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The first time young Aanchal Arora checked into a five-star hotel and boarded an aircraft, it was a dream come true. Soon, this was part of her life and she she quickly turned a role model for many girls from middle-class families in her neighbourhood who had similar dreams.

US President George W. Bush has reason to be a worried man. Not only are some Indians eating more and better, and driving up food prices, even their dogs and cats are doing better. Indians spent $20 million in feeding their pets in 2004 – a figure that went up to $29 million in 2007.

Ashwini Shrivastava New Delhi, May 5 (PTI) After business, knowledge and legal process outsourcing, the Indian industries are now eyeing 'diagnostics jobs' outsourcing from other

Stepfathers of central civil servants have reasons to rejoice as the Sixth Central Pay Commission (CPC) report has ended the step-motherly treatment accorded to them. Till date, stepfathers of Central government employees have been excluded from the definition of family to avail Leave Travel Concession (LTC) benefits.

WITH THE increase in the number of parties seeking registration with the Election Commission of India reaching alarming proportions, the Commission is pitching very strongly for an urgent need to check the proliferation of political parties.

Can the humble brinjal open the doors to a series of health hazards Indian consumers may never recover from? At least that is what a group of TV and film celebrities, musicians, farmers and activists plan to convey when the gather at the Jantar Mantar on May 6 to protest against the entry of Genetically Modified (GM) brinjal set to hit Indian markets by the end of this year.

Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) and the Directorate General of Shipping (DGS), Mumbai, on Sunday announced admissions in BSc (Nautical Science) programme commencing August 1.

AN EXPERIMENT by the Delhi government to merge girls and boys schools into co-educational institutions has yielded excellent results. Moreover, double shifts were combined into one, helping Delhi clinch the number one position among CBSE-affiliated government schools.

IF THINGS work according to plan, Noida and Ghaziabad residents could soon get packaged Gangajal (Ganga water) bottles through their local postman. Garhwal Mandal Vikas Nigam, a Government of Uttarakhand enterprise, has tied up with the postal department to supply Gangajal to the devotees.

Chandran Iyer Mumbai, May 4 (PTI) The simmering differences between the two BJP leaders Gopinath Munde and Nitin Gadkari that triggered a political quake in the BJP with Munde tendering his

Ashish Kumar Jha New Delhi, May 4 (PTI) They have succeeded in getting the gen-X and the gen-Y hooked, spending hours at the gizmos, firing away laser guns or racing formula cars.

Kamal Narayan New Delhi, May 4 (PTI) Unable to conceive but longing for their own baby, couples from Britain, Afghanistan and other countries are now turning to India, seeking a sperm

Anurag Sharma New Delhi, May 4 (PTI) They do not hold degrees or diplomas, run their eateries in nondescript way.

No business suits, no stuffy cubicles, no file-toting secretaries. Yet, it's business as usual for Sameer Walia, MD of specialist KPO firm, The Smart Cube. Armed with his 'work' paraphernalia - a jar of cookies, mixed fruit juice, a bunch of unread magazines and a laptop - he is transacting business across Delhi, London and Chicago.

A black mole on the bridge of the nose visually cuts up her mug in half. The hair sheared close to her skull show up an army of freckles. The eyebrows look as if they haven't known a tweezer.

Popping a glossy yellow marzipan banana in your mouth, you wonder if it really tastes any different without the bright yellow coat and the delicate detailing with chocolate sauce. And all this while you lift a cheesecake that sits pretty beside a crystal showpiece.

For the last month or so, I have been helping Air India (which now means the old Air India plus the old Indian Airlines) with its inflight cuisine, largely as a labour of love on the part of a passenger of many decades standing.

We've seen films about the similarity of twins, laughed at the notion of twin telepathy and wondered how two individuals can think exactly the same thoughts. But twins have a different tale to tell.

Soon, you'll be able to combine retail therapy with physiotherapy. Retail chains are setting up medical clinics, pharmacies and wellness centres in malls across the country.

Prema, my maid, has gone on a sabbatical for 10 long days, and I've been brought down on my knees; every day I crawl around the house, mopping the floor. But before that, I pick up a jhaaru (from its resting place behind the fridge) and swing it around wildly, hoping that particles of dust get hooked to its swathes.