Yes, 200 crore. That’s not what you expect from a guy who doesn’t wear a shirt, no matter where he goes.  Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali Ayurved is still making people in the air conditioned offices of multi-national FMCGs sweat. Here’s why.The profit is scaling up – massively.toiJust look at the turnover numbers. It’s the kind of business trajectory you’d expect from Bruce Wayne.2012: Rs 450 crore2014: turnover of about Rs 1,200 […]

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today called upon the Indian diaspora across the world to unite as a positive global force in the cause of humanity. In his inaugural address at the Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas at the Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar, the Prime Minister recalled that exactly 100 years ago, a Non Resident Indian – Gandhi – had returned to India to serve the people. Today, he said, he […]

Amitabh Bachchan is ready to enthrall his fans with his upcoming venture `Shamitabh`. The film has already raised the curiosity bars—all thanks to its peculiar or rather somewhat familiar name (its sounds like Amitabh) and that is why the trailer was highly anticipated. Finally, the South superstar Dhanush starrer `Shamitabh` trailer is out. In the trailer, we get to see the different avatars of Dhanush that we may have never […]

AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi has stirred a controversy with remarks that every child is born a Muslim as he locked horns with right-wing Hindu outfits over their ‘ghar wapsi’ programme. “Every child is born a Muslim. His parents and society convert him to other religions,” Owaisi said, apparently in a tit-for-tat to hardline Hindu organisations which have been claiming that ancestors of all Indians were Hindus. “Islam is the real […]

  New Delhi: What is common between Pundit Jawaharlal Nehru, Dr Rajendra Prasad, Indira Gandhi, Pranab Mukherjee and Barack Obama, apart from the fact that they are/were significant political personalities? The answer is 95-year-old Narayan Pandey. Pandey who? You might ask. Well, he is the owner of the famous Paandey’s Paan shop at President’s Estate in South Block, Delhi. He holds the unique distinction of treating all former presidents, prime […]

A fishing boat from Pakistan with four people on board went up in flames off the Gujarat coast in what appeared to be an attempt to evade investigation by the Indian Navy on New Year’s Eve, the government disclosed today. So far, no survivors have been found from the vessel which set sail from near Karachi in Pakistan for what the government described as “an illicit transaction” in the Arabian […]

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan is all geared up for his upcoming venture ‘Shamitabh’. The movie which stars South sensation Dhanush and Kamal Haasan’s daughter Akshara in her debut performance has released a new song from the film. The quirky lyrics of the song go like ‘My Piddly Loo’, which has Amitabh Bachchan sitting in a washroom, looking visibly stuck in a small space. He is seen playing with tissue roll while […]

The government has placed special significance on India’s foreign policy and diplomatic outreach, making 2014 a year of “breakthrough diplomacy”. But 2015 promises to take foreign policy to a higher level with ‘diplomacy for development’ as the theme of India’s global engagements, according to External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj. In a signed introduction to the e-book titled “Breakthrough Diplomacy: New Vision, New Vigour” that was released on Wednesday, Sushma Swaraj […]

He is India’s most successful Test match captain but Mahendra Singh Dhoni has decided enough is enough. The 33-year-old has retired from Test match cricket, bringing down the curtain on an illustrious career in which he thrilled crowds across the world. Dhoni, who made his debut in 2005, captained India in 60 of his 90 Test matches but decided to quit on Tuesday following the draw with Australia in Melbourne […]

Legendary Tamil movie and theatre director, screen writer and producer K Balachander passed away on Tuesday. He was 84.  Everyone from Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan to Mani Ratnam and Khushbu had paid him a visit at the hospital. At 84, “KB sir”, as he is fondly called by one and all in the industry, has seen Tamil cinema evolve and is a guru and mentor to many people across many […]