After PC Jewellers showcased a fantastic Best of the Best show at the India International Jewellery Week last year, the grand finale of the IIJW 2011 presented by them was eagerly awaited. And when it took place, it was well worth the wait! And since there were thousands of invitees who longed to see the fabulous [...]
New Delhi: The government on Thursday cleared equity infusion of Rs 1,200 crore that was committed to cash-strapped Air India in the current financial year after giving Rs 2,000 crore in the last fiscal. Since Rs 500 crore has been given to AI in last two months, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) cleared [...]
An ailing cargo ship heavily loaded with coal and fuel oil sank 20 nautical miles off Mumbai on Thursday, raising the spectre of massive environmental damage, even though its crew of 30 were saved. The Panama-flagged, Qatar-based M V Rak Carrier, on voyage from Lubuk Tutung, Indonesia, to Dahej, Gujarat, had 60,054 tonnes of coal, [...]
New Delhi: In yet another crash in the IAF, a Jaguar strike fighter went down near the Gorakhpur airbase in UP on Thursday afternoon. The pilot, Flight Lieutenant S Pandey, and an 18-year-old girl working in a farm were killed in the incident. The accident comes barely days after an MiG-21 crashed at the Nal [...]
After a huge success at the London and Dubai fashion week, Aartivijay Gupta the upcoming and promising designer displayed her collection for Sangam Jellwers at the IIJW in Mumbai for the first time on Sunday, 31st July 2011 at Grand Hyatt. Aartivjay Gupta who specializes in women’s wear, predominantly Indian wear and Indo western outfits [...]
Global airline alliance, Star Alliance, has said that no other Indian airline had applied for membership in the alliance apart from Air India. This is despite of the fact that the alliance is open to inducting two Indian carriers in its group, according to a report by Debabrata Das in The Hindu Business Line. “The [...]
Google, which purchased a leading flight software company earlier this year, has launched a new tool for finding hotels. Hotel Finder is an “experimental search tool” designed to help users locate and book hotels, according to an AFP report. Hotel Finder, which is restricted to the United States for now, lets a user refine their [...]
HDFC Bank recently launched of a pack of three travel credit cards. The travel cards, Regalia, Superia and Platinum Edge, feature a reward point redemption system which enables travellers to choose from a wide array of airlines to cash in the air miles accumulated on the card, according to a media release. Pralay Mondal, Country [...]
Indian travellers are now the sixth largest spenders on hotels abroad ahead of travellers from countries such as the United Kingdom, France, Germany and even Singapore, according to Hotel Price Index by Hotels.com. On the other hand, Indians are one of the most value-conscious when it came to travelling within their own country and take [...]