The A-W Of Desi Guests At the White House Dinner

The dinner Jill Biden and her husband US President Joe Biden hosted for Prime Minister Narendra D Modi, June 22, at the White House brought together, Indians and Americans from so many firmaments,......

Not right to be carefree: Mumbai mayor after Kareena tests Covid +ve

In the wake of actors Kareena Kapoor Khan and Amrita Arora contracting COVID-19, Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar has said it is not right to be carefree when the pandemic has not ended. IMAGE:......

JNU students baton-charged on way to Raisina Hill

Hundreds of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students were lathi-charged by police and several of them allegedly detained briefly when they tried to march towards the Rashtrapati Bhavan against......

Curtains over slums, speed-breakers removed... Ahmedabad spruces up for Xi

Despite the administration’s best efforts, the maladies of small towns can’t be wished away overnight, not even for the president of China. At many places on Xi's route slums have been......

Mumbai's Hyatt Regency shuts down temporarily

Global hospitality firm Hyatt Hotels Corporation has suspended operations at Hyatt Regency hotel in Mumbai, and said the property will remain closed till further notice. "As a result of no funds......

Hyatt plans to open 11 new hotels in India by 2020

The Chicago-headquartered firm currently has 32 hotels across 20 destinations under its eight brands in India. The eight brands under the Hyatt portfolio in India are -- Hyatt, Hyatt Centric, Hyatt......

Marriott's mega India dream: 50 hotels in 5 years

The hotels in the pipeline will include a range of Marriott brand portfolios such as JW Marriott, Tribute Portfolio and Sheraton. Unfazed by the slowdown, Marriott International is betting big on......

Hotels see demand boom, but struggling to hike room rates

Hoteliers are tweaking their pricing strategies to adjust to the new stickiness in the market. It’s been the best of times for luxury hotels in 2017-18. After many years, demand has started......

Blake says New York cop should be fired for abusing power

'If you have someone out there that's having this kind of rogue justice, they're tarnishing that image, and they don't deserve to be in the same sentence with the heroes of the NYPD, and they don't......

World Chess Championship: Host hopes to make a smart move

The fact that Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa approved an expenditure of Rs 29 crore for the World Chess Championship between Viswanathan Anand and Norway’s Magnus Carlsen to be held......

Modi tells IPL fans not to stay at Taj Hotels

Indian Premier League (IPL)has a rather surprising request for fans -- stay in hotels other than Taj Hotels run by top corporate house Tata, saying even the teams are not staying there. Arguably......