A curated menu for Valentine’s Day at The Palms in Coimbatore
The Hindu
The Palms is being reinvented, just in time for Valentine’s Day. Between roses and a photo booth, sample their ambitious new menu
A cool breeze washes over my face. I am at Palms rooftop restaurant at Hotel Rathna Residency enjoying a panoramic view of the sparkling city skyline at night. The tables are set with candles surrounded by fresh red roses; and a photo booth decked in red and white floral décor beckons as we try Luvfoodcoma, a curated menu for Valentine’s Day.
Rathna group, which is primarily into pharmaceutical distribution, entered the hotel industry in 2002 with a property in Madurai, followed by Coimbatore, Tiruchi, Salem and Erode. They have a hotel coming up in Chennai next. Started by two brothers K Palaniappan and K Chinniah, the business hotel has always been known for bed and breakfast, and banquet spaces.
The Shakti Scheme in Karnataka has completed its first year, yet the smart cards intended for the beneficiaries remain undistributed. According to Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy, while the smart cards have been prepared, their issuance has been stalled due to the absence of electronic ticketing machines (ETMs) in all buses, making them impractical.
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly R. Ashok were engaged in war of words over the Lok Sabha election results on Tuesday, with the former calling the latter “ignorant and entertaining people”. In response, Mr. Ashok said the Chief Minister “sometimes wakes up from deep slumber to exhibit his arrogance and anger”.
Makineni Jishnu Sai from Guntur secured the first position in the engineering stream while Yellu Srishant Reddy from Nizampet in Telangana bagged the first place in the Agriculture and Pharmacy (Bi.P.C. stream) in the Andhra Pradesh Engineering, Agriculture and Pharmacy Common Entrance Test (EAPCET)-2024.