On Tuesday, the current lot of G20 visitors toured three colonial landmarks in south Mumbai -- the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation's heritage building headquarters, the magnificent Gateway of India and the Taj Palace hotel.
Govt to introduce an hovercraft on the Yamuna river.
Almost all star-rated hotels in the tourist hotspots of Goa, Kerala and Rajasthan are reporting total sellout of room inventory for New Year's Eve, even though hospitality rates for that period have been more than doubled.
The 26/11 attacks on Mumbai and the fall in demand due to the recession, dented the industry's revenues.
Baga and Gokarna make the list of the world's top 100 beaches.
Hoteliers are tweaking their pricing strategies to adjust to the new stickiness in the market.
The Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival Awards were held at Mumbai's Taj Lands End hotel on February 20.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge Prince William and Kate Middleton arrived in Mumbai on Sunday as part of their seven-day tour of India and Bhutan, aimed at building up strong bonds with the two countries.
Hospitality chains are hosting dual brands on one property, looking for operational efficiencies without diluting their brands, says Shivani Shinde Nadhe.
This State-corporate 'cooperation' didn't begin with the arrival of the Modi government.
Many of the big licences, contracts, and even environmental clearances for the Adani group had come in the UPA's time, points out Shekhar Gupta.
'What's sad today is that there are so many people who cannot find work, not because the country is devoid of that opportunity, but because we are not doing enough in the country.'
Rediff.com takes at look at the men and women of the Indian Navy taking part in preparations befitting a Naval celebration.
Sultanpur, a village in Maharashtra with a population of around 1,000 and 600 houses, will now be known as 'Rahul Nagar' as the local residents have changed its name in memory of its native, who laid down his life while fighting terrorists during the 26/11 Mumbai attacks in 2008.
'As Rana is not an Indian citizen, our leverage on the US system -- whether it's their judiciary or the executive -- is very limited in that sense.'
Chetan Sharma's position as chairman of national selection committee has become untenable after his alleged outburst during a sting operation by a TV news channel.
'Since I felt there could be more, I had told the local authorities to screen every hostage carefully, since we felt that some could have been staying as guests.'
'Jin Jiang had invested in Louvre Hotels.' 'Louvre, a couple of months ago, took a majority in Sarovar hotels.' 'So they are coming in now.' 'Look at the Chinese -- two quarters ago they took 25 percent in Hilton.' And then HNA also took majority in Carlson (Radisson).'
Few people know Ratan Tata as well as R K Krishna Kumar does. Widely perceived to be among the managers closest to Tata, Krishna Kumar assesses Ratan Tata, the man and business leader, in this exclusive interview to Rediff.com's Vaihayasi Pande Daniel.
'Crores are spent on Martyrs Day and on lighting candles, but people don't respect living soldiers who are heroes.'
Top Congress leaders held deliberations on Saturday at the first meeting of the new Congress Working Committee (CWC) focusing on preparing a comprehensive road map for ensuring the party's victory in the upcoming assembly polls in five states and the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
Netanyahu will cap his hectic schedule by attending the 'Shalom Bollywood' event.
Arjun Bhardwaj jumped from his suite on the 19th floor of the luxury hotel Taj Lands End in the suburban area of Mumbai's Bandra West, on Monday evening right after going live on Facebook with a 'tutorial' on committing suicide.
The UP government said Yogi returned with investment proposals worth over Rs 5 lakh crore from Mumbai.
Since home-delivered meals from five-stars are cheaper by 15 to 20 per cent as compared to eating at the destination outside, food delivery has emerged as an important part of every restaurant's service portfolio.
The who's who of the political and business world showed up for the state dinner
Purchase of three plots of land in Haryana in 2005-06 by Congress leader Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra from a real estate agent is being probed along with a land deal made by his wife Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) claimed in a recently filed money laundering case charge sheet.
Dhoni, who is hailed as the best finisher in the world by many, brought many laurels to the country.
In Dubai, A Ganesh Nadar encountered high speeds on smooth-as-silk-roads, no bureaucracy, gold, Mr Toad's. And snow!
Many of BJP leaders said that Fadnavis will soon helm the state.
Yoga was the mantra and asanas the discipline on Wednesday as millions across the globe and distant corners of India stretched for the skies and dived for their toes, breathed in and out -- mindfully -- and twisted and turned to celebrate the International Day of Yoga.
Kiara and Sid may join the long list of celeb couples, who have chosen the beautiful destination of Rajasthan for their wedding.
Akshay Kumar showed off his dedicated-to-Bruce Lee fashion chops.
Nangre Patil said the Mumbai cops were trained to handle law and order situations, the underworld and other sorts of criminals, but a 26/11-like terror attack was never anticipated.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday met the top priests of various churches in Kerala, giving a push to the Bharatiya Janata Party's efforts to reach out to the influential minority community in the southern state ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, sources said.
Indian Army personnel on Wednesday conducted yoga sessions at more than 100 locations along the country's land and maritime borders, forming a 'Bharatmala' on the occasion of the International Day of Yoga.
In the audio clip, he is heard directing the attack on Chabad House during Mumbai 26/11 terror attacks.
Of late, war films -- particularly those that tell stories of the 1971 War and Kargil -- have been produced.
A local court on Thursday referred the 2012 assault case involving Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan for mediation.
The agency also recovered an electronic circuit used in making explosives from the rented flat of the terror suspects in Pune's Kondhwa area along with 500 GB data from the devices, he said.
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