P B JayaKumar &Amp; Kalpana Pathak In Mumbai

Stories by P B JayaKumar &Amp; Kalpana Pathak In Mumbai

ITC plans 3-star hotels in rural areas

ITC plans 3-star hotels in rural areas

Rediff.com   22 Sep 2007

The rooms will be priced between Rs 1,000 and Rs 1,400, based on the location, and will provide a basic room and dining service, gym and a wi-fi connection.

Now, book tickets, hotels on EMIs

Now, book tickets, hotels on EMIs

Rediff.com   17 Sep 2007

The facility will be available at four of Future Group's Big Bazaar outlets in Mumbai. Cleartrip will soon extend this tie-up to other Big Bazaar outlets in the city as well as other metros.

Budget hotels are in

Budget hotels are in

Rediff.com   17 Sep 2007

There's plenty of room for everybody. With the demand for low-cost accommodation on the rise, a whole host of hospitality firms, both foreign and local, is planning to set up budgets hotels.

Star hotels stirred up as season starts

Star hotels stirred up as season starts

Rediff.com   14 Sep 2007

ITC Hotels- The Grand Central, The Luxury Collection, in Mumbai, has recorded a 15 per cent rise in bookings for September month as compared with last year's booking of 60 per cent for the same month.

OVL in fray for Libyan gas fields

OVL in fray for Libyan gas fields

Rediff.com   12 Sep 2007

ONGC Videsh (OVL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), is eyeing more gas fields in Libya.

Drive-in is the in-thing

Drive-in is the in-thing

Rediff.com   12 Sep 2007

As Indians take to the roads like never before, restaurants are fanning out to the highways.

Rohm and Haas to invest $100 million in India

Rohm and Haas to invest $100 million in India

Rediff.com   6 Sep 2007

Rohm and Haas, one of the largest speciality material manufacturers in the world, plans to invest $100 million (about Rs 410 crore) in India to develop manufacturing and research and development facilities.

RIL east-west pipeline to be ready by Dec

RIL east-west pipeline to be ready by Dec

Rediff.com   4 Sep 2007

According to senior RIL executives, more than half the work has been completed on the pipeline, which will transport gas from the KG basin to the RIL refinery at Jamnagar.

AP drug makers major polluters

AP drug makers major polluters

Rediff.com   3 Sep 2007

A study by a Swedish University has accused India's Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) manufacturers of causing alarming levels of environmental pollution and threatening the region's flora and fauna.

B-schools to get more teachers

B-schools to get more teachers

Rediff.com   30 Aug 2007

AICTE to induct 75 professors from across the country to implement programme.

Now, shell out more for luxury stay

Now, shell out more for luxury stay

Rediff.com   30 Aug 2007

Industry analysts suggest that the revision in Mumbai and Delhi could be up to 25 per cent. At destinations such as Goa and Kerala it could be as much as 30 per cent.

MNCs still bullish on India R&D

MNCs still bullish on India R&D

Rediff.com   27 Aug 2007

Even as some major global pharmaceutical majors like Novartis say India's patent laws are weak and a hurdle to their investment plans for the country

Indian hotels find Re more charming than dollar

Indian hotels find Re more charming than dollar

Rediff.com   24 Aug 2007

With the global weakening of dollar against the rupee making a dent in revenues, hotels across the country have decided to charge their domestic and international customers in rupee.

Matriculates graduate as medical reps

Matriculates graduate as medical reps

Rediff.com   23 Aug 2007

If a science graduate or a B Pharma degree was the minimum requirement for the job of medical representative some years ago, acute manpower crisis and inability to penetrate rural areas have forced the phramaceutical industry

Global hotels to mushroom in India

Global hotels to mushroom in India

Rediff.com   17 Aug 2007

There are approximately 300 million domestic travellers each year and this number is expected to grow by 10-15 per cent every year.

Allocation for higher, tech education to treble

Allocation for higher, tech education to treble

Rediff.com   14 Aug 2007

Increased allocation to the higher and technical education sector would mean more funds to revamp the university education system and lay a thrust on technical education.

5 global pharma giants opt for China over India

5 global pharma giants opt for China over India

Rediff.com   13 Aug 2007

Besides Novartis, the other companies are Roche, J&J, Glaxo and Astrazeneca.

Off-patents provide big opportunity: Dr Reddy

Off-patents provide big opportunity: Dr Reddy

Rediff.com   10 Aug 2007

P B Jayakumar caught up Dr Reddy's chairman K Anji Reddy and tried to balance science and religion. And yes, there is also the question of choosing between the son and the son-in-law.

Italian hotel major to enter India

Italian hotel major to enter India

Rediff.com   10 Aug 2007

The Domina Hotel Group, Italy's largest hotel and resort operator, will start operations in India in the next two years.

Lupin plans Rs 2bn expansion

Lupin plans Rs 2bn expansion

Rediff.com   10 Aug 2007

Mumbai-based pharma major Lupin will invest over Rs 200 crore (Rs 2 billion) this year to create additional manufacturing capacities.