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Sudden downpour floods Delhi, Mumbai gets a respite

A sudden downpour in Delhi caught citizens off guard and caused heavy waterlogging and traffic jams on Tuesday while Mumbai breathed a sigh of relief as showers stopped a day after heavy rain......

Kathakali At The Gateway

Each time G20 delegates come visiting -- G20 Disaster Risk Reduction Working Group delegates are currently in Mumbai -- one or the other city landmark gets a facelift of sorts. And what cannot be......

Goodbye old Parliament House, hello new Sansad Bhavan!

From its inauguration in 1927 to witnessing the foundation laying of a new Sansad Bhavan ahead of the 75th anniversary of India's Independence, the chequered history of the old Parliament building......

Celebrations, joy as Droupadi Murmu becomes India's President

Her election is proof the poor can dream and fulfil them too, India's 15th president and its first tribal head of state Droupadi Murmu said after taking oath of office on Monday, a landmark day......

Statue of Unity will do for Kevatia what Rann Utsav did for Kutch

'Will the Statue of Unity and Tent City Narmada have as much of a transformational effect on the local economy as the salt desert/Tent City Dhordo did is something that only time can tell,' says......

Second half of the year may see a turnaround: PM to CEOs

India is committed to getting back to a sustainable growth path of 8 to 9 per cent, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said, adding that such a target is achievable because the fundamentals of the......

Hoteliers try to counter slump with special offers

Many top hotels are offering free nights, discounts to maintain occupancy Charles Pereira, a marketing professional with a multinational company, was pleasantly surprised when he realised his......

Of MPs, fudged expenses and what India spends on them

Dawn was breaking over the Palace of Westminster, Britain's Houses of Parliament, as tired MPs and journalists waited in the taxi queue in the great courtyard after an all-night debate on the Race......

Are soaring hotel room rents sustainable?

The hotel space has been in the news because room rentals have actually shot up quite a bit. Vivek Nair, vice chairman and MD, Hotel Leela Ventures, say room rates have gone up by 15-20% YoY. Nair......

India rises, Silicon Valley drools

Promod Haque grew up in the old India, born into a lower-middle-class family, but he was lucky enough to attend a school in New Delhi for the children of wealthy dignitaries. His father was a......

The Beautiful Cities of Bollywood

Touring India's cities with these movies. Indian cinema has often captured the pulse of our cities. Beautifully. Intelligently. Sensitively. Whether it's the food, the music, or the vibe, the......

Beyond Octopussy: Roger Moore's India connections

The James Bond actor spent months in India shooting for another film, but his connection to India goes much deeper than that, reveals Monali Sarkar. IMAGE: From left, Roger Moore, Mohan Agashe and......

What inspired Rangoon?

Did the human drama provoked by the Japanese invasion of Burma and the Indian exodus from Rangoon inspire director Vishal Bhardwaj's forthcoming epic? IMAGE: Saif Ali Khan in Rangoon. The railway......

007 will come early to India

Once upon a time, long, long ago, decades before Thomas Friedman wrote the The World Is Flat, only the choicest Hollywood's hits trickled into the Indian subcontinent, usually months after the......

The Cheetah Girls in India

For all they know, the next Cheetah Girls movie could be shot in the Antarctica. But right now, the platinum-selling recording artists and actors Adrienne Bailon, Sabrina Bryan and Kiely Williams......

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