Marriott is also expanding its overall presence in the country. By 2013, it aims to have 40 hotels across categories. Out of these, five hotels -- Jaipur (Marriott), Chandigarh (JW Marriott), Bangalore (JW Marriott) and Pune (Marriott and Courtyard) -- would be opened by the end of 2010.
'Amit A Shah's sharp vilification can be interpreted as a sign of nervousness in the saffron camp,' says Amulya Ganguli.
A Mumbai court trying the case of Lashkar-e-Taiba operative and 26/11 key handler Sayed Zabiuddin Ansari alias Abu Jundal, on issued non-bailable warrant against 12 more accused in the Mumbai terror attacks case.
Between 2008 and 2015, India purchased defence equipments worth $34 billion, which is a distant second after Saudi Arabia's $93.5 billion, said the report 'Conventional Arms Transfers to Developing Nations 2008-2015' released by Congressional Research Service.
The Samjhauta Express, which was expected to carry fans from Lahore to Attari, had to be cancelled due to some "technical reasons".
The two countries are interested in the current version of the Tejas and not the upgraded one which will be rolled out later.
Despite the freeze on diplomatic ties between India and Pakistan and protests against the fair, traders at the recently concluded four-day Aalishan Pakistan exhibition did brisk business, reports Upasna Pandey.
The Sindhis are a lesson in perseverance. Once uprooted, they've started all over, often reinventing themselves
At the two-day talks officials from both sides will discuss technical details and modalities.
Students' organisations and political parties are participating in the bandh to protest the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, which seeks to grant Indian citizenship to non-Muslim refugees from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan if they faced religious persecution there.
The port is likely to ramp up trade between India, Afghanistan and Iran in the wake of Pakistan denying transit access to New Delhi for trade with the two countries.
Niantic Labs, the makers of Pokemon Go, releasing the game in India, and adding more content to the game of late, should ensure another spike in the game's popularity, says Himanshu Juneja.
Basit gave assurance that the country's judiciary would take action against him
'Can Tendulkar recreate the magic of his youth?', asks advertising guru Sandeep Goyal.
Borrowing from Narendra Modi's phraseology, Pakistan on Tuesday said 'acche din aa rahe hain' for bilateral ties with India.
Dubai Islamic Bank has installed an integrated anti-money laundering and compliance solution in an effort to curb financial crime. The solution developed by Norkom Technologies, will be implemented across the bank's operations in the UAE and Pakistan.
'A nation can take a quick decision in a fit of passion or excitement that can be damaging to itself in the long term,' says Aakar Patel.
The AH-64E Apache is one of the world's most advanced multi-role combat helicopters, and is flown by the US army.
The Pakistan Army on Monday issued orders to recall nearly 300 officers deployed with various departments of the government and security agencies.
Pakistan pace bowler Mohammad Asif's detention in Dubai was result of a misunderstanding and charges of possessing contraband drugs against the pacer has been dropped, according to Pakistan Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates Ahsan Ullah Khan. Khan claimed a misunderstanding led to Asif's detention in Dubai airport on Sunday on his way home from Mumbai after the pacer participated in the Indian Premier League.
When we bought weapons-like the Bofors gun previously purchased, no one went and brought them while showing off, Kharge said.
India has scrapped import duty on more than 4,800 items from four neighbouring countries and reduced customs tariff on these products from Pakistan and Sri Lanka as part of efforts to boost trade in South Asia.
Connectivity was snapped exactly a week before Eid, celebrated on August 12. And so great was the relief on Monday that many Kashmiris wished each other Eid Mubarak.
India's guar gum exporters are facing discrimination in the Chinese market with the Dragon country allowing duty exemptions to the commodity coming from Pakistan.
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Modi will hold several bilateral meetings with the leaders of the SCO member countries including China's Xi Jinping.
One reason is that airlines have ramped up capacity and expanded their presence in tier-II markets. The first of a three-part series analyses how the aviation industry is an outlier in the midst of an overall economic slowdown.
Bharti to spend Rs 1,600 cr for spectrum payout over 10 yrs; Telenor to service its own debt.
Mumbai-based LocalBanya is looking to expand to Pune and Delhi as part of its growth strategy.
The former Pakistan off-spinner says despite Harbhajan's absence England will find India hard to beat in the upcoming Test series.
With the industry growing at an average rate of 25 per cent per annum, the lavishness doled out by Indians on weddings is just getting larger this season as exhibitors and even designers from Pakistan entering the market.
Ved Prakash who has been working in the field of recyclable raw materials for 29 years aims to 'create value' every day.
'I believe Modi mentioned Balochistan only to embarrass Pakistan and also divert attention toward the situation in Kashmir.' 'I think from now on, India intends to raise Balochistan whenever Pakistan brings up Kashmir or upsets them on the issue of terrorism.' 'Balochistan is the least developed of Pakistan's four provinces. It is the least educated and least economically developed. People are agitated that a region so rich in mineral resources and a sea-port is still so poor.' Baloch political analyst Malik Siraj Akbar on why the province wants freedom from Pakistan.
Approved by the State Council, or China's cabinet, the move was taken to honour China's tariff reduction commitment upon its accession to the World Trade Organisation, the Customs Tariff Commission said in a statement.
Taxes and duties on petrol and diesel in India are higher than developed countries like US and Japan and even neighbours like Pakistan, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Tuesday.
Another accused Riyaz Siddiqui was sentenced for 10 years
Since multilateral trade creates a stable, peaceful world, normalisation of bilateral trade between India and Pakistan will start a series of peace building measures, especially along the bordering areas of both states which is the worst affected from the on-going conflict, say Riya Sinha and Shehzad Poonawalla.
Recently, Hindu religious seers had threatened to boycott the ceremonial Kumbh snan if the Ganga was not clean.
The Pune-based two- and three-wheeler maker will roll out the 150-cc bike, christened 'V', on February 1
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