Chandigarh, Nov 14 (IANS) The Punjab government Saturday announced plans to strengthen the infrastructure and promote the city of Amritsar as a tourist destination. State Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal and ...

New Delhi, Nov 12 (ANI): The Union Tourism Ministry on Thursday instituted a new award for 'Best Civic Management of a Tourist Destination in India.' The objective of this award is to proactively ...

Chennai, Nov 11 (ANI): The death toll in rain related incidents in Tamil Nadu has gone up to 75. Nilgris district alone has reported 42 deaths, as people were killed in landslips ...

Chennai, Nov. 10 (ANI): A major landslide, triggered by seasonal torrential rains, has killed at least 42 people in Tamil Nadu's Nilgiri district. "In this heavy rain and flash flood nine people got ...

Islamabad, Nov 6 (IANS) A survey has started to assess the damage to houses during the war on terror in Pakistan's Swat district, but the militancy-hit residents aren't too sure about ...

Islamabad, Nov 5 (IANS) Taliban leader and radical cleric Maulana Fazlullah has been wounded and has been surrounded by security forces, a minister has said. North West Frontier Province Minister Bashir Ahmed ...

By Ruchika Kher New Delhi, Nov 5 (IANS) Born in Chennai in 1941, Pete Best, the original drummer of The Beatles, has been living in Liverpool from 1945, but the musician still ...

Panaji, Nov 4 (IANS) The Jute Manufacturers Development Council (JMDC) is looking at Goa, a tourist destination that attracts many foreigners every year, as a potential market to sell its products, and ...

Melbourne, Nov 3 (ANI): The tourism in Queensland is said to be threatened by new movie 'The Reef', which depicts the Great Barrier Reef as the hunting ground for killer great white ...

Srinagar, Nov 2 (IANS) Aiming to convey to the world that Jammu and Kashmir is a safe tourist destination, the state government hosted ambassadors of 22 countries for a friendly golf championship ...

Buenos Aires, Nov 2 (EFE) About 90 percent of Argentinian territory is affected by the current drought, although the situation is aggravated in certain provinces by the spread of forest fires, figures ...

Bangalore, Oct 29 (IANS) Come December and 70 cyclists will set off on a 900-km-long tour from Bangalore to the beautiful Nilgiris mountains in Tamil Nadu, soaking in not just natural beauty ...

Islamabad, Oct 26 (IANS) An aide of radical cleric Maulana Fazlullah has been arrested in the Swat region as the Pakistani Army continued with its offensive against the Taliban fighters. Ali Shah ...

Chandigarh, Oct 24 (IANS) With Sukhna lake declared out of bounds, the Chandigarh administration has earmarked a newly built lake for Chhath puja. Around 100,000 devotees are expected to congregate there. "I had ...

Panaji, Oct 23 (IANS) With police continuing to grope in the dark a week after the low-intensity blast pre-Diwali blast in Goa, senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Manohar Parrikar Friday ...

Jaipur, Oct 20 (IANS) The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Assocham) Tuesday urged the Rajasthan government to "urgently prepare" a master plan to develop the areas falling under the purview of ...

By Mayank Aggarwal New Delhi, Oct 18 (IANS) Limousine cabs, English-speaking drivers, credit card swipe machines in taxis - the Indian capital is pulling out all stops to offer a smooth ride around ...

Srinagar, Oct 14 (IANS) The breathtaking locales of Jammu and Kashmir attracted as many as 7.6 million domestic visitors in 2008, which authorities say is the result of various media campaigns launched ...

Nanning (China), Oct 14 (IANS) Four Dutch tourists, including one woman, died Wednesday when a hot-air balloon caught fire and crashed in Guilin, a popular tourist destination in south China. Five passengers, all ...

Thekkady (Kerala), Oct 12 (IANS) It's been nearly two weeks since the Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary shut down following the boat capsize in Thekkady lake that killed 45 people. Tour operators, hotel owners ...

Siliguri (West Bengal), Oct 4 (IANS) Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee Sunday announced a new train service between this northern West Bengal town and the coastal tourist destination of Digha in East ...

London, October 4 (ANI): A pair of cat lovers could not believe it when they got to know that their pet had travelled more than 300 miles in the luggage compartment of ...

Thekkady (Kerala), Sep 30 (IANS) At least 20 people drowned when a boat carrying more than 75 tourists sank in a lake in the Periyar wildlife sanctuary of Kerala Wednesday evening, police ...

Islamabad, Sep 27 (IANS) Nearly 100 people have been killed in Pakistan so far this month in different incidents of suicide as well as US drone attacks, the Online news agency ...

By Brij Khandelwal Agra, Sep 27 (IANS) A 62-year-old Australian who counts Mahatma Gandhi and Swami Vivekananda as his gurus is leading a campaign here to turn the Taj Mahal city of Agra ...

Islamabad, Sep 24 (DPA) Suspected Islamist militants targeted a group of pro-government tribesmen near Pakistan's northwestern Bannu town Thursday, triggering a gunfight that left at least 18 people dead, police and ...

Islamabad, Sep 9 (DPA) One soldier and seven Islamist insurgents were killed in clashes in Pakistan's north-western Swat Valley during a major offensive to expel Taliban from the area, the army ...

Skopje, Sep 5 (DPA) At least 22 people died when a tourist boat sank Saturday in Ohrid Lake in southwest Macedonia, media reports said. Initial reports said 12 people drowned and five were ...

Dharamsala (Himachal Pradesh), Aug 16(ANI): The deteriorating condition of roads in Himachal Pradesh's Dharamasala city is badly affecting the tourism industry. Poor road conditions in Dharamsala are a common sight, which leaves ...

Srinagar, Aug. 12 (ANI): Historical mud huts and tent houses are fast becoming hub of tourist attraction in the Kashmir valley. With the restoration of peace in the valley, the ethnic mud-huts and ...