Fast food giant McDonald's has been directed by a consumer forum in New Delhi to pay Rs 15,000 as compensation to one of its customers for delivering a non-veg burger instead of the vegetarian one she had ordered. ...
08:47 AM, Feb 02, 2013
Private space entrepreneur and billionaire co-founder of PayPal, Elon Musk is planning to build a small city on Mars for 80,000 space explorers - but only vegetarians are invited! Musk, whose Falcon 9 rocket delivers NASA cargo to the International Space Station, wants to construct a futuristic settlement on the red planet. ...
01:40 PM, Jan 07, 2013
The other names in the running were Neha Dhupia, Shahid Kapoor, Sonu Sood and Kareena Kapoor. ...
12:45 PM, Jan 03, 2013
New Delhi: Yet another textbook in a CBSE school has sparked a controversy by allegedly insinuating that non-vegetarians lie, cheat and commit crimes, with the Government terming it as "unfortunate" and asking state bodies to remain alert about such content and monitor them. "Sensitivities of communities have to be kept in mind. I think its unfortunate, an occasional aberration happens. But what I would request is that the state body...
10:14 AM, Nov 17, 2012
New Delhi: Yet another textbook in a CBSE school has sparked a controversy by allegedly insinuating that non-vegetarians lie, cheat and commit crimes, with the government terming it as "unfortunate" and asking state bodies to remain alert about such content and monitor them. "Sensitivities of communities have to be kept in mind. I think it is unfortunate, an occasional aberration happens. But what I would request is that the state...
11:35 PM, Nov 16, 2012
Thrissu: Twenty four year old Vimal Das from Engadiyur in Kerala's Thrissur district is among the 10 male finalists vying for PETA's hottest vegetarian crown. Vimal has beaten out hundreds of other entrants from across India to become one of 10 male contestants to advance to the final round of the competition, to be named People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India's Hottest Vegetarian Next Door. Two winners...
07:50 PM, Nov 05, 2012
Chennai: For vegetarianism, it was a hat-trick of sorts, with personalities from three varied fields " sports, media and the armed forces " batting for it in unison here on Wednesday. Former master blaster and chief selector of the Indian cricket team Krishnamachari Srikanth, veteran journalist and sports writer R Mohan and naval officer in-charge of Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry, Amar K Mahadevan (VSM), were the chief guests at the...
02:34 PM, Sep 05, 2012
New Delhi: Taking a break from its tradition, fast food chain McDonald's on Tuesday said it will launch all-vegetarian restaurants in various pilgrimage sites across India with the first outlet opening in Amritsar by middle of next year. "Opening all-vegetarian restaurant is in our plans and the first outlet is on the pipeline. The first outlet will be opened in Amritsar by middle of next year," a McDonald's India North...
08:40 PM, Sep 04, 2012
Chef Achal Aggarwal at MEGU, opening for lunch from 1st August, shows how you can have a sensational Japanese meal which is 100 per cent vegetarian. ...
12:33 PM, Jul 27, 2012
CNN-IBN's Megha Mamgain is getting us a simple fresh vegetarian salad recipe. ...
09:29 AM, Jun 29, 2012
Cooking tasty and flavourful food with zero oil is possible. Learn how. ...
11:20 AM, May 18, 2012
Beijing: Chinese athletes training hard to take part in London Olympics virtually turned vegetarian, giving up meat products due to fears of disqualification by World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). Yang Hongbo, head of catering for 700 always-hungry, high-performance athletes at the Jiangsu Sports Training Centre, said he is having a terrible time to find beef that is "safe" for his charges to eat. He is worried if the athletes eat the...
10:03 PM, May 07, 2012
London: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) have launched a new stamp range featuring the likes of the 20 most famous vegetarians of all-time, including veteran singer Sir Paul McCartney. McCartney along with Natalie Portman, Pamela Anderson and Morrissey have agreed to feature on the stamp which will be released in the US Tuesday. "These are very influential people, and not everyone knows that these folks are vegetarian,"...
12:19 PM, Nov 29, 2011
Chennai: Actor Sonu Sood, who received rave reviews for his work in the Salman-starrer Dabangg, is joining PETA to promote vegetarianism. Sood recently won an award for best performance in a negative role in the film at the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards in Canada. In Canada, he took time out of his packed schedule to write to the Prime Minister of Canada, Stephen Harper, urging him to end...
07:24 PM, Sep 29, 2011
Melbourne: Singapore Airlines has been accused of serving chicken to a vegetarian Hindu woman who was travelling from New Zealand to India. According to New Zealand media reports on Wednesday, 56-year-old Pushplata Sharma claimed to have fallen sick after she was served chicken on a flight to India. Sharma of Blenheim, New Zealand, has been a vegetarian throughout her life as part of her religion and never ate meat or...
11:59 AM, Aug 24, 2011
London: Pop star Katy Perry is finding it hard to stick to her pledge to stay vegetarian and has been secretly eating chicken and meat, a friend has claimed. The 26-year-old singer gave up eating meat two years ago to keep her vegetarian husband Russell Brand happy but is now finding it difficult to stay away from non-veg delicacies, reported a newspaper. "Russell has been a veggie for 22 years,...
11:15 PM, Aug 21, 2011
Mumbai: Shahid Kapoor has voted Asia's Sexiest Vegetarian Man in a poll conducted by PETAAsiaPacific.com. "I have always supported the cause of being a vegetarian, and it's nice to be felicitated for something so close to my heart. Being voted as sexy is a matter of perception, but being vegetarian is a lifestyle change and something that comes from a sense of responsibility," said Shahid in a statement. Singer Faye...
08:21 PM, Jul 01, 2011
Boston: Facebook's billionaire founder Mark Zuckerberg has taken up a new "personal challenge" to turn "vegetarian" in an unusual way, by eating meat that he has slaughtered. "This year, my personal challenge is around being thankful for the food I have to eat," Zuckerberg said. "I have basically become a vegetarian since the only meat I am eating is from animals I have killed myself," he wrote in an email...
08:16 AM, May 28, 2011
New Delhi: Bollywood actress Vidya Balan and former union minister of state for external affairs Shashi Tharoor have been voted as the hottest celebrity vegetarians in an online poll by animal rights organisation PETA. Vidya and Tharoor beat out actors R Madhavan and Lara Dutta to claim the title. They faced competition from Mallika Sherawat, Kareena Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan, Shahid Kapoor, and even international names like Natalie Portman and Bryan...
06:11 PM, Jan 18, 2011
