Woman, 9-month-old daughter die after stepping on live wire lying of footpath in Bengaluru's IT hub WhitefieldA 23-year-old woman and her nine-month-old daughter lost their lives due to electrocution near the Hope Farm Junction in Bengaluru. The fam...
20 Nov, 2023, 12.08 PM IST
Indians ordered 3.3 cr plates of Idli on Swiggy in last one yearThe analysis also revealed that the most popular time to order idlis is between 8 am to 10 am, with consumers from Chennai, Hyderabad, Bang...
30 Mar, 2023, 07.28 PM IST
World Idli Day: Foodie from Hyderabad spent Rs 6 lakh on the South Indian delicacy in 1 yearAccording to Swiggy, Indians ordered 33 mn plates of idlis in one year.
30 Mar, 2023, 05.26 PM IST
Chess...dosa...vada.. et al.. The Olympiad has it all"What was totally new to me was eating with my fingers. I wasn't aware that this was the traditional way of eating food in India. I have di...
06 Aug, 2022, 01.10 PM IST
Three meals a day was a luxury, you learn from that: Musthafa P CPersonally, I wanted to give employment to rural kids. Today our company supports 1,400 families. Around 35% of the people we employ are fr...
22 Jan, 2017, 11.22 AM IST
Adyar Ananda Bhavan enters funding talks with KKR, Samara Capital, CarlyleThe Chennai-based company has mandated Deloitte to identify a financial partner. The talks could lead to a 51% stake acquisition for around...
06 Oct, 2016, 11.03 AM IST
Residents implement plastic bag ban in BengaluruResidents of Yelahanka, urged by the Nodal Health Care Officer, decided that the health hazards caused by plastic outweighs its usefulness ...
02 Feb, 2016, 10.53 AM IST
R Prabhakar - The man behind Bengaluru's DarshinisHailing from Kundapur in coastal Karnataka, Prabhakar’s midas touch, however, has transformed small-time hoteliers to millionaires.
21 Nov, 2014, 04.57 AM IST
Tax authorities raid Saravana Bhavan offices and restaurantsThe sales tax authorities raided the offices and restaurants of Hotel Saravana Bhavan on Thursday on suspicion of tax evasion.
19 Jun, 2014, 03.55 PM IST
Atchayam Foodbox: Chennai co's ATM-like food machineAtchayam Foodbox, as the machine is called, claim that it is a first of its kind concept in the food and retail industry and insist it's no...
11 Mar, 2014, 06.39 AM IST
How does India’s first fully-automated food store work?Foodbox is an automated restaurant which serves everything from light tiffin to complete meal combo packs from renowned restaurants in less...
03 Mar, 2014, 06.11 PM IST
Aachi Kitchen plans Chettinad restaurant chains in five locations this yearTamil Nadu-based masala brand Aachi Masala is planning a chain of Chettinad restaurants, latest diversification of this nearly 2-decade-old...
04 Jan, 2014, 11.10 AM IST
Eateries see steep price cuts due to growing competition and popular government schemesChennai’s restaurants are midst an unprecedented phase of price cuts, triggered by falling footfalls amid slowdown & increasing competition.
02 Oct, 2013, 11.23 AM IST
Cookie Man 's SBP Pattabhi Rama Rao plans national chain of idli & dosa restaurantsRao, 40, has bought into ID (standing for idli-dosa), started in 2010 by an arm of Chennai's prominent theatre chain Sathyam Cinemas.
13 Aug, 2013, 04.08 AM IST
School drop-out brothers of Rs 420-crore Adyar Ananda Bhavan plan to take the chain globalAdyar Ananda Bhavan could be following the numerous homegrown Indian food chains that have become comfortable raising private equity in rec...
15 Jun, 2013, 05.34 AM IST
- Locking horns over diabetic sweets
The Madras HC restrained a chain of sweetshops from selling sweets made with fructose/levulose.
22 Feb, 2007, 06.30 PM IST