The much-awaited annual Chandigarh Carnival started here Saturday with great fanfare. A colourful parade, marking the event, was welcomed by anxious people of various age groups.6:30 PM on November 22
Here's some good news for the newly weds. The Himachal Pradesh Tuesday announced a special package for honeymooners with a 50 percent discount for stay in the Himachal Tourism hotel in Manali.9:00 PM on November 18
A large number of people, including three doctors, are suspected to be affected by dengue fever in this commercial capital of Kerala, worried health officials said Tuesday.6:31 PM on November 18
In a campaign to check ticketless travel, the Western Railway detected 13,000 cases last month and realised penalties worth Rs.4.65 million.6:01 PM on November 18
Smokers in Goa can puff away till the end of the year - despite the law against smoking in public places in the rest of the country - as the state's peak tourism season lies right ahead.5:32 PM on November 15
City-based Bird Group has launched a new travel planning software, 'Bird Res-SBT solutions', aimed at helping business houses reduce travel costs.7:30 PM on November 12
Kerala, a popular destination for foreign tourists, started its annual tourism season on a wrong note with an allegedly drunken man molesting a Spanish woman. He has been arrested.10:02 PM on November 09
US President-elect Barack Obama has inspired the police in this Uttar Pradesh city so much that they named after him an operation to nab touts. Operation Obama helped round up 50 unauthorised guides and agents, a police official said Sunday.8:32 PM on November 09
Change has come to state-owned Indian Railways. Come January, tourists can experience a world-class luxury package tour with enchanting train hostesses, Russian belly-dancers, multi-cuisine food even a star-studded Bollywood night thrown in for good measure, plus a lot more - all the frills that one normally associates with global tour packages.12:00 AM on November 08
India and Australia are planning to increase air connectivity by operating more direct flights between the two countries, but only after the global economic situation improves.9:32 PM on November 06
Heritage tourism in the country received a shot in the arm as WelcomeHeritage, a joint venture between ITC and Marudhar Hotels owned by Jodhpur's erstwhile royal family, added six new properties to its chain of heritage hotels.10:01 PM on November 04
A confectioner here has claimed to have made the world's biggest jalebi, six feet three inches in diameter, as part of a festival aiming to promote the hill state of Meghalaya as a tourist destination.12:30 PM on November 03
Fifty-two-year-old Virender Singh, a Gujarat-based hotelier, can't stop raving about his holiday. He availed himself of the 'Sex and the City' tour of New York city that took him to all the places that feature in the popular American teleserial.10:30 AM on November 01
Calling them 'dens of vice', the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) plans to launch a campaign against casinos in the tourist hub of Goa in November.7:01 PM on October 31
The Delhi government Wednesday signed a deal with INTACH, a non-profit organisation, for the protection and conservation of 92 monuments in the national capital.9:31 PM on October 29