Hyderabad: A city-based chain of restaurants has entered into the 'Limca Book of Records 2019' for the most number of servings of biryani in a calendar year.

New Delhi: Retirement fund body EPFO has decided to provide 8.65 per cent interest on PF deposits for 2018-19 against 8.55 per cent in the last year to its 6 crore subscribers, Labour Minister Santosh Gangwar said Thursday.

Lucknow: The Samajwadi Party will contest 37 seats and the Bahujan Samaj Party 38 in Uttar Pradesh in the Lok Sabha polls, the two parties said Thursday while releasing a list of seats.

The Committee of Administrators (CoA) and the BCCI have not prepared any note seeking a ban on Pakistan at the upcoming World Cup and even if such a move is made, the International Cricket Council (ICC) is bound to reject it.

Bengaluru: Veteran Journalist Ishwar Daitota has been selected for the Karnataka Union of Working Journalists' prestigious Gommata Media Award.

Mangaluru:  Though ten years have passed, the government has not taken serious note of the mysterious death case of former Qazi of Mangaluru CM Abdullah Chembarikka Ustad. A massive protest conference will be held at Kozhikode Mudalakkulam grounds on February 28 to demand the reinvestigation of this case. To create awareness regarding this, the Arshadis Association will take out a protest march in Dakshina Kannada district on February 23 and 24, said Khalilur Rahman, president of Dakshina Kannada Arshadi Ulama Federation.

 In a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said 40 jawans killed in the Pulwama attack are denied the status of martyrs but the PM "gifts" Rs 30,000 crore to Anil Ambani for him to "live happily ever after".

Samajwadi Party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav Thursday showed his displeasure over the alliance forged by his son and party president Akhilesh Singh Yadav with the Bahujan Samaj Party.