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,......

NCP shifts MLAs to two hotels amid fear of poaching

Amid the high political drama in Maharashtra and fear of 'poaching' of MLAs, the Nationalist Congress Party has shifted its legislators from a five-star resort to two other hotels in Mumbai.......

Vikas Jhingran is Toastmaster's 2007 champ

An MIT doctoral candidate in mechanical and ocean engineering from Indiahas won the first place in the Toastmasters International World Championship of Public Speaking, known as the Olympics of......

Modi extends $150m credit to Caribbean nations

Prime Minister Narendra Modi met the leaders of the Caribbean Community and Common Market during the first-ever India-Caricom leaders' summit at the United Nations, with a focus on fighting climate......

Why Hotels Are Building Branded Residences

'While the concept was introduced globally over four decades ago, branded residences have taken off now in India.' Kindly note the images has been posted only for representational purposes.......

IPOs mark a new era for India's hospitality industry with scale, ambition

India’s hospitality sector is rolling out the red carpet for investors. A flurry of upcoming IPOs, or initial public offerings, the entry of new players, and ambitious expansion plans by Indian......

Marriott exploring Fairfield opportunity

Hospitality major Marriott International Inc plans to introduce its Fairfield brand, a budget hotel, in India. "It is somewhere between a four- and a three-star. In 60 days, we hope to announce......

Marriott woos business travellers

Marriott International takes aim at the business traveller segment in India with the opening of the first Marriott Courtyard in Chennai, and more to follow.Marriott, the leading global hospitality......

'After divorce, I shut myself in my flat for 3 years'

'Then, one fine morning, I returned to my first love.''All the top directors of the time were waiting for me.''In one day, I signed 12 films.''Prosenjit Chatterjee was back!' Photograph: Kind......

Paris Hilton: I would love to do a Bollywood film

International celebrity Paris Hilton kept her date with India, as she unfolded her magic at J W Marriott, a suburban hotel in Mumbai, on Saturday. During her three-day visit, Paris will be......

Why you should head to Goa RIGHT NOW!

'One afternoon, I spotted Karan Johar and film critic Rajeev Masand having tea with Nina Gupta, the head of NFDC, and barged into their meeting.' Aseem Chhabra's IFFI diaries... Image: Gulzar and......

How about Alia and Bhumi together in a movie?

Savouring Spielberg's fierce, fine, movie; salivating over MAMI 2017's line-up; gobbling a Shrek cake; visualising a desi Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants with Alia, Bhumi and more in Sukanya......

What's Chahal Up To?

IMAGE: Recognise this Yuzi Chahal pose? Photographs: Kind courtesy Yuzvendra Chahal/Instagram   Yuzvendra Chahal is making most of his time in England. The leg-spinner is part of the Indian......

Shorts: Bindra to 'run' to raise funds for COVID-19 affected

IMAGE: The virtual run that Abhinav Bindra will participate in, is supported by the government's Fit India movement.Photograph: Abhinav Bindra/Instagram Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra is......

'If we don't take steps now globalization of cricket will never happen'

IMAGE: Cricketers Sachin Tendulkar and Shane Warne at a question and answer session held at Marriott Marque at Times square in Manhattan. Photograph: SnapsIndia Legendary batsman Sachin......

Sports Shorts: Dani Alves blames media for Brazil's World Cup debacle

  Thiago Silva, Luiz Gustavo, Ramires, Dani Alves, Jo, Marcelo, Hulk, Willian and Neymar of Brazil look on during a penalty shootout against Chile at the 2014 Football World Cup in Brazil.......