India’s wealthy population crossed one-lakh mark in 2009
NEW YORK: India’s population of high net worth individuals grew by as much as 51 per cent to over 1.26 lakh in 2009, riding on the surge in market valuations and improved economic growth, a report said. According to the 2010 Merrill Lynch-Capgemini World Wealth Report, in India, the number…
Delhi’s new airport terminal ready to welcome visitors
The sparkling new terminal at the Indira Gandhi International Airport, touted among the largest and most modern in the world, will start international operations July 14 and domestic services 16 days later, it was announced Wednesday. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, along with National Advisory Council chair Sonia Gandhi and Civil…
First visuals of Delhi’s new airport terminal
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Delhi’s new Terminal 3 to have 78 aerobridges to support Airbus A-380
The humongous new Terminal 3 of the Indira Gandhi International Airport that opens on July 3 will have all the amenities for passengertravel comfort, including the highest number of aerobridges in the world at a single site – 78. It is almost eight times more than what the present international…
India targets double digit growth in 2012
India has set an ambitious target of making 2012 the year of double digit growth even as it grapples with the twin problems of mounting deficit and rising inflation. “India is back on a high growth trajectory,” finance minister Pranab Mukherjee said in a presentation here Monday to the Institute…
Ratan Tata conferred with honorary degree by Cambridge
India’s leading industrialist Ratan Tata, Chairman of the Tata Group, has been conferred with a honorary degree of Doctor of Law by the University of Cambridge. Tata, Hon. KBE, and seven others were conferred with the doctorate at a congregation held in Cambridge yesterday. It was presided over by Chancellor…
Salman, the walk man!
Salman Khan Salman Khan found the most effective way to catch up on his daily fitness regime while shooting for Dabangg in Wai. Salman Khan has one of the hottest bodies in Bollywood. But the star’s fit body hasn’t happened overnight. Known for exercising and cycling regularly, Salman is willing…
SRK apes Big B
Shah Rukh Khan Newbies Ranbir Kapoor and Imran Khan are reportedly wrapped up in petty squabbles. However, the true demi-Gods of Bollywood are also very busy. Over the weekend, Amitabh Bachchan put up a photograph of his fans thronging Jalsa on Sunday. Now everyone knows that this has been a…
‘Lara dated married Mahesh’
Mahesh Bhupati and Lara Dutta Well now my pretty Lara Dutta and her good friend Mahesh Bhupati are traipsing the globe. They turned up at a recent awards ceremony in Colombo last week. Anyway, even as they play their own “good friends” game with the paparazzi who looks foolish taking…
Big B to remove SKR from his Twitter list
Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan confesses that he accidentally removed actor Shah Rukh Khan from his follower list on microblogging site Twitter, but has now got him back. “Pressed wrong button … Shah Rukh gone off my ‘following’ list … how do I get him back …?” Amitabh posted on his…