Puri Temple priest to build Rs 200-cr luxury 'satvik' resort

A priest of the Jagannath Temple in Puri on Sunday that he is setting up a 300-room luxury resort with a strong spiritual focus in the holy town. IMAGE: Puri Jagannath Temple chief priest......

Family of missing Indian student wants her declared dead

The family of missing 20-year-old Indian student Sudiksha Konanki has asked the police in the Dominican Republic to declare her dead, according to US media reports. Photograph: Courtesy, Sudiksha......

Indian-origin student in US goes missing in Dominican Republic

Sudiksha Konanki, a 20-year-old Indian-origin student from the University of Pittsburgh, has reportedly gone missing from a resort in the Dominican Republic, where she had gone with friends while......

Missing Indian-origin student was seen with man on the beach

A 20-year old Indian student has gone missing while on vacation in the Dominican Republic and United States federal law enforcement agencies are working with authorities in the Caribbean country on......

IHG Hotels & Resorts focused on bringing more luxury offerings to India

Global hospitality major IHG Hotels and Resorts saw its business surpass pre-pandemic levels in 2023 on the back of “unprecedented growth” in the tourism industry, a senior company......

Hotel Rates Hit Record High In '24

Driven by a boom in domestic tourism, a record number of weddings in November and December, and a surge in extended weekend vacations. Kindly note the image has been posted only for......

Marriott to set up GCC in Hyderabad, 1st in hospitality

Marriott International will set up a global capability center (GCC) in Hyderabad, which will be its first such offshore unit in India and will help support Marriott’s various operations......

Tata Group stocks rise up to 10%

Shares of Tata Group companies on Thursday rose up to 10 per cent, with Tata Chemicals and Tata Teleservices among the major gainers. Photograph: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters Tata Sons Chairman......

Shoojit Sircar's Best Films, Ranked

There's a contemplative air about Shoojit Sircar's cinema. His storytelling isn't in a rush to get somewhere and enjoys the process of seeing his characters beyond the obvious whilst offering a......

Killer Soup Review: Manoj, Konkona Are Star Ingredients, But...

Killer Soup's plots grow too convoluted and the strain of keeping the momentum going shows when its shrewd and surreal visuals lose steam, observes Sukanya Verma. Against the stillness of lush......

Bollywood's Favourite Shaadi Destination

Will Kiara Advani and Sidharth Malhotra wed on February 6 in Rajasthan? Well, the grapevine certainly believes that. The couple have reportedly been dating for a while now, and rumours state their......

Turkish Olympic skier Berkin Usta dies in hotel fire

IMAGE: Berkin competed at the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 in Alpine skiing. Photograph: Wolfgang Rattay/Reuters  Turkish Olympic skier Berkin Usta died on Thursday in a fire at a ski......

National winter games in Kashmir postponed

IMAGE: Skiers ski after a traning session in a snow-covered field in Gulmarg, a ski resort and one of the main tourist attractions in the Kashmir region, on January 7, 2025. A similar lack of......

Indo-Pak World Cup match likely to be rescheduled

IMAGE: Advancing the Indo-Pak game by a day might also impact Pakistan's preparation for the high profile clash. Photographs: Quinn Rooney/Getty Images The blockbuster India-Pakistan contest in......

Ticketing mess and World Cup scheduling leaves fans frustrated

IMAGE: World Cup scheduling changes have put fans in a fix. Photograph:Amit Dave/Reuters The regular Indian cricket fan is usually stoic, but ahead of the ODI World Cup at home, he is frustrated......

Kohli Hotel Video: Contractor Sacked!

Photograph: Paul Kane/Getty Images 'I'm NOT okay with this kind of fanaticism and absolute invasion of privacy,' an angry Virat Kohli fumed as video footage of his hotel room in Perth, Australia......