In recent months, multiple builders have acquired development rights in India’s most expensive property market, from posh south Mumbai locations to suburban neighbourhoods. Under the redevelopment route, housing societies tie up with developers, who demolish and rebuild them as swankier towers with more apartments. Residents get larger apartments and parking lots for free, while the…
Bengaluru: Esencia Partners, a firm in which Manipal Hospitals head Ranjan Pai is a managing partner, has bought a property in Bengaluru’s prime Lavelle Road, an upmarket residential and commercial street, for ₹165.6 crore. The area of the site that also has a building constructed on it, is around 25,824 sq. ft. As per the…
About two years ago, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) cracked down on two loan categories whose numbers had surged post-pandemic: unsecured personal loans, including credit cards, and bank loans to non-bank companies, or “shadow” banks. Since then, growth in these loans has slowed sharply. As of August 2025, credit card balance outstanding grew around…
The country’s top 25 celebrities, a mix of movie stars and sportspersons, amassed brand value of $2 billion in 2024, an increase of more than 8.6% from the previous year according to Kroll, an independent provider of global financial and risk advisory solutions. However, in terms of diversity, only nine women made it to the…
The Indian beer industry has approached the Centre seeking a “short-term regulatory relaxation” in quality control order (QCO) rules for import of beer cans into the country, as it faces a severe shortage of 500 ml aluminium units, according to a PTI report. The Brewers Association of India (BAI) in a letter to the Department…
Donald Trump’s decision to hike H-1B visa fees may have put the spotlight on India’s information technology (IT) services industry, but it has also delivered a twin blow to the gems and jewellery sector—which is not only reeling from tariffs but also has thousands of artisans and technicians working in the US on these work…
Observant travellers on the choked Western Express Highway in Mumbai may have spotted a small purple billboard tucked away in a service lane leading away from the highway. In bold words, District by Zomato declared “We Got Be*f”. It’s a strange message, until you read the small lettering underneath that says the company’s beef is…
The platform currently hosts 414,000 Indian titles — spanning films, TV shows, shorts, podcasts, and music videos — and counts 61,000 movies across 15+ Indian languages, including Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Bengali, Marathi, Punjabi, Gujarati, Odia, Bhojpuri, Assamese, Rajasthani, Konkani, and Haryanvi. While IMDb’s global user base stands at 250 million, it did not…
Bank holidays next week: Banks in India will be closed for multiple days in the week between October 13 and October 19, owing to the festive season and festivities across India. October 2025 is seeing several bank holidays due to festivals like Navratri, Durga Puja, Karva Chauth and Diwali. Apart from regional holidays, there will…
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has appointed Sonali Sen Gupta as Executive Director (ED), effective from October 09, 2025. Before this appointment, Sonali Sen Gupta was the Regional Director for Karnataka at the Bangalore Regional Office. (This is a developing story. Check for further updates.) Source link