Le Meridien, the French hotel brand, plans to open five new hotels in India in the next three to five years, a top company official said.
Le Meridien Hotels and Resorts has set a target of opening 15 properties in India by 2005, and asked the government to further liberalise the aviation sector to boost the country's tourism industry.
The decision to auction Taj Mansigh brings to an end a six-year-old tussle between the NDMC and Tata Group, which has operated the landmark property for nearly four decades.
Mary Kom turned heads at the wedding of Dr Vignesh Ujjwal, son of Indian athletics legend PT Usha and V Sreenivasan.
PT Usha, now president of the Indian Olympic Association, had a proud family moment as her son, Dr. Vignesh, tied the knot
A handful of cities in the world have more fancy hotels than any other places, according to a list released by from Cond Nast Traveler.
'Grassroots-level corruption, which disrupts the last-mile work, cannot be ignored in your enthusiasm and drive to get going to complete the project.' 'Like it was in MGNREGA, in some states, it is the case with the Jal Jeevan mission.' 'The last minute levels of corruption can ruin the intent of the project itself.' 'When you see that people can game a particular well-intended and well-crafted project, you need to correct that.'
The Goldman Sachs report that suggests the stock market, Nifty, could grow 17 percent to reach 7,000 by December. At this rate the country will be second to Korea, and better than China.
Photographer Pradeep Chandra has captured some well known subjects very interestingly.
The British Council is organising Education UK Exhibition 2007 in six Indian cities this month.
Treating India as the most important market after China in Asia Pacific, Starwood Hotels & Resorts is targeting at doubling its property from the current 19 over the next five years.
Hospitality majors, including Le Meridien and Pride Hotel, are opposing pay channels such as Star and Zee for raising rates for the second time in six months, pending an earlier court battle between the hotel trade body and private broadcasters.
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are now in Pune to shoot A Mighty Heart.
Alert: Education Worldwide India, the 6th India International Education Fair, offers career counselling, on-the-spot enrollment and sanction of education loans.
The three-judge committee of the Supreme Court has concluded that the statement of the law intern, who had complained against Justice A K Ganguly, prima facie discloses an "act of unwelcome behaviour" and "conduct of sexual nature" on the part of the retired judge.
The Delhi golfer stole the limelight with a nine-under 63 to assume the lead after the opening round in the Surya Nepal Masters.
Being saddled with the tag of 'hospitality industry specialist' doesn't bother architect Bobby Mukherji. He feels it is good to do work in an industry where people from all over the world can take a closer look and admire it.
'We have raised our complaints with Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, that it was getting difficult to work with the NCP and Congress ministers'
Gurbaaz Mann, who narrowly missed winning his first professional title at the 2004 tournament, won this year's event with a nine-under 207.
Rice noodle rolls are an attractive way to package a salad.
Sena MLA and party spokesperson Sanjay Shirsat said each MLA has filed a reply of 6,000 to 6,500 pages.
West Bengal Governor M K Narayanan has accepted the resignation of Justice Ashok Ganguly as chairman of West Bengal Human Rights Commission, highly-placed sources said on Tuesday.
Shinde said MLAs are keen on continuing the Sena founded by late Balasaheb Thackeray.
When Kasturi Rajamurty won a gold medal in powerlifting at the WPPL World Cup in Russia, she sure had come a long way. From a life of penury to constantly being short of funds to fuel her passion, she had finally triumphed, and how.
Former Supreme Court judge Justice A K Ganguly, under fire over allegations of sexual harassment levelled against him by a law intern, has resigned from the post of the chairman of the West Bengal Human Rights Commission.
'Had it not been for his presence of mind, he would have been in Guwahati now.'
'You know how politics is. You never know what will happen the next moment.'
The SCBA had organised a poetry recital on Friday where the CJI was invited as the chief guest. Eminent poets like Ashok Chakradhar and Shambhu Shikhar recited their poems at the event.
With India locked in a face-off with the United States over the arrest of senior diplomat Devyani Khobragade, Chief Justice of India P Sathasivam on Thursday said such things should not happen to high-level officials.
Turned away by the Foreign Correspondents Club and the Press Club of India, The Kashmir Files director Vivek Agnihotri says he has been banned "undemocratically" and will go ahead with a press conference at a five-star hotel on Thursday.
'The BJP is using its money and muscle power to break the MVA government.'
