Hospitality chains are hosting dual brands on one property, looking for operational efficiencies without diluting their brands, says Shivani Shinde Nadhe.
From mass layoffs to acquisitions, here's how the Indian start-up industry kept us on our toes.
'While economic ties are making incremental progress, it is in the security and strategic domains that the India-Japan synergy is more compelling,' says Dr Rajaram Panda.
Upstaged by the swanky malls in town, both M G Road and Brigade Road have lost their "happening" status
Even as State Bank of India, the country's largest lender, has decided to charge its customers for more than five transactions through automated teller machines (ATMs), private sectors banks continue to be on a wait-and-watch mode.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
The air quality will be monitored in 10 cities.
Dr Lakshmi Vijayakumar examines why India's southern states register more suicides than the northern states. Shobha Warrier reports
'Make in India' will be central to Mr Modi's visit to Europe and Canada. It is difficult to predict what will happen with the Rafale deal, but if it goes through, it will undoubtedly become the 'Mother' of all 'Make in India' projects,' says Claude Arpi.
The Centre will grant Rs 500 crore for each of the smart cities.
The issue is neglected to such an extent that even the Indian Legal System does not recognise the fact that even males can be harassed.
Hyderabad-based Turbo Megha Airways takes off, promising affordable fares and other benefits.
The rape of a young woman in New Delhi by Uber cab driver has raised the disturbing question of women's safety all over again.
While funds will not be a constraint, the challenge for Aasaanjobs will be to reach out to people with no internet, says M Saraswathy.
The Union Health ministry put the number of positive cases at 82, eight more since Thursday night, which includes the woman and a 76-year-old man from Karnataka who became the country's first coronavirus fatality besides 17 foreign nationals, Health Ministry officials said.
Mumbai-based LocalBanya is looking to expand to Pune and Delhi as part of its growth strategy.
Who will make the most of the disruptions of 2016 this year? Mihir Sharma's list of probables.
'Prices are rock, bottom, developers are ready to negotiate and banks are keen to lend.'
The biggest winner was Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan who ran her ship with self-confidence and aplomb.
An airport in Noida could lead to higher user fees and diversion of traffic from Delhi, which has huge unused capacity.
Once a rage on Indian roads, the Yezdi motorcyle and its cult are stronger than ever
Ten trade unions with a combined membership of 15 crore workers in public and private sector, including banks and insurance companies, are on a nationwide strike to protest against changes in the labour laws.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi enjoys a close relationship with Shinzo Abe. For Abe, "a strong India is in the best interest of Japan, and a strong Japan is in the best interest of India."
Young, city-bred, successful, enthusiastic Indians are ditching their cars and cycling to work.
Kashmiris hope that India and Pakistan can find a lasting solution to what many call the Kashmir 'problem'.
'If standing in a bank or ATM line is a test of patriotism, why is not a single leader standing in that queue too?'
Krish's relationship with his family, particularly his mother, is better explored than his relationship with Ananya, which results in 2 States being more of a deep and meaningful family drama than a romance, notes Paloma Sharma.
Sarvesh Agrawal tells Shobha Warrier about how he built a start-up "of the interns, by the interns and for the interns."
From Kudankulam to the Land Bill, the author takes the Twitter route to capture the infra action of 2013.
At ATMs, as a step to avoid getting Rs 2,000 notes, people are withdrawing Rs 1,900 in Rs 100 notes and then putting another request for the balance Rs 600, so that they remain within the limit of Rs 2,500 per day of withdrawal.
'The BCCI believes that with great power comes greater responsibility.' 'We are conscious that the cricket world looks at us as "leaders." We will strive to lead effectively and responsibly.'
With prices unlikely to run up sharply, genuine buyers can start readying deals before the festival season starts.
Amma will wait for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'honeymoon' with the voter to fade away before deciding on the issues that are of real concern to the state and others that may need a considered and balanced solution, say N Sathiya Moorthy and M Kasinathan
Could the Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP become the rallying point of new energies that are getting unleashed all over urban India, in quest for a different kind of politics, to such an extent that he can rein in Narendra Modi? It all depends on how it pans out its politics in the coming weeks, says Neerja Chowdhury.
The public-private partnership model is a compulsion, says the minister.
The AAP has adopted policies in an ad hoc manner, without thinking them through or deriving them from a broader framework. This must change if the AAP is to become a credible alternative, says Praful Bidwai.
The industry status will help the sector access bank lending at average interest rates
'After the 2002 riots when the media and other political parties started blaming Modiji, thousands of people like us -- now, it must be crores of us -- started becoming staunch supporters of Modiji. The more you blamed him the more of our support he gained.' Pramod Singh of Bilaspur in Chhattisgarh is one of Narendra Modi's biggest fans and a member of Modi's India272 Web initiative, spreading the leader's message on social media and the Internet.
