed in Adarsh Nagar Police Station in Delhi over a scene in the movie
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India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni remained positive and said the surprise defeat to Sri Lanka in the first Twenty20 international has given them the chance to assess the team’s batting frailty ahead of the big-ticket World T20. India’s winning sequence in T20 internationals came to an embarrassing end last night after a depleted Sri Lanka
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South African batsman David Miller was on Tuesday named as the captain of Kings XI Punjab team for the upcoming Indian Premier League season 9. Speaking about his new role Miller, who has been associated with Kings XI since IPL season 4, said: “I am honoured to lead the Kings XI Punjab squad this year.
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Three-time champions India continued their invincible run to enter the ICC Under-19 World Cup final for a fifth time with an emphatic 97-run win over Sri Lanka in the semifinals in Mirpur on Tuesday. India did well to reach 267/9 after a shaky start before putting up an impressive effort with the ball to dismiss
The defeat to a depleted Sri Lanka in the first T20 international was a good wake-up call for the Indians, according to former captain Sunil Gavaskar, who said the batsmen should have shown more respect given that the Lankan pace trio was an unknown proposition. Put into bat, India were off to a disastrous start
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Indo-Pak relations “remain tense” after the Pathankot terror attack and India’s engagement with Pakistan this year may depend on Islamabad’s willingness to take action against those linked to the incident, US intelligence chief has said. “Relations between Pakistan and India remain tense despite the resumption of a bilateral dialogue in December,” James Clapper, Director of
An Indonesian military plane crashed into a house in a densely populated area during a test flight Wednesday, killing the pilot and two people in the building, an air force official said. The Super Tucano turboprop came down shortly after taking off from Abdul Rachman Saleh air force base at Malang in East Java, said
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The city authorities on Wednesday imposed curfew-like restrictions here, causing inconvenience to people. Policemen standing beside coils of concertina wire put across the road in Residency Road and Lal Chowk commercial hubs of Srinagar city refused passage to everyone, including media persons who had to reach their offices in Press Enclave on the Residency Road.
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A rhino has been killed by poachers, the third such case in the last 40 days in Kaziranga National Park of Assam, a senior forest official said on Tuesday. The poachers killed the female adult rhino in the early hours on Monday on the westernmost side of Bagori, Divisional Forest Officer of the UNESCO declared
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Maharashtra cabinet on Wednesday sanctioned Rs 100 crore to fund the ongoing development work of the Shirdi airport. Shirdi, famous for its Sai Baba temple, attracts about 15,000 devotees every day, according to government’s estimate. The airport works are expected to be completed by next year, before the centenary celebrations of Sai Baba start. An
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The Delhi government will today hold a review meeting to decide on logistics of the second phase of the odd-even scheme in the national capital. The state government had sought public opinion via e-mail helpline and online and that data will also be released. Government sources claim that they received more than 1,82,000 missed calls
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Actress Parineeti Chopra has finally announced her new project, Meri Pyaari Bindu, after a year of no-show. The Yash Raj movie, which will also mark her singing debut, features her in the titular role. Parineeti, 27, made the announcement through a video shared by the official Twitter handle of YRF. The short clip features her
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We had earlier informed you that Bollywood actor, Govinda, who found himself in a legal soup after he slapped a commoner, Santosh Bateshwar Rai in 2008, finally apologized for his misbehavior yesterday. Govinda has now offered Ray a compensation of Rs 5 lakh as an unconditional apology for his inappropriate conduct. Santosh was slapped by
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Nearly 90 policemen and dozens of protesters on Tuesday injured in Hong Kong after a riot erupted when officials tried to shift illegal hawkers, the worst clashes since mass pro-democracy protests in 2014. Baton-wielding policemen fired warning shots and pepper spray after the clash started early yesterday. Footage showed protesters levering up bricks from pavements
North Korea’s recently launched satellite has achieved stable orbit but not yet transmitted data back to Earth, US sources said of a launch that has so far failed to convince experts that Pyongyang has significantly advanced its rocket technology. Sunday’s launch of what North Korea said was an earth observation satellite angered the country’s neighbors
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A strong 6.3-magnitude earthquake jolted central Chile today, though there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage to property, the US Geological Survey reported. The quake struck at 7:33 pm (0033 GMT Wednesday) 326 kilometers (203 miles) north-northwest of Santiago, according to USGS. It had a depth of 31.5 kilometers. The quake’s strength and
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The Bharatiya Janata Party and Shiromani Akali Dal will remain friends. The BJP leadership has shrugged off suggestions from local leaders to break away but is open to renegotiating later the terms of engagement. BJP president Amit Shah had a meeting with Punjab BJP leaders on Saturday to discuss the future of the alliance. “We
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The Madras High Court today directed the Union Home Ministry to consider a plea seeking conferment of Bharat Ratna to Netaji Subas Chandra Bose. A division bench comprising Justice MM Sundresh and Justice S Vimala gave the direction while disposing of a PIL by KK Ramesh, Managing Trustee of Tamil Nadu Centre for Public Interest
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Samajwadi Party MLA Nahid Hasan has sought an independent inquiry into the alleged firing incident here in which an eight-year-old boy was killed by a stray bullet, saying that rival groups were conspiring against him. The local MLA claimed that those belonging to rival camps were involved in the matter a day after he was
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I can’t remember the last time I was so infuriated. I had just heard the news of RK Pachauri being reinstated as executive vice chairman of TERI by its governing council. It was even more galling because the message that was being sent out to women in the corporate world was this: No matter what
