Spa therapies, 'murgh khurchan' for Obamas in Del

Closed for renovation, DumPukht, the famous Indian cuisine restaurant at Maurya Sheraton in Delhi, will be ready just in time for the high-profile visit of Barack Obama and his wife, who will stay......

Maoist leader Prachanda arrives in New Delhi

Prachanda, leader of Nepal's Maoists, arrived in New Delhi on Friday evening and drove to the plush Maurya Sheraton Hotel where he will stay for the next couple of days. The Maurya Sheraton is......

Dr Singh to personally receive Obama in Delhi

United States President Barack Obama has a packed schedule in Mumbai and his visit to New Delhi, which will kick off from the evening of November 7, will be no different. Receiving Obama and US......

No animal invasion during Obama's Delhi trip

First, United States President Barack Obama was protected from coconuts falling off trees, and now special efforts have been made to keep stray dogs and monkeys at bay. Before Obama's visit to......

Air India Building's High-Flying Days Ends

India's first escalator, its shortest elevator, a terror attack, a rescue operation -- the building's seen a lot. IMAGE: The Air India building at Nariman Point, south Mumbai Photograph: The late......

ITC, Kingfisher win PAWTA awards

Indian companies stole the show at the annual Pacific Area Writers Travel Association Awards at the ITB Berlin tourism fair in Berlin on Friday, with hospitality majors, ITC hotels, The Taj Group......

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,......

ITC set to merge hotel arm with self

ITC on Friday said it would consider merging ITC Hotels with itself. The company will take up the merger plans at its board meeting on August 25. The company will also consider the amalgamation of......

Sudhir Vaishnav: Broadway's first Indian producer!

Despite nearly 10 hours of grilling rehearsals for Bombay Dreams some weeks ago, A R Rahman remembered that he had to do his namaaz. But did he remember that he had gone without food for most of......

Special Cake For Team India!

Photograph and videos: ANI/X The party's still on for Team India! After their triumphant return from the T20 World Cup, the champions were treated to a special cake-cutting ceremony at the ITC......

SKY's Bhangra Moves!

Photograph: Kind Courtesy Anup barnwal/X Team India's jubilant return after their T20 World Cup victory is in full swing! After landing in Delhi on Thursday morning, the squad was pampered at the......

What A Welcome For World Champions!

IMAGE: A young fan at the Indira Gandhi international airport in New Delhi early on Thursday morning. Photograph and Videos: ANI/X   Exuberant fans braved rain and heavy security deployment......

Spot-fixing scandal: Delhi Police talks to Jagdale, IPL CEO

Delhi Police sought inputs from former BCCI secretary Sanjay Jagdale and IPL CEO Sundar Raman on the tripartite agreement between BCCI, IPL teams and players as it intensified efforts to locate......

BCCI emergency meet over IPL spot-fixing row

Stung by the sensational IPL spot-fixing scandal, the Board of Control for Cricket in India has called an Emergent Working Committee meeting on Sunday to discuss the "fallout" of the......