As megastorm Sandy wheels away from the US East Coast, it is going to be a struggle to bring back things to normal, not least of which will be the restoration of flight operations. Eleven airports, from Norfolk to Boston, had cancelled as many as 90 percent of their flights on Monday and New York’s [...]

  Leading Hindi GEC Channel is all set to cash on the popularity of the Salman Khan hosted Bigg Boss show, as they have launched what is being known as the ‘Bigg Boss Tour’. In this full day trip, registered visitors will be riding from Mumbai to the Bigg Boss house in Lonavala in a [...]

On Tuesday, October 16, the Supreme Court lifted the ban it had imposed upon tourism in the core areas of 41 tiger sanctuaries across the country. The interim ban had been imposed by the apex court on July 24. The permission to resume tourism activities was given after the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) framed [...]

  Malan, once the top-secret base where China’s first atomic bomb was developed, is soon to be thrown open to tourists. Located in the remote Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of northwest China, the now deserted base preserves the dorms and laboratories that were used by the country’s nuclear scientists as they worked to build the [...]

Traversing the states of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh on the Royal Rajasthan on Wheels - heralded as India’s most luxurious train - is bound to be a journey like no other. A joint venture between Rajasthan Tourism Development Corporation (RTDC) and the Indian Railways, the train is as exclusive an experience as you [...]

Carrying 23 million passengers daily, Indian Railways is one of the largest rail networks in the world. With more than 10,000 trains running every day across the length and breadth of the country, it is not always easy for a passenger to track the process of his or her specific train. Recognizing the need to [...]

If you’re visiting Rome sometime soon, make sure that you don’t find yourself eating a slice of pizza sitting around any of its popular sites. The city has passed an ordinance forbidding visitors to eat, drink or “camp out” near the Italian capital’s historic monuments. According to news reports, the new regulation issued by the Rome [...]

An escape tunnel connecting Amber Palace with Jaigarh Fort, that is said to date back to the 18th century, was reopened in Jaipur last Sunday. Believed to have been constructed to allow the royal family and others to flee from the palace to the security of the fort in the case of an attack, the [...]