Day: July 30, 2019

Bloom Wins Best Concept Hotel

8:24 pm July 30, 2019

NEW DELHI: The Bloom Hotel Group, one of India’s leading hotel operators, has won ‘Best Conceptualised Hotel’ at Today’s Traveller Awards 2019 at a ceremony in New Delhi. The award was presented by Hon’ble Minister of Culture and Tourism (MoS), Shri Prahlad Singh Patel. With cutting-edge hotel concepts and a proprietary cloud-based tech platform, Bloom’s […]

Air India Express posts Rs 169 cr profit in 2018-19

8:19 pm July 30, 2019

New Delhi: Air India Express Tuesday reported a net profit of Rs 169 crore in the year ended March 2019 as higher utilisation of aircraft and manpower helped the low-cost carrier. This is the fourth straight year of profitability, the airline said in a release. The low-cost arm of national carrier Air India recorded over […]

Oppn members in Rajya Sabha stage walkout

Triple talaq bill passed by Parliament

7:25 pm July 30, 2019

New Delhi: Parliament on Tuesday approved the bill that makes instant triple talaq a criminal offence, after the contentious legislation was passed by Rajya Sabha following non-aligned BJD extending support and NDA constituents JD-U and AIADMK walking out. Lok Sabha had passed the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill last week and with […]

Light and intermittent showers in Mumbai

7:23 pm July 30, 2019

Mumbai: Mumbaikars witnessed an incident-free Tuesday with no report of water-logging being reported from any part of the city and public transport functioning smoothly. While the Met department had predicted heavy rains for Tuesday, the island city and suburbs witnessed light and intermittent showers throughout the day. Colaba observatory recorded rainfall of 21.8 mm and […]

Boris Johnson planning to put UK on obesity-busting diet: Report

Boris Johnson tries to reassure on Brexit as pound slumps

7:20 pm July 30, 2019

London: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was visiting Wales on Tuesday as part of a national tour intended to reassure Britons that his hard-Brexit push won’t hurt the economy and rip apart the UK. He faces a tough reception from farmers a group central to the Welsh economy who fear economic havoc if Britain leaves […]