Luxury serviced apartments come calling

Luxury serviced apartments come calling

The trend of serviced apartments that started more than a decade-and-a-half ago in Chennai has been growing at 10-15% each year. Business executives who come from around the world on short-term assignments, tourists visiting hospitals for long-term procedures along with family, NRIs coming during year-end for the music festival season, and students from foreign universities … Read more

Union Minister assures construction of fishing jetty at Chintapalli in Vizianagaram district of Andhra Pradesh

Union Minister assures construction of fishing jetty at Chintapalli in Vizianagaram district of Andhra Pradesh

Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Parshottam Rupala Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Parshottam Rupala on Saturday assured construction of fishing jetty on a permanent basis at Chintapalli village of Pusapatirega mandal in Vizianagaram district to benefit thousands of fishermen. As part of Sagar Parikrama programme, he visited Chintapalli and … Read more

Congress to launch protest against construction of ₹450 crore mega complexes by demolishing choultries in Tirupati

Congress to launch protest against construction of ₹450 crore mega complexes by demolishing choultries in Tirupati

Senior Congress leader Chinta Mohan. | Photo Credit: File Photo Chinta Mohan, on January 4 (Thursday), demanded the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) and the State government immediately drop the plans to construct mega complexes in the place of the second and third choultries in Tirupati, at a cost of ₹450 crore, and instead, use the … Read more

Yogi Adityanath offers prayers at Hanumangarhi in Ayodhya, inspects construction of Ram temple

Yogi Adityanath offers prayers at Hanumangarhi in Ayodhya, inspects construction of Ram temple

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Aditynath on Wednesday visited the temple town of Ayodhya to inspect the ongoing construction work of the Ram Temple in the city. During his visit to the town, he also prayed at the Hanumangarhi and Ram Temple. Notably, the construction of the temple is in the final stages. Prime Minister … Read more

Busting the myths of ‘By invitation only’ properties

Busting the myths of ‘By invitation only’ properties

The concept of ‘By invitation only’ (BIO) housing projects is one of those ‘grey’ areas of real estate which carry with them very strong emotional markers. It tends to make Indians’ antennae perk up, and not necessarily from a demand perspective. We’re not considering gated communities here — the acquisition of a property in a … Read more

All things curvy

All things curvy

The Sanskrit word ‘vakr’ literally means curves, and Devyani Gupta, founder and Principal Designer at Delhi-based Vakr Studio, says, the curves in the furniture she designs signify transformation and reflects beauty in imperfection. All the handcrafted furniture here has some element of bends and curves that are guided by the laws of physics. The nature … Read more

Ceiling of the champions

Ceiling of the champions

Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. | Photo Credit: special arrangement In the last few weeks, the ICC World Cup 2023 has held matches in Chennai’s Chidambaram Stadium, Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium and Bengaluru’s Chinnaswamy Stadium. A common feature at these three stadiums? Vox India. A more than 30-year-old interior design brand specialising in furniture, home furnishings and building … Read more

CPI(M) demands construction on public toilets in city

CPI(M) demands construction on public toilets in city

M.B. Sajjan, district secretary, Communist Party of India (Marxist), a addressing press conference in Kalaburagi on Friday. | Photo Credit: ARUN KULKARNI The Communist Party of India (Marxist) has demanded that the City Corporation increase the number of public toilets in Kalaburagi. CPI(M) district secretary M.B. Sajjan, addressing a press conference here on Friday, said … Read more