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......

Orient Express posts profit, reviewing Tatas' offer

Swinging back into profit for the third-quarter with net earnings of about $18 million, luxury hotel chain operator Orient Express on Friday said it is consulting financial and legal advisors on......

Orient-Express likely to spurn $1.8bn Tata offer

The board of Orient-Express Hotels seems likely to reject the $1.8-billion takeover offer made by the Tatas, following reports their offer was undervalued and Orient share price was falling below......

Onboard the royal Venice Simplon-Orient Express

One of the world's most magnificent trains, the Venice Simplon-Orient Express train recreates the original Orient-Express route from Paris to Istanbul once a year with restored cars and luxury......

Why Tatas want to acquire Orient-Express?

On August 3, Ratan Tata addressed the shareholders of Indian Hotels Company, the country's oldest and second-largest hotels company, for the final time as their chairman. Though events like this......

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......