Sheena Bora Trial: What Mekhail Bora Said

Throughout, Mekhail spoke calmly, with hardly an inflection making even the barest attempt to hijack his tone. His tone was so empty it made his narrative all the more touching.And ugly and grey,......

The Aadhaar tragedy

The BJP would seem just the sort of party that would embrace Aadhaar. Every other page of its manifesto makes some reference to changing governance in this country. So why is there no......

No room: Luxury hotels booked till March!

If you want a room in Bangalore's Leela Palace Kempinski, the country's most expensive hotel, you will have to wait till March next year. The hotel, with an average room rate of Rs 18,000, is full......

EIH plans to expand S-E Asian operations

EIH Ltd, which owns the Oberoi hotels, is planning to expand its operations in west and south east Asia, apart from developing new properties in Mumbai and Bangalore.P R S Oberoi, chairman, said......

Austerity! Nilekani may shift out of 5-star hotel

Nandan Nilekani, chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of India, is the latest to join a host of politicians taking to austerity and is likely to shift to the modest Karnataka Bhavan here......

Global hotel chains enter Bharat

'Demand in India has been outstripping supply.'Pavan Lall reports. Photograph: Kind courtesy Pixabay Negotiations for signing a partner near the airport at Port Blair took almost four years for......

Vivek Oberoi, wife welcome baby girl

Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi and his wife Priyanka Alva welcomed their second child, a baby girl, today April 21, at a private hospital in Bangalore. The couple tied the knot in 2010 and welcomed......

Vivek Oberoi to tie the knot

Actor Vivek Oberoi is all set to tie the knot with Bangalore-based Priyanka Alva, daughter of well known danseuse Nandini Alva and late Janata Dal(U) leader Jeevraj Alva. Priyanka was Vivek's......

Mr & Mrs Vivek Oberoi's grand party

After a grand wedding in Bangalore, newly weds Vivek Oberoi and Priyanka Alva hosted an equally grand  reception party in Mumbai on Sunday. Vivek was dressed in dark velvet sherwani and......

Toasting Mr and Mrs Vivek Oberoi

A music ceremony set the celebrations rolling for Bollywood star Vivek Oberoi and Priyanka Alva's marriage on Friday at a sprawling farmhouse on the outskirts of Bangalore. The couple's close......