Free dosa, beer and taxi ride: Here are all the free offers for Bengaluru voters on voting dayBusinesses in Bengaluru are incentivizing voter turnout for the Lok Sabha elections on April 26. With over 1 crore eligible voters, hotels,...
26 Apr, 2024, 07.53 AM IST
Karnataka Assembly passes bill prohibiting hookah bars, use of tobacco products in public placesThe bill titled the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, S...
21 Feb, 2024, 08.43 PM IST
Indians shrug off Omicron scare, head to hills and beaches to welcome 2022Vista Rooms cofounder Amit Damani said, "We are sold out for New Year's eve across destinations. From Kasauli, Mussoorie, to Lonavala, Goa ...
01 Jan, 2022, 08.05 AM IST
Indians travel in big numbers to ring in the new year despite Omicron scare, spike in casesTravel platform ixigo said it was seeing a substantial uptick in last minute search queries for travel in the last week of December. Search...
31 Dec, 2021, 08.51 PM IST
How a group of startups aim to bring people closer, offlineA cohort of entrepreneurial ventures aims to bring people together so that they can establish new, meaningful connections.
22 Sep, 2019, 09.43 AM IST
Indo-Pak clash likely to be high-scoring… for hospitality sectorWe are expecting massive footfall anyway. The offers are just to add to all the excitement,” said Pramode Bhandari, area general manager at...
17 Jun, 2019, 12.56 PM IST
Get ready for another chronic water shortage this summerThis will again be a time of chronic water shortage, ad hoc policies and dangerously falling groundwater.
27 Mar, 2019, 04.20 PM IST
Left high and dry on election weekend, Bengaluru resto-bars call ban on liquor sales an 'archaic law'The EC bans sales of liquor in all areas going to polls 48 hours prior to an election and the counting of votes.
17 May, 2018, 11.31 AM IST
Safety first, 57 rooftop pubs to be shut in BengaluruAfter the Kamala Mills deaths at a rooftop pub, the commissioner of BMC met hotel associations this week, asking the industry to conduct fi...
10 Jan, 2018, 12.29 PM IST
With highway liquor ban, sales of related foods such as peanuts dip by 30%There is certainly an impact on packaged snacking because it is directly linked to consumption of alcohol along highways, said Vikram Agarw...
11 Apr, 2017, 11.07 AM IST
Liquor ban: The road ahead for alcobev sectorThe Supreme Court shutdown of liquor outlets off India’s highways has shaken thousands of professionals and entrepreneurs in the alcobev se...
09 Apr, 2017, 12.57 AM IST
Now Apps to pick liquor of your choice, at economical price at barsThree startups — Hipcask, HipBar and The Bar Stock Exchange — offer urban consumers the liquor of their choice at the time of their choosin...
25 Mar, 2017, 09.18 AM IST
Uber's ride-sharing spikes on New Year's eveOf them, 11,939 riders 32% were from the pub capital of India Bengaluru, according to Uber, which shared data exclusively with ET on how In...
02 Jan, 2017, 10.51 AM IST
Why startup employees are looking for a higher chunk of stock optionsWhile one can make up for the lost salary by going to a big company in future, one can never make up for the lost ESOP opportunity.
23 Oct, 2016, 11.19 AM IST
No drinking age bar at Bengaluru pubs!The legal age for drinking in Bengaluru is 18 or 21, depending on which excise department official you ask.
02 May, 2016, 11.03 AM IST
With Momoe, everything you need is at a stone's throw in K'mangala: Utkarsh BiradarMomoe is a mobile payments app for users to pay at brick and mortar (offline) merchants like restaurants, grocery stores, pharmacies, spa a...
16 Sep, 2015, 11.53 AM IST
How more and more Indians are turning to restaurant business & living out their gourmet dreamsSome have invested vast sums — partnering with friends, particularly those endowed with property — calling in consultants to do everything ...
11 Jan, 2015, 07.04 AM IST