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Remains of Indians killed in Lanka blasts brought home

The mortal remains of five people from Karnataka, killed in the massive Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka, were brought to their homes in Bengaluru in the early hours of Wednesday and late on......

What India should watch out for at SCO summit

'India needs to be cautious that its differences with Pakistan do not obstruct SCO's functioning,' says Sana Hashmi. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi D addresses the Shangri-La Dialogue in......

Navy is vital for India's future security

'Notwithstanding the realisation among the Indian leadership to build up its navy for the force's expanding role, the Indian Navy was allocated only 15% of the interim defence budget presented in......

215 killed as blasts rock Sri Lanka on Easter

Seven persons had been arrested in connection with the blasts. IMAGE: The blasts have been described as one of the deadliest attacks in the country's history. Photograph: Dinuka......

10 days after Sri Lanka's Easter blasts, questions remain

Even as the polity find ways and means to address the genuine concerns and fears of the society, the Sri Lankan State apparatus would have to unravel these mystery-questions with convincing......

Did Tata Motors MD commit suicide?

Karl Slym, managing director of India's Tata Motors Ltd, died after falling from a hotel room in Bangkok in what police said on Monday could be possible suicide. Slym, 51, had attended a board......

Rising costs drive hotel cos into malls

Rising real estate costs and lack of good locations in cities are driving hotel companies to rent space in malls and other commercial complexes. For instance, Accor Hotels is in talks with mall......

DTDC gets a Chinese address

Courier company DTDC is entering China through a marketing arrangement with Hong Kong-based Kerry Logistics which is part of the group that owns the global chain of Shangri-La hotels. Under the......

Want a room? Wait for a year!

With a severe crunch in the number of hotel rooms, guests are finding it tough to get bookings at even vastly inflated rates. Just yesterday, an ecstatic Peter Leitbgeb, president of Leela Hotels,......

Here coffee costs Rs 850 a cup

Old timers recall Kanishka in vivid detail. Off Janpath, the hotel was as much a Delhi landmark as most ITDC properties in the pre-five-star boom days. But since I am not in the veteran league, the......

Mummy III: A Ghastly Resurrection

Many a great trilogy have been hampered by weak, disjointed third instalments: The Godfather, Back to the Future and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's Endimmediately come to mind. The same......

ICC official relives last year's Easter bombings in Sri Lanka

'One thing we were concerned about was that the explosion was so big it might bring the building down. You hope the building will stay structurally safe, but my mind went back to 9/11.' IMAGE:......

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