South MCD has asked colonies to keep all their gates open 24×7 but many RWAs are flouting the rules, causing discomfort to residents as well as service providers IN THE good old days, Bhavani Giddu, 49, would walk to her office in Kalkaji area of south Delhi. The office is a kilometre away from her […]

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As the economy suffers due to low demand, even music bands find few takers – and the wedding season is not expected to bring much cheer Here’s one more thing to blame millennials for, after Finance Minister Nirmala Seetharaman blamed them for preferring cab hailing services to buying cars, thereby leading to crisis in the […]

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Look beyond Indian and Chinese to Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand for a culinary journey that tingles the taste-buds “A well-made sauce will make even elephant or a grandfather palatable,” proclaimed Grimod de la Reynière, a lawyer and one of world’s first food reviewers. He’s not wrong at all ­— a well-made sauce indeed pulls up […]

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In Northwest Delhi’s Bhalswa area, half-hearted government initiatives have all gone down the drain as a 35-acre water body cries out to be rescued from a slow death Cowdung, human excrement and tonnes of plastic waste — this is the sight that greets you at  Bhalswa Lake. On one side, this decades-old lake is bordered […]

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Delhi drivers are feeling the sting of the amended Motor Vehicles Act as they discover that no mercy will be shown to them for violating traffic rules You can afford to forget your lunch before leaving home but not the official documents pertaining to your vehicle. Licence, insurance papers, vehicle registration documents, pollution under control […]

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The new rule asking bars and restaurants to throw away liquor stock more than eight days old is impractical and will only open the doors to corruption, says the hospitality industry A new order on the sale of liquor in bars and restaurants has enraged the hospitality industry. It is being seen as nothing but […]

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In a restaurant as huge as the first-class lounge of an international airport, you can get the best of international cuisine with both style and substance It would cost you Rs 40,000 for a return flight ticket from Istanbul, plus hotel charges, plus other expenses if you want to amble down to the streets of […]

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Big fat Punjabi weddings are now de rigeur in the wedding season – even if the family is not Punjabi. The ostentation quotient is high and the pressures are backbreaking What’s a Punjabi wedding if it’s not filled with grandiosity, some pomp, and a whole lot of ostentation? Well, that’s the general notion and truth […]

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