Historic India Club in London announces closure after losing legal battle

The India Club in London, with its early roots in the Indian independence movement as a hub for nationalists, is to shut down next month after losing a protracted battle against closure, it emerged......

Who Says Gujarat Is A BJP Bastion?

The Congress won 77 seats or 42% of seats in the 2017 polls. How then can Gujarat be called a BJP bastion, asks Sanjeev Nayyar. IMAGE: Bharatiya Janata Party supremo and Prime Minister Narendra......

Prime Minister Modi, they don't like you

'And Sir, you are at fault if they don't like you.'You don't boast of your government's efforts to be the first one to bring in thousands of Indians back home without thinking for a second about......

Rajnath arrives in Pakistan amid protest; will raise Dawood and terrorism issues

Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday arrived in Islamabad to attend the SAARC Interior Ministers' conference being held tomorrow during which he is expected to raise the issue of underworld don......

The new MD's superb strategy to turn around Taj Group hotels

Indian Hotels Company is keen to start the Sea Rock project at Bandra in this city. The company has secured 23 of the 24 permits it needs to begin work on the property. Image: Staff of the Taj......

Wah Taj! Good days are here for India's oldest hotel chain

The 112-year old hotel chain has readied a three-pronged turnaround plan The Taj Group, owned by Indian Hotels, which is weighed down by mounting losses and heavy debt, is hopeful of a turnaround......

Cyrus Mistry's 2-year report card at the Tata Group

As he steps into his third year as the Tata group chairman, Cyrus Pallonji Mistry has quite a few things to be happy about. Critics may well view most of his actions as being housekeeping and mere......

Taj hotels' foreign expansion plan back on drawing board

Indian Hotels Company’s strategy for expanding abroad is back to the drawing board. On Wednesday, the company that runs the Taj group of hotels, part of Tata Group, exited its management......

India, Merchant-Ivory and the Oscars

Making her film debut with The Householder, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala wrote more screenplays than novels, winning two Oscars -- for A Room with a View and Howards End.She kept her distance from the film......

'Newcomers don't have that oomph factor'

'Talent is very important. It's a mix of everything -- you need to be a great dancer, you need to have good looks, you need to be glamorous... 'Newcomers these days rarely have all these qualities.......

FIFA WC diary: Beer priced at nearly $14 per half-litre!

IMAGE: A football fan from England bought beers from all 32 countries playing at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Photograph: Kind courtesy, Gus/ballstothis/Twitter Half a litre of beer will cost 50......