The Tivoli Garden Hotel New Delhi

... fell by 8.79% to Rs 141.65 on BSE while the benchmark Sensex index closed nearly 2% lower. GMR Infrastructure had set Rs 142 as the floor price for the QIP.

The company is part of the GMR Group, which operates the Hyderabad international airport and is the majority owner of the consortium operating and upgrading the Delhi ...

... out that outside the hotel, people aren’t just sleeping on the sidewalk in some random, disorganized way- they rent the spaces. Unfortunately or fortunately, our teacher group is moving at such a pace throughout Delhi during the day that we’re quite grateful for the sanctuary of the Taj Mahal Hotel… has me feeling a bit guilty.

Yesterday we visited a unique Islamic school (madrasa) for girls ages 13-18 ...

Real estate decisions , at a corporate or personal level, cannot be postponed indefinitely, The current slowdown in the economy has affected rentals of commercial space in the country. Rentals are down, by up to 30% in the quarter ending March 2009. However, consultants feel that with positive growth in the country, downward movement in rentals is likely slow down in the coming months ...

... for these developers. Unitech's outstanding debt was Rs 10,000 crore, going by the December 2008 quarter results. Unitech had to repay Rs 2,500 crore by March 2009. It was ale to restructure Rs 1,000 crore and this will be due for repayment after 12-18 months, depending on the ...

... to have locals with us as we meandered through these crowded streets. It was great to see all the little shops selling saris, jewelry, food stalls, drink (lasi) stands, fabric, strips of meat out on in the open (ie. Skinned goat head and body parts) etc. We ate at one of Shago's favorite sit down stalls and the food was amazing- everyone gets the same variety of veggie bowls but it's the different types of breads that you pick that you pay for (each "bread ...

... being molested by someone can be seen on the newspaper which leaves a deep black spot on the image of India as an emerging tourist destination.   The markets presents a different story, for a foreign tourist the cost of goods is 70-80% increased and at times they are forced to buy the items by various persuasive measures. The guides call the clients by various names and instead of introducing them to the Indian culture and heritage they try to ...

... Indira Gandhi Int'l Airport at about 2am I meet once again the charity worker who, knowing my first-time status, helps guide me through customs. After the usual baggage-claim merry-go-round wait I am met by the tour-group rep Mr. Singh, a very polite, young gentleman who quickly ushers me into the darkness of the very early morning hours to the waiting vehicle. In the rush to get myself settled for a much-deserved night's ...

ok, so just above me lies the indicator i should save often. now that i have read it i feel slightly foolish for not having done so previously. yes, thats right, two entertaining and ground-breaking hilarious blogs have been sacrificed to the god of **** connections. no worries i roar towards ye as yet more profundity is to follow...(fingers crossed...) a recent discussion cropped up amongst a few ´hardened´ lifer travellers i met. one particular saturday ...

... about this influential person. His history we discovered was a lot more involved than we had ever imagined. He started his career studying law in England before spending half his life in South Africa fighting for Indian rights there before returning home and fighting for India's independence. There was so much to read, that we got kicked out of the museum trying to read nearly ...

... arms and cupped hands. The scene was miserably Dickensian. We gave them a few rupees and an empty lemonade bottle.

Our train, the Farraka Express, arrived and we located our carriage. We had opted to take a 'second class air-con sleeper' having spent some hours studying the dazzling array of options and sub-options on offer. The Indian railway system is said to be the biggest single employer in the world, having some 1.6 million employees. With 60,000 km of track variously in ...