Life of a Shark Tank judge: OYO CEO Ritesh Agarwal could not use washroom in peace during a flightOYO CEO Ritesh Agarwal shared a humorous experience of being pitched startup ideas while waiting for the restroom on a flight. His story, w...
21 Feb, 2025, 03.03 PM IST
2024 Year in Review | who’s in, who’s out: the biggest executive moves in Indian tech & startup sectorIndian tech startups saw a wave of CEO changes in 2024. Flipkart, Swiggy, DealShare, Tata Digital, and others appointed new CEOs. The finte...
24 Dec, 2024, 12.16 PM IST
Electronics sales on q-comm; Oyo acquires G6 HospitalityConsumers are now shopping for electronics on quick commerce platforms. This and more in today’s ETtech Top 5.
23 Dec, 2024, 08.00 PM IST
Congress, SP vote bank made up of intruders: Amit Shah in UPUnion Home Minister Amit Shah discusses the upcoming sixth phase of Lok Sabha polls in Domariaganj on Saturday. He emphasizes the importanc...
23 May, 2024, 04.25 PM IST
Four SP MLAs who cross-voted for BJP in Rajya Sabha polls get Y-category securityThese four MLAs, alongside three other party legislators -- Pooja Pal, Rakesh Pandey and Ashutosh Maurya -- had cross-voted for the BJP in ...
24 Mar, 2024, 12.59 PM IST
ETSA at the time of World Cup: pitstop on way to ChepaukAs it turns out, the ETSA event was a happening pitstop for entrepreneurs on the way to watch India take on five-time ICC world champions A...
09 Oct, 2023, 06.00 AM IST
Fraud management platform Effectiv raises $4.5 million led by Better Tomorrow VenturesThe California-based startup, with operations in India, provides artificial intelligence (AI)-powered solutions such as payment fraud detec...
26 Jul, 2023, 07.10 PM IST
OYO boss lists 3 books that shaped his journey, says he drew inspiration from works of Netflix, PayPal foundersRitesh Agarwal said that the books helped him in his journey as an entrepreneur.
21 Jun, 2022, 04.04 PM IST
Govt refers two bills to parliamentary panels for scrutinyEnvironment Minister Bhupendra Yadav moved the motion to refer the Biodiversity Bill to the Joint Committee with 21 members of Lok Sabha an...
20 Dec, 2021, 07.11 PM IST
Geeta who returned from Pakistan meets four suitorsA campaign to find a suitable match for Geeta is being conducted under Ministry of External Affairs and a Facebook advert had been put out ...
07 Jun, 2018, 09.07 PM IST
Speaker, 7 aides face rioting chargesAssembly speaker Ram Niwas Goel and his supporters had burst into a BJP supporter's house after accusing him of stocking illegal liquor to ...
08 Sep, 2016, 11.10 AM IST
Ritesh Agarwal's journey from being a SIM-seller to the helm of OYO RoomsFor Ritesh Agarwal, who left home in Odisha as a teenager to seek his fortune, carrying all his possessions wherever he went was second nat...
03 Aug, 2015, 07.50 PM IST
OYO Rooms get funding worth Rs 635 crore from SoftBank, othersThe startup, founded three years ago by college dropout Ritesh Agarwal, now 21, is expected to be valued at about $400 million (Rs 2,500 cr...
14 Jul, 2015, 01.31 PM IST
‘TFS Mafia’ community starts consumer companies of their own, stay in touch to help themselvesThese new startup founders can regularly be found meeting in cafes around Bengaluru's Koramangala area, sharing progress & making introduct...
13 Jul, 2015, 10.25 AM IST
Ritesh Agarwal's Oravel Stays valued at Rs 150 crore in funding round“The primary investment into the company has closed, with Sequoia Capital leading the round. That would be about $5 million."
09 Oct, 2014, 01.35 PM IST
Top deck leads exodus at KPMG forensic audit division, 6 partner-level execs likely to join PwCAccording to industry sources and people within the company, between 75 and 100 staff members are also expected to leave along with the par...
21 Aug, 2013, 06.45 AM IST
- Tahaan: Movie Review
In times when most movies make an ass of themselves, Tahaan comes as an endearing experience.
05 Sep, 2008, 10.55 AM IST