Stockholm: The list of troubles linked to Justin Bieber's tour of Europe grew again after Swedish police said Thursday they had found drugs and a stun gun on the pop singer's bus. No arrests were made since the bus was empty at the time, Stockholm police spokesman Lars Bystrom told The Associated Press. Police said they decided to act after smelling marijuana coming from inside the bus while it was...
11:48 AM, Apr 26, 2013
Leh: The Chinese impasse in Ladakh has entered Day 11. As India continues to downplay the issue, Leh is unimpressed. More than the Chinese, the town and its bustling market have tourists on its mind. But even as normal life continues, they are blaming New Delhi for being soft on Beijing. The Chinese haven't managed to scare away tourists from the Leh town and locals who are pleasantly surprised that...
08:37 AM, Apr 26, 2013
St. John's, Antigua: The Sri Lanka A team will tour the Caribbean in June to play a series of matches against the West Indies A in all formats, the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) announced. The West Indies tour will involve two Tests (4-day matches), three 50-over encounters and two T20s, a WICB release said on Wednesday. Warner Park in St. Kitts will host the first Test while the second...
02:49 PM, Apr 25, 2013
Panaji: The Goa government has decided to convert tourist taxis into radio-equipped taxis by equipping them with gadgets like wireless. Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar told the state Assembly on Wednesday that a group of around 25 taxis could be clubbed together and provided with facilities like wireless sets, introducing a radio-taxi concept in the state for the first time. "We could start with 25 taxis for the time being....
10:38 PM, Apr 24, 2013
New Delhi: Contract marriages are on the rise in Hyderabad, claimed women's rights groups as a teenager blew the lid off India's underground culture of Islamic sex tourism involving men who paid for 'wives' for four weeks, according to a report in the daily 'Telegraph'. The paper claimed that minor escaped after her parents pressurised her to consummate a forced marriage to a middle aged Sudanese man who had paid...
03:01 PM, Apr 23, 2013
Yerevan: Armenia's World No.2 Levon Aronian and World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand will take part in the Alexander Alekhine Memorial Tournament to be held jointly in Paris and St. Petersburg, Chess Federation of Armenia said Wednesday. The tournament will take place from April 21 to May 1. The elite of the chess world will be among the participants, including Russian GM Vladimir Kramnik, Boris Gelfand from Israel, and Chinese GM...
09:13 PM, Apr 17, 2013
New Delhi: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is in negotiations with New Zealand Cricket (NZC) to trim down its tour scheduled for February-March next year, The New Zealand Herald reported on Tuesday. India are to play three Tests, five ODIs and one T20 international on the tour that, according to NZC chief executive David White, BCCI wants to be shortened to two matches each in the...
12:38 PM, Apr 16, 2013
Panaji: Goa will not be home to the country's first Playboy club with the state government deciding to reject a proposal for opening this facility at Candolim beach amid a controversy that it would promote vulgarism. Bowing to pressure from within ruling BJP against the US-based Playboy club's move to open a branch in the tourist state, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Monday said the application would not be considered...
07:26 PM, Apr 15, 2013
Panaji: Goa will not be home to the country's first Playboy club with the state government deciding to reject a proposal for opening this facility at Candolim beach amid a controversy that it would promote vulgarism. Bowing to pressure from within ruling BJP against the US-based Playboy club's move to open a branch in the tourist state, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Monday said the application would not be considered ...
07:16 PM, Apr 15, 2013
New Delhi: The Asia Cup cricket tournament will be held in Bangladesh for the second time in a row after India, who had earlier agreed to host the 2014 edition, backed out citing a packed international schedule. Bangladesh had hosted the last edition of the tournament in 2012. The likely dates for the tournament will be February 24 to March 8. The decision was taken at the Asian Cricket Council...
12:17 PM, Apr 14, 2013
Augusta, Georgia: The Masters is widening the weekend field for this week's tournament and granting automatic entry next year to more PGA Tour winners, Augusta National chairman Billy Payne said on Wednesday. The cut for the 93-player field will be expanded by six to the top 50 and ties, along with those within 10 strokes of the lead, to include more players in the final two rounds of the year's...
03:23 AM, Apr 11, 2013
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said his government would continue its efforts to get travel advisories lifted by the US and other countries to attract tourists. "As a tourist state, the growth and development of economy in Jammu and Kashmir is largely associated with successful and productive tourist seasons," Abdullah said. Many countries, including the US, have issued travel advisories to their citizens against visiting...
04:15 AM, Apr 10, 2013
Srinagar: The Dutch national arrested on charges on murdering a Briton inside a houseboat in Srinagar was on Sunday remanded in 10-day police custody by a local court. De-Wit Richard was produced before a magistrate at his official residence by the police, which sought his custody, sources said. The magistrate gave police the custody of Richard for 10 days. Richard was arrested from Qazigund town of south Kashmir on Saturday...
02:59 AM, Apr 08, 2013
Jamshedpur: L Bombayla Devi of Railway Sports Promotion Board (RSPB) and Rajiv Basumatary of Services Sports Control Board (SSCB) emerged champions at the 2nd National Ranking Archery Tournament in Women and Men's recurve section at JRD Tata Sports Complex here on Sunday. They defeated top ranked Deepika Kumar and Atanu Das of Steel Plant Sports Board (SPSB). Olympians Jyanta Talukdar (SPSB) brushed aside Rahul Banerjee (RSPB) 6-2 in the men's...
01:05 AM, Apr 08, 2013
Austin: Lance Armstrong has asked a Texas court to dismiss a lawsuit by a Dallas promotions company seeking repayment of more than $12 million in bonuses paid for winning the Tour de France. SCA Promotions sued Armstrong and his manager Bill Stapleton in state district court in Dallas in February, claiming Armstrong committed fraud by using performance-enhancing drugs to win the Tour seven times. SCA paid Armstrong's team management company...
05:28 PM, Apr 07, 2013
Jind: Former Army chief General VK Singh has said the country needed a system where the government was run like a military unit, for which the nation is above any caste or religion. "Poverty and corruption are rampant in the country and no effective steps had been taken to eradicate them.. the country needs a system where the government was run like an Army unit for which the nation is...
03:40 PM, Apr 06, 2013
A 24-year-old British national was found dead inside a boathouse in Srinagar. Police have arrested the accused for the woman's murder while he was trying to flee after the incident. ...
09:59 AM, Apr 06, 2013
Srinagar: A British tourist was found dead inside a houseboat in the Dal Lake in Srinagar on Saturday after being allegedly molested by another foreign tourist from Netherlands, the police said. The woman was reportedly found in a pool of blood inside her room in the houseboat. The Dutch tourist has been arrested in connection with the murder while he was reportedly trying to flee. The police are now probing...
08:00 AM, Apr 06, 2013
Mumbai: In order to further rationalise money changing activities, the Reserve Bank on Friday allowed authorised money changers (AMCs) to sell Indian rupees to foreign tourists against international debit cards. This facility was earlier limited only to international credit cards. "...it has been decided that Authorised Money Changers (AMCs) may sell Indian rupees to foreign tourists/visitors against International Credit Cards/International Debit Cards," RBI said in a notification. RBI added that...
04:15 AM, Apr 06, 2013
Mumbai: India A team is set to tour South Africa in June but the number, types of matches or the opposition have not been decided yet. "The tour to South Africa by India A in June has been finalised. But the dates and types of matches during the tour have not been decided. It could be a combination of limited overs and four-day games," said Prof Ratnakar Shetty, Indian cricket...
02:59 PM, Apr 05, 2013
