Young urban Indians have the urge to take the much-needed weekend break to get away from the city and its hustle and bustle. While Goa ...
06:16:39 PM Mar 11, 2013
The countdown for Maha Kumbh 2013, beginning on Jan 14, has started, as hundreds of religious seers and followers of the Juna Akahada, Agni and Avahan Akahadas entered the Mela premises near the Sangam in Allahabad on Tuesday. ...
10:02:09 AM Dec 19, 2012
The capital of Himachal Pradesh is known for the grandeur of many of its buildings that once housed institutions of imperial power when Shimla served as the summer capital of British India. This year, after a gap of over two decades, there are hopes of a white Christmas here. ...
09:22:00 AM Dec 18, 2012
It is as if some evil eye has been cast on Goa's golden goose - its beaches - which year after year harvest tourists by the hundreds of thousands. If natural threats like erosion weren't serious enough, the latest threat for Goa's golden beaches comes from greedy land-hoggers who, the Goa government believes, are steadily encroaching on the beaches, all of which are state-owned. ...
01:01:27 PM Dec 08, 2012
In a major break from tradition, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government has opened the carnival to participation by neighbouring states like Maharashtra and Karnataka as also Gujarat. ...
01:14:21 PM Dec 05, 2012
A red balloon was on Tuesday tethered to the roof of the British-era municipal corporation building for the first time this season, signalling as it has for decades that Asia's oldest ice skating rink in this hill town was open. ...
01:54:47 PM Dec 04, 2012
The three-month-long Kochi-Muziris Biennale that opens on Dec 12 with an art and music gala will be playing to packed houses in this ancient Kerala city's tourism industry that is currently stagnating. ...
11:05:55 AM Dec 03, 2012
Hills near the popular tourist destinations of Shimla and Manali on Thursday saw light snowfall - the season's first spell, a weather official said, triggering a rush of tourists. ...
02:08:13 PM Nov 29, 2012
London, described as world's most visited city has become a favourite tourist attraction for Indians as visitors from the country grew by nearly 28 per cent from last year, Mayor of London Boris Johnson has said. ...
09:18:21 AM Nov 27, 2012
India and Bangladesh would soon sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to set up a railway link between Tripura capital Agartala and Bangladesh's southeastern city of Akhaurah, officials here said on Friday. ...
03:47:04 PM Nov 23, 2012
Thanks to Indian gay-tour operators, the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community across the world is vying for India as the ultimate 'pink' tourist destination. ...
12:08:47 PM Nov 22, 2012
Tourists to Agra will get a daily dose of cultural treat in an effort to showcase the "pristine art forms" of India to both Indians and foreigners. ...
10:00:38 AM Nov 19, 2012
India is attempting to liberalise visa procedures by adding nine countries to the the list of 11 nations whose citizens are entitled to the document on arrival, former southern star Chiranjeevi, who has been given independent charge of tourism as a minister of state, said on Friday. ...
10:25:24 AM Nov 10, 2012
Madina Masjid, an imposing and resplendent structure of glass dome and glass minarets, will formally open doors to the devotees on Thursday in Meghalaya's capital. ...
01:23:59 PM Oct 15, 2012
Cycling through the rugged mountain tracks of Himachal Pradesh is on a roll. And this time, the adventurous mountain bikers are not just foreigners. At a nine-day, 438-km long mountain biking (MTB) expedition here last week, 62 of the 75 cyclists were Indians - most of them with white collar jobs in big cities. ...
12:01:24 PM Oct 11, 2012
