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The Lutyens’ Bungalow Zone (LBZ) needs no introduction. The area has a ‘celebrity’ status in the real estate industry. Spanning central New Delhi, LBZ is among the world’s most exclusive residential districts which is named after British architect Sir Edwin Lutyens. He was the brain behind much of New Delhi design in the early 20th…
LONDON: The great-grandson of British architect Edwin Lutyens, Matt Ridley, has criticised the removal of the bust of his ancestor from Rashtrapati Bhavan.President Droupadi Murmu unveiled its replacement — a bust of Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, the first and last Indian governor-general of independent India — on Monday.Ridley, a science writer, posted a photo of himself on…
Sunil Bharti Mittal is a name that needs no introduction. The founder and chairman of Bharti Enterprises, he is globally known as India’s one of the revolutionary industrialists. He is also counted among the richest people in the world. While his business activities span telecom and insurance, among others, his private residence in Lutyens’ Delhi…
NEW DELHI: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday praised government’s move unveil Chakravarti Rajagopalachari’s bust at Rashtrapati Bhavan.In a social media post on X, Thiruvananthapuram MP said that he was a “strong supporter” of his Swatantra Party in his student days.“I’m truly pleased to see Rajaji honoured by a statue at Rashtrapati Bhavan. He was…
President Droupadi Murmu on Monday unveiled a bust of Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, the first and only Indian Governor General of independent India, at Rashtrapati Bhavan.The bust, installed at the Grand Open Staircase near Ashok Mandap, replaces that of British architect Edwin Lutyens.PM Modi had earlier announced the replacement during his monthly Mann Ki Baat broadcast.“His (Rajagopalachari)…
NEW DELHI: Architect of New Delhi Edwin Lutyens’ legacy in independent India came to symbolise a rarefied milieu inhabited by those with an enviable mix of power, pedigree and influence. To the critics, govts came and went but the Lutyens’ privileged elite was permanent.Since coming to office in 2014, PM Modi, who has been unabashed…
If it happens, it will become one of the most royal residential property sales in the history of India’s capital! Maharaja Manujendra Shah of Tehri Garhwal (Uttarakhand) is reportedly planning to sell his grand 3.2-acre estate in Lutyens’ Bungalow Zone (LBZ), New Delhi, for a whopping ₹1,000 crore. Though the deal is in advanced stages…
Brit woman found dead at city home on July 30 was strangled: Autopsy NEW DELHI: Pauline Crowther Ann, an 85-year-old British woman who lived in the quaint House No. 7 on Jantar Mantar Lane, was reported dead at a city hospital on July 30. At the time, the death was attributed to a possible fall…
