Where is the party?

With Mumbai leading the way in promoting an active nightlife, other cities want to follow suit. But businesses and residents from major Indian metropolises need administrative and infrastructural support in order to stay up late.

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With Mumbai leading the way in promoting an active nightlife, other cities want to follow suit. But businesses and residents from major Indian metropolises need administrative and infrastructural support in order to stay up late.

> The city that ‘never sleeps’ Barring five-star establishments, a majority of Mumbai’s restaurants down their shutters by 11.30 p.m. and bars shut down their operations by 1.30 a.m. > Read More...

> Cosmopolitan meets conservative Despite the chic styling of new Bengaluru, the fiscal genes of the city still remain conservative deterring bar and restaurant owners from actively pursuing an unrestricted nightlife policy > Read More...

> Chennai, the new party hub? Nightlife in the city is still a pursuit of those who belong to the middle and upper-middle class and the rich. > Read More...

>Shut down at midnight When the lights flicker on at bars and clubs across Delhi just past midnight, putting an abrupt end to the party, it’s not difficult to question the city’s idea of nightlife. > Read More...

> Youngsters demand more from Hyderabad For many Hyderabadis and scores of visitors coming here from elsewhere most parts of this 400-year-old city begin to shut down after 10 p.m. > Read More...