'He was the one who set the agenda for the 1983 World Cup win with 89 in the first match against the West Indies, then top-scoring with 40 in the crucial match against Australia when we had to qualify for the semi-finals.' 'He played another brilliant innings of 61 against England in the semi-finals.'
The firm, which owns, operates and manages hotels, palaces and resorts, is likely to hive-off the two properties into separate entities.
Almost two decades later, the 90s pop band haven't lost their charm...or music.
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.
How adorable are the newlyweds!
The wedding festivities continue.
Thought only women could be H-A-W-T showstoppers? Time to rethink!
The wedding reception will take place on November 21.
Celebs follow a template for their special day -- an intimate ceremony with few people and a keen eye for a touch of luxury in every aspect.
Check out the star arrivals.
For 89-year-old Capt C P Krishnan Nair, it has been a long diverse journey from his days in the Army to a textile business and hotels.
Check out the glamorous star arrivals!
Hospitality player The Leela Hotels, Palaces and Resorts is planning to invest $500 million (about Rs 2,500 crore) for opening five new properties across the country by 2012.
Actor Manjari Phadnis looked like a dream in a pastel creation at the very first India Intimate Fashion Week.
The Leela Palace and Resorts, a reputed chain of hotels in the country, has drawn up ambitious plans to come up with three hotels in Chennai, Udaipur and Delhi within the next three years, according to its chairman C P Krishnan Nair.
Indian wines are getting better all the time, says Alok Chandra.
Ballooning debt forces more and more Indian promoters to sell out to global majors and PE players.
Designer Suneet Varma celebrated 25 years in the Indian fashion industry with a spectacular showing in New Delhi on November 24. Take a look.
Captain C P Krishnan Nair may be 90 but his energy and passion for work has not diminished a bit even now.
Reader Amol Joshi sent us this picture from Mumbai.
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.
Bollywood congratulates the Ahujas!
"The police commissioner is not telling the media that the FBI found the presence of heart arrest injectable poison lidocaine in Sunanda's body," Swamy tweeted.
'I'm not surprised with what's happening in India,' 'Tiger' Tyagarajan tells Nivedita Mookerji.
Nair is credited for introducing the West to a fabric called Bleeding Madras. It used vegetable dyes and the colour washed away with every wash. He marketed it in the United States as a fabric that would look different after every round in the laundry.
ITC Welcomgroup, The Leela and The Lalit are among those that ensure all touch-points for women travelling alone will be -- no prizes for guessing this -- ladies.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy, accompanied by wife Carla Bruni and other officials, on Saturday arrived on a four-day visit to India. Sarkozy will focus on bilateral space cooperation when he visits the ISRO at Bengaluru.The French president and his wife, who arrived by a special aircraft, will head to the Leela Palace hotel on Old Airport Road. He will then address scientists and other dignitaries at ISRO, following which he will have a brief interaction with them.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy will focus on bilateral space cooperation when he visits the Indian Space Research Organisation at Bengaluru on Saturday.
The hospitality chain Leela Group chairman C P Krishnan Nair, who is set to retire from active management this June, on Monday said he will consider partnering Mukesh Ambani if there are hostile takeover threats from rival ITC.
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday lashed out at Bharatiya Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy, demanding the latter reveal the name of his wife Sunanda Pushkar's killer.
The huge expanse, about three km from the new terminal -- T3 of the airport -- is going to become the hub of some of the most happening hotels in the capital city.
Turning around a leading German precision forging firm has Sona's chief living in Munich like a 'university student'.
Two days ahead of the high tide warning, corporate houses here are busy drawing plans to meet any possible recurrence of the 26/7, 2005 deluge in the metropolis.
The grand old man of Indian hospitality, Captain C P Krishnan Nair passed away at a private hospital in Mumbai on Saturday.
Bharatiya Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy on Wednesday said that former Union minister Shashi Tharoor was aware as to who was involved in the murder of his wife Sunanda Pushkar and added that the police should question the Congress leader.
The mortal remains of Sunanda Pushkar, who was found dead in mysterious circumstances at a luxury hotel in New Delhi on Friday night, were consigned to flames on Saturday in presence of her family members.
An industry executive said The Oberoi had a lot of C-Suite guests and most such companies decide to give a new or renovated property some time to stablise before they start booking.
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