Mahatta & Co started in Srinagar, in pre-partition India, where Amarnath Mehta started the first photo store along with his two brothers.
Less than three years away, the 2010 Commonwealth Games, to be held in Delhi, are all but breathing down our necks. But is the city any nearer to having the infrastructure needed for the event than it was in November 2003, when it won the bid to host
There is news that Accenture, IBM, Cognizant Technologies and Honeywell too might extend their operations in Mysore. And wherever IT companies go they usually provide a push to other residential and retail sectors too.
Indian tourists are getting adventurous and travelling to lesser known destinations.
What do developers do when apartments aren't finished on time? Some pay back their clients as part of a penalty clause.
Tour operators all over the world are offering packages that do good for destinations.
Over the years, Indian IT/ITeS companies have grown and so have multinationals which, after entering India 5-10 years ago, now want larger office spaces to consolidate their work into a single large building.
Planning a visit to the US in the coming days and looking at booking a direct flight? It's best to wait. All direct flights on the India-US sector are going choc-a-bloc
The travel and tourism industry in India is expected to generate Rs 282,970 crore (Rs 2,829.70 billion) of economic activity (total demand in 2007) and this is expected to grow to (nominal terms) to Rs 947,270 crore (Rs 9,472.70 billion) by 2017.
The short supply of good architects could be a real dampener on the construction boom.
Whichever side you enter Gurgaon from (M G Road or NH 8), you experience deja vu: have I seen this before? Buildings with a glass facade line the road as you enter from NH 8, almost all somewhat similar.
Smart marketing and better-planned infrastructure could be the reason tourists are hot-footing it to south India.
Travelling by bus in India need no longer be a pain.
It may have got off to a slow start, but if all goes according to plan, Bhubaneswar will soon share a successful realty growth story with its residents.
Kerala for the rich? Not in the off-season at least, assures the tourism department.
Canadian Rockies, Botswana, Tutukaka and Turkey... These could be your holiday options this year.
With experts concurring that India and China are lucrative markets for real estate, a comparison between the two countries is inevitable, writes Ravi Teja Sharma.
He started Games Workshop way back in 1975 with a friend
An increasing number of hotels in India are giving rooms a new look.
Thanks to the Internet, booking a hotel room is so much more trouble-free.