In order to promote tourism relations within India, Korea Tourism Organisation which has its India office in Delhi, has opened a representative office in Mumbai. The office will work to promote Korea as a premium tourism destination to the travel trade, consumers, media and airlines. The organisation plans to collaborate with travel agents based in [...]
Mumbai:Mental training has gradually become important in every sport and Asian Games gold medalist Vijender Singh has taken to meditation to keep focus for his upcoming challenge — qualifying for the London Olympics. The Bhiwani boxer, who along with Suranjoy Singh has skipped the Asian Championships to train for the Worlds to be held in [...]
Nottingham: England coach Andy Flower believes there would have been a “proper international incident” had an India batsman been run out in Ian Bell-like fashion in India. Bell was run out on the stroke of tea on the third day of the second Test at Trent Bridge after incorrectly assuming the ball had gone ‘dead’. [...]
Orissa and Goa have jointly decided to promote tourism in the two states on mutually beneficial terms. The two states have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to increase tourist inflow to both states, according to a report by Minati Singha in The Times of India. “This will be a win-win situation for both the [...]
: Zooming ahead at a growth rate of 16%, the Indian passenger car industry saw 2.5 million units being sold in 2010 as compared to 1.06 million in 2004. The growth has been attributed to the wide range of variety available in the highly popular small car segment as well as the growing purchasing power [...]
If there’s something that Lara Dutta loves doing then it’s spending her hard-earned money. We hear that the former beauty pageant turned actress is a shopaholic. It’s not just shoes and clothes that Lara is obsessed about, but she’s also into antiques and art. A close friend says, “Once she enters a shop its really [...]
Bank of America-Merrill Lynch cut its target price on Indian engineering and construction conglomerate Larsen & Toubro after the company warned tough competition and rising costs would crimp margins from revenue seen growing by a quarter this year. It lowered the price target to Rs 2,070 from Rs 2,280 and said the company was facing [...]
Most interviews with Saif Ali Khan feature Kareena Kapoor, quite prominently. But Saif’s journey from the geek in glasses to 90s’ Bollywood star kid, to ‘hey, he can act!’ to producer and father of two, is a fascinating story, rarely discussed. After this candid chat, Saif laughingly issued something of a disclaimer, “Just because you’re [...]
Rana Daggubati, who is currently in the news for breaking up with south siren Shriya Saran and dating our own Bipasha Basu, doesn’t shy away from controversies. Of course he insists that too much is being read into his act of chivalry a few days ago in Hyderabad. Says he, “Bipasha was there to promote [...]
NEW DELHI: A day after cancelling suspected hawala operator Hasan Ali Khan’s bail, the Supreme Court on Friday veered towards a multi-disciplinary special investigation team (SIT) to track black money stashed abroad and probe its numerous dimensions, including money laundering and terror funding. A bench comprising Justices B Sudershan Reddy and S S Nijjar asked [...]