News for '-diners'

A feast for the eyes & palate

A feast for the eyes & palate

Rediff.com30 Jul 2008

Gourmet vistas: 11 amazing restaurants that marry heavenly views with multi-starred menus.

New recurring payment norms: 4 weeks later, people still face disruptions

New recurring payment norms: 4 weeks later, people still face disruptions

Rediff.com28 Oct 2021

More than three weeks have passed since the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI's) new guidelines on e-mandates for recurring payments came into effect but consumers are still taking to social media platforms to complain about the disruptions they are facing. This comes as most stakeholders in the ecosystem have not put in place systems in accordance with the new rules, resulting in many transactions not going through. Industry sources said most banks are still not ready, especially the smaller ones.

COVID-19: What eating out will look like

COVID-19: What eating out will look like

Rediff.com15 May 2020

Life will hardly remain the same when we get to the other side of the Covid-19 pandemic. Economists and social scientists are predicting lasting changes in the way we live, work and eat. Already many eateries around the world are adapating to the virus in order to facilitate sales. Here's how dining out will look during the coronavirus pandemic.

'Peace of mind toh nahin hai ji'

'Peace of mind toh nahin hai ji'

Rediff.com28 Feb 2022

'It makes no sense at all to leave because I have my whole family with me.' 'My wife and children are citizens here.'

Hasan Minhaj to host White House Correspondents' Dinner

Hasan Minhaj to host White House Correspondents' Dinner

Rediff.com19 Feb 2020

The Indian-American stand-up comic was the entertainer at the 2017 WHCA Dinner when he was a senior correspondent on The Daily Show. His one-hour Netflix comedy special Hasan Minhaj: Homecoming King was released in 2017, for which he won his first Peabody Award in 2018.

This eatery serves insect-only dishes. Dare to try?

This eatery serves insect-only dishes. Dare to try?

Rediff.com6 Sep 2019

Forget tofu or soy milk. Entrepreneurs out of South Africa have opened a pop-up restaurant dedicated to serving gourmet meals, all made from alternative, insect-based ingredients. Welcome to The Insect Experience which opened in Cape Town last month. Customers are treated to dishes like chickpea black-fly-larvae croquettes, polenta fries made from mopane worm flour and mealworm biscuits. Take a look.

Why are foreign banks marching out of retail banking?

Why are foreign banks marching out of retail banking?

Rediff.com27 Mar 2022

Foreign banks set the template in consumer banking in its infancy, but have almost vacated this booming space.

Zardari's Rs 10,500 dinner outing with daughter

Zardari's Rs 10,500 dinner outing with daughter

Rediff.com10 Apr 2013

Shunning his tight security cover, Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari made a rare public appearance when he dined out with his daughter Aseefa at a Chinese restaurant in the southern port city of Karachi.

12 innovations from the 1950s that we still use today

12 innovations from the 1950s that we still use today

Rediff.com18 Jul 2013

The decade of 1950s is marked with some of the major scientific innovations. Here are few of them that are still relevant today.

Gourmet meals on wheels, 5-stars' latest success mantra

Gourmet meals on wheels, 5-stars' latest success mantra

Rediff.com4 Jul 2021

Since home-delivered meals from five-stars are cheaper by 15 to 20 per cent as compared to eating at the destination outside, food delivery has emerged as an important part of every restaurant's service portfolio.

Gallery of the strange: Weird, wild and strange photos

Gallery of the strange: Weird, wild and strange photos

Rediff.com17 Jun 2015

These 12 photographs show what a mad, mad world we live in!

A pizza that costs Rs 10,000!

A pizza that costs Rs 10,000!

Rediff.com3 Sep 2012

It's called the High Life, and is the most expensive item on the menu booklet -- a wood-oven-baked pizza with Canadian lobster and thyme-scented mascarpone, finished with 28 grams of caviar.

Stuart Broad, what's cooking... in the kitchen?

Stuart Broad, what's cooking... in the kitchen?

Rediff.com18 Sep 2015

Stuart Broad was in an unfamiliar territory when he picked up another pair of whites as he cooked up a treat alongside fellow cricketers at the historic Lord's cricket ground - in the name of charity.

Saif's been violent before. Here's when

Saif's been violent before. Here's when

Rediff.com23 Feb 2012

The actor got into a scuffle recently and had to be bailed out. Here's a look at when he's turned violent earlier

Saif Ali Khan: I was hit and I defended myself

Saif Ali Khan: I was hit and I defended myself

Rediff.com23 Feb 2012

The actor, who was involved in a brawl late Tuesday night, tells his side of the story.

10 odd photos that you simply have to see

10 odd photos that you simply have to see

Rediff.com2 Aug 2018

It's truly a wonderfully weird world around us.

Get ready to order to from a virtual menu

Get ready to order to from a virtual menu

Rediff.com9 May 2011

Leading players like Intercontinental, Taj and Four Seasons, among others, have integrated tablet PCs across restaurants, lobbies and for guests checking into their hotels.

Ready for dinner 16 feet underwater?

Ready for dinner 16 feet underwater?

Rediff.com7 Feb 2017

Are you bored of your regular dining options? Then experience this food treat underwater.

Europe's first underwater restaurant is making the right waves

Europe's first underwater restaurant is making the right waves

Rediff.com22 Mar 2019

Five metres below the surface of the North Sea, near the southernmost tip of Norway, Europe's first underwater restaurant is now complete. Welcome to Under -- Europe's first underwater restaurant. Designed by Norwegian outfit Snhetta, the building is part-sunk into the sea and is encased in a concrete shell designed to withstand the harsh conditions on the seabed of Norway's rugged southern coast. Take a tour of the fascinating place.

How Rujuta Diwekar is inspiring Indians to eat and live healthy

How Rujuta Diwekar is inspiring Indians to eat and live healthy

Rediff.com5 Apr 2018

Eat local. Move more, sit less. Have tea, not green tea, advises the dietician-turned-author.

Fine dining gets a taste of lockdown blues

Fine dining gets a taste of lockdown blues

Rediff.com14 May 2020

Now they are reinventing their strategies to stay afloat, as they see no sign of recovery for at least six months.

Amid COVID-19 pandemic, it's robots to the rescue!

Amid COVID-19 pandemic, it's robots to the rescue!

Rediff.com13 May 2020

The robots are here!! A cylindrical robot rolls into a treatment room to allow healthcare workers to remotely take temperatures and measure blood pressure and oxygen saturation from patients hooked up to a ventilator. Another robot that looks like a pair of large fluorescent lights rotated vertically travels throughout a hospital disinfecting with ultraviolet light. These are just a few of the robots which are being used during the COVID-19 pandemic, from health care in and out of hospitals, automation of testing, supporting public safety and public works, to continuing daily work and life. Here's a look at how Artificial Intelligence is being used in this war against COVID-19.

Obama on the hardest thing about being President

Obama on the hardest thing about being President

Rediff.com23 Jan 2010

Barack Obama, who entered the White House last January riding a popularity wave, has showed signs of frustration at the turn of events in the recent past. The US President said that he had, for two years, the privilege of traveling across the country and got the chance to talk to people, went to diners and sat in barbershops, and heard directly about the challenges that the people were facing in their lives, and the opportunities that they were taking advantage of.

Restaurant review: Are you Mad Over Donuts?

Restaurant review: Are you Mad Over Donuts?

Rediff.com14 Aug 2009

Get Ahead reader Sarbani Sengupta tells us what she thinks of dessert chain Mad Over Donuts.

Death of a salesman and other elite ironies

Death of a salesman and other elite ironies

Rediff.com17 Dec 2008

In the end, politics killed the few hundred innocents in Mumbai. In the final count, politics, every single day, is killing, impoverishing, starving, denigrating, millions of Indians all across the country.

Zerodha's Nikhil Kamath is India's youngest new billionaire

Zerodha's Nikhil Kamath is India's youngest new billionaire

Rediff.com9 Mar 2021

Last year, Nikhil Kamath and his brother Nithin jettisoned into a club of the country's 100 wealthiest with their net worth pegged at around Rs 24,000 crore

Mumbai Terror: British actor played dead

Mumbai Terror: British actor played dead

Rediff.com1 Dec 2008

Smeared with the other people's blood, Joey Jeetun laid completely still, fooling the terrorists who mistook him for dead.

Oh Kolkata!

Oh Kolkata!

Rediff.com15 Nov 2019

'A trip to the banks of the Hooghly without which there wouldn't be a Calcutta/Kolkata is one for the bucket list,' says Kishore Singh.

'It feels good to be called a hero'

'It feels good to be called a hero'

Rediff.com9 Apr 2008

Suresh Menon, more popular on small screen, is known for his funny one-liners and dressing sense while taking an interview. He is seen on TV mostly with Sajid Khan, who now has ventured into direction. We spoke to the actor about himself and his movie Krazzy 4.

Kalam visits his favourite restaurant for dinner

Kalam visits his favourite restaurant for dinner

Rediff.com27 Jul 2007

Former president A P J Abdul Kalam made a surprise visit to his favourite vegetarian restaurant in the arterial Anna Salai in Chennai for dinner on Thursday night putting security personal into tenterhooks.

Zomato, valued at $4 bn, lays off 541 employees

Zomato, valued at $4 bn, lays off 541 employees

Rediff.com8 Sep 2019

The company, which has been in the news recently for all the wrong reasons, maintains that it was forced to rationalise the staff strength as improvements in technology resulted in certain redundancies in customer, merchant and delivery partner support teams.

FAQs: All about plastic money

FAQs: All about plastic money

Rediff.com27 Jul 2007

Do you know about the different types of plastic money available in the market today. Here is an FAQ on the most popular plastic cards used in India.

J&K's veiled moral brigade

J&K's veiled moral brigade

Rediff.com30 Aug 2005

Members of hardline Islamic women's seperatist group swoop on restaurants and internet cafes

The mystery shopper strikes

The mystery shopper strikes

Rediff.com11 Nov 2006

Obsessed with women's legs? There's a caf for you in Japan

Obsessed with women's legs? There's a caf for you in Japan

Rediff.com30 Oct 2017

The World of Thighs Photography Cafe lets diners feast on an array of dishes while surrounded by hundreds of pictures of long limbs.

Celeb chefs share yummy, simple recipes!

Celeb chefs share yummy, simple recipes!

Rediff.com8 Jun 2020

Top chefs are sharing comfort food recipes to turn their followers into cooks.

Have you checked out Travertino?

Have you checked out Travertino?

Rediff.com8 Dec 2004

Veteran Hollywood producer Jerry Weintraub dies

Veteran Hollywood producer Jerry Weintraub dies

Rediff.com7 Jul 2015

He was 77.