Decoding the Badals' business empire

There is more than what meets the eye to the wealth accumulated by Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal, reports N Sundaresha Subramanian. IMAGE: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh......

'People think Modi will create a Dubai or Singapore'

The lobby of Taj Mahal Hotel, at Mansingh Road in New Delhi, has turned into a sea of colour. Scores of turbaned Sikhs, young and old, most of them in crisp khadi and some in loose kurta and......

Haryana govt denies Kejriwal's 'DLF nexus' allegations

The Haryana government on Tuesday rejected allegations of Arvind Kejriwal about a nexus between state officials and DLF and that land meant for setting up a hospital was released in favour of the......

NSG training in new modules to combat terror

Six months after their successful commando operation in Mumbai, the National Security Guard is training its personnel on new modules to hone their urban warfare and specialised operational skills......

Post fundraising, OYO's estimated value is pegged at $5 billion

This e-series funding round also makes OYO the most valued hospitality company in the country, ahead of the Tata group’s Indian Hotels Company, which owns the Taj brand of hotels, and EIH,......

Hilton: 100 hotels in India very soon!

The company is confident that more hotel owners will be keen to associate themselves with the Hilton brand, the second-biggest hotel chain globally after Marriott. Hilton Jaipur. Photograph......

Global buyers roll back into property

Phonemaker Apple is said to be in talks to take 30,000 sq ft retail space at plush property Maker Maxity, in Bandra Kurla Complex After a long gap, global investors are buying large retail......

As Oberoi Delhi hotel pauses for face-lift, employees to get postings abroad

Belvedere members at the Oberoi here Delhi will not be charged the annual membership fee of Rs 143,125 for the two years Hundreds of employees at the five-star The Oberoi hotel here will soon pack......

'I want to be the best actor there is'

'It's all that pain that makes you the artist you are.' Akshay Oberoi is riding the success wave, and enjoying every second of it. It is, after all, extremely hard earned. The actor, who recently......

Bollywood's BIG DEBUTS of 2021

2020 will go down as a rare year which did not see a notable Bollywood debut. With theatres shut for most of the year, the high profile debuts were shifted to 2021. Joginder Tuteja looks at the......

Guess who's back to work in Bollywood?

Things are finally returning to normal for Bollywood, as actors return to film studios. It all started with Akshay Kumar, who completed his start-to-finish shoot for his film Bell Bottom in the UK.......

The BEST 200 Indian Films of the Decade

Aseem Chhabra picks the finest Indian films in the 2010-2019 decade. IMAGE: A scene from Bulbul Can Sing. As the second decade of the young century comes to an end, it is time to look at how......