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Vistara announces direct flights between Mumbai and Frankfurt

26Sep

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Vistara announces direct flights between Mumbai and Frankfurt

Vistara announced direct, six weekly flights between Mumbai and Frankfurt, starting from November 15, 2023. This new route is in addition to Vistara’s 6x weekly service between Delhi and Frankfurt which has been getting good response since its launch in February 2021. With the addition of this new long-haul route, Vistara further enhances connectivity between Europe and India as it continues to grow its international network. The airline will operate its Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner featuring a three-class cabin configuration, offering the choice of travelling in Business, Premium Economy, and Economy cabins. Bookings for the flights are being progressively opened on all channels, including Vistara’s website, mobile app, and through travel agents. Vistara’s operations in Mumbai has witnessed ...

Mumbai’s double-decker buses ride into the sunset amid Bollywood memories

15Sep

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Mumbai’s double-decker buses ride into the sunset amid Bollywood memories

In a memorable scene from Taare Zameen Par (2007), the young protagonist Ishaan Awasthi is shown leaning out from the front-facing windows of a moving bus, imagining himself as a superhero in flight. Front-facing windows with open panes have been a staple feature in Mumbai’s double-decker buses, which have been prominently captured by Bollywood film after film. An iconic part of the city’s public transport and larger urbanscape for over eight decades, the good-old red double decker buses ferried Mumbaikars for the last time on Friday. As these vehicles are completing 15 years of their codal life, the double-decker buses will forever go off roads from September 15, while the open-deck buses will survive a week longer and will be pulled out on October 5, according to an offi...

24Aug

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Reliance Industries and Oberoi Hotels to Co-manage Three Iconic Hospitality Projects in India, UK

Last Updated: August 24, 2023, 22:30 ISTStoke Park Limited, a Reliance Industries Limited subsidiary, possesses sports and leisure amenities in Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire. (Image: News18/representative) The collaboration between the two companies will now oversee the management of Oberoi-operated Anant Vilas in Mumbai, an upcoming unnamed project in Gujarat and RIL-owned Stoke Park in UKReliance Industries on Thursday announced that it has teamed up with The Oberoi Hotels and Resorts to jointly manage three properties in India and the UK. These properties are the Anant Vilas Hotel in Mumbai’s Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC), the renowned Stoke Park in the UK and a future project in Gujarat.Oberoi Hotels earned the title of the World’s Best Hotel Brand at the Travel + Leisure, USA World’s Bes...

Home, Delhi, takes over the bar at Yauatcha Mumbai

28Jul

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Home, Delhi, takes over the bar at Yauatcha Mumbai

Experience the captivating blend of flavours and imaginative concoctions as Home, Delhi, takes over the bar at Yauatcha Mumbai. Mark your calendars for July 28, 2023, as this exclusive collaboration promises to allure you with an extraordinary amalgamation of flavours and techniques. The hidden gem of South Delhi, Home is where the world’s most discerning connoisseurs seek refuge in the lap of understated luxury and eclectic comfort. This bespoke haven is tranquilly designed to stimulate appetites and awaken the senses, providing a respite from bustling city life. Meanwhile, Yauatcha, Mumbai, is a place to connect and experience. Making sure to captivate its guests with charm and allure, Yauatcha is a social space that reimagines the traditional Chinese tea house and stands as a welcomin...

YES Bank’s net profit rises 10.3% in Q1, NII grows 8.1% to Rs 2,000 cr

22Jul

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YES Bank’s net profit rises 10.3% in Q1, NII grows 8.1% to Rs 2,000 cr

YES Bank reported a smaller-than-expected increase in quarterly net profit on Saturday as it kept aside more money for bad loans, denting the impact of higher net interest income. The private lender's standalone net profit rose 10.3 per cent for the April-June quarter from the same period last year to Rs 343 crore ($5.25 million), missing analysts' average forecast of Rs 380 crore, according to Refinitiv data. Yes Bank's provisions and contingencies, net of recoveries made against loan accounts written off as bad, more than doubled to Rs 360 crore from Rs 175 crore a year earlier. The gross non-performing asset (NPA) ratio decreased to 2 per cent at the end of June from 2.20 per cent at the end of March, while its net NPA ratio rose slightly to 1 per cent from ...

NCP’s Ajit Pawar sworn in as deputy CM in Eknath Shinde-led Maha govt

2Jul

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NCP’s Ajit Pawar sworn in as deputy CM in Eknath Shinde-led Maha govt

Marking a vertical split in the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), its senior leader Ajit Pawar joined the Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra government as deputy chief minister on Sunday. The presence of NCP president Sharad Pawar and party's working president Supriya Sule at the Opposition meeting in Patna had irked Ajit Pawar and his supporters, sources said. While Ajit Pawar was sworn in as the deputy chief minister by Governor Ramesh Bais at the ceremony held in the Raj Bhawan, eight other NCP leaders took oath as ministers. Those who were sworn in as ministers are Chhagan Bhujbal, Dilip Walse Patil, Hasan Mushrif, Dhananjay Munde, Aditi Tatkare, Dharmarao Atram, Anil Patil and Sanjay Bansode. Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar, who was present i...