Back in the early 1970s, when J. Inder Singh Kalra began writing "Platter Chatter" on food for a leading daily, there were many who sniggered. But Jiggs Kalra was way ahead of his time and doggedly pushed his way through to earn monikers aplenty and show the path ahead to more than a generation of food writers - and, indeed, raise the art of gastronomy to new heights.


Jiggs Kalra was way ahead of his time (Obituary)


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The Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation (GMC) has filed a case against 35 "land mafia" for selling land of a water body to 500 migrants from eastern UP, Bihar and West Bengal and efforts are on to trace the criminals, an official said on Monday.


Case against 35 for grabbing Ghaziabad water body, selling land


Even a month after Cyclone Fani that ravaged coastal Odisha, basic services like electricity are yet to be fully restored in several areas.


Electricity supply still to fully resume in cyclone-hit Odisha areas


Rajasthan's renowned folk dancer Harish Kumar aka "Queen Harish", famous for performing dressed up as a woman, died in a road accident in the state's Jodhpur district early on Sunday, police said.


Rajasthani folk dancer 'Queen Harish' killed in road accident


The Crime Branch team probing the death of violinist Balabhaskar will question Prakash Thampi, who was arrested by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) in a gold smuggling case.


Balabhaskar death: Police to question man arrested in smuggling case


The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday conducted simultaneous searches at the residence and offices of former Union Minister and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) MP Y.S. Chowdary here.


CBI searches at TDP MP's residence, offices


After a brief interval, high-quality Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) are again being printed across India's eastern borders and are being pumped into the country at an alarming rate.


ISI, D-company resurface with new route to pump fake notes into India


A court here on Friday handed down a two-year prison sentence to a former Deputy Manager of the Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) who has been convicted for corruption.


CBI court gives 2-year jail term to ex-SAIL executive


Rapper Kodak Black has been ordered to remain in jail until his trial in a weapons possession case in Southern Florida.


Kodak Black to stay in jail until trial


The Boeing 737 MAX crisis has become a "defining moment" for the company, CEO Dennis Muilenburg said, but added that he was confident it hasn't hurt the company's long-term growth prospects.


737 MAX crisis is 'defining moment' for Boeing: CEO


The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that the state high courts, dealing with cases regarding anticipatory bail in connection with GST evasion, should keep in mind that it had upheld an order passed by Telangana High Court that the competent authority under the Central Goods and Services Tax Act has the legal power to arrest.


Follow our order on arrest for GST evasion, SC tells HC


Dubai-based firm Abraaj Group founder Arif Naqvi has been released on bail after paying £15 million -- the largest-ever security -- in the UK's judicial history.


Abraaj Group founder released from UK prison after paying record £15m bail


The Delhi High Court on Tuesday dismissed the plea of UAE-based businessman Naval Kishore Kapoor challenging consideration of the supplementary chargesheet filed against him in a terror funding case in the Kashmir Valley allegedly involving Pakistan-based terrorist leaders Hafiz Saeed, Syed Salahuddin, seven Kashmiri separatist leaders, among others.


HC rejects businessman's plea in terror funding case


Portraits of Holocaust survivors that were on display as part of a public exhibition in Austria's capital have been vandalized and covered in swastikas, authorities said on Monday.


Holocaust survivors' portraits vandalized in Austria


Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap says he has filed an FIR against a social media user who threatened to rape his daughter.


Kashyap files FIR against troll who threatened daughter


Fake Indian currency notes (FICN) with face value aggregating Rs 7,00,000 have been seized in West Bengal's Malda district and one person has been arrested in this connection, police said on Sunday.


Fake notes worth Rs 7 lakh seized in Bengal, 1 arrested


The Special Operations Group of the state police has arrested eleven office-bearers of a cooperative society on charges of duping lakhs of investors of funds worth Rs 8,000 crore, said SOG Director General Bhupendra Singh Yadav on Saturday.


11 arrested for duping investors of funds worth Rs 8,000 crore


Former Jet Airways chief promoter Naresh Goyal and his wife Anita were offloaded from a London-bound flight and barred from leaving India this morning by immigration officials, sources said here on Saturday.


Naresh Goyal, wife offloaded from London flight


The entire top deck of Gujarat-based Manpasand Beverages including the company's Managing Director have been arrested on allegations of GST fraudt.


Manpasand Beverages' top executives arrested for GST fraud


Former Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn took part in the first pre-trial process at the Tokyo District Court on Thursday for allegedly transferring private investment losses to the carmaker.


Ex-Nissan chief Ghosn attends pre-trial talks


The CBI, in a status report on the NSE co-location scam, told the Delhi High Court on Wednesday that it has expanded the scope of its investigation beyond the FIR filed in May last year to unearth the "larger conspiracy", including how an accused, in the garb of research, gained access to NSE data.

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