The tour is aimed at boosting India's economic engagement with these nations and inviting more investment.
How many of these will you include in your travel list for 2016?
The D Y Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai brightened its prospects of hosting Under-17 World Cup football matches next year, with the head of a FIFA delegation on Wednesday calling it a 'high quality' arena.
For the first time, Dhoni entered the field of play for an angry confrontation with umpire Gandhe
The defence minister has to correct a major asymmetry. Will his discipline come in the way?
LFW model Aradhana Buragohain details the pressure she is under to look good.
Why are more and more young people quitting their day jobs to travel? Abhishek Mande Bhot finds out.
We invited you to send in unique rain-themed photographs -- odd scenes that are captured on a lens for posterity -- to share with other readers. Here are some more responses!
We invited readers to send in their interesting monsoon snapshots. Here are some more responses -- and you can share yours too!
If China's behaviour in the past on ticklish issues is any indication then China could eventually support India's NSG application, says Rup Narayan Das.
'There were any number of Congress leaders who disliked Sonia Gandhi, but they were very close to Ahmed Bhai and he would listen, and give a shoulder to cry upon.'
A passenger on Guwahati-bound Rajdhani train found that the vegetarian dish he ordered contained pieces of bones.
We invited readers to send in their interesting summer snapshots. Here are the first few responses -- and you can share yours too!
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Swamy had written to the Election Commission, the DGCA and the Civil Aviation Ministry not to grant a license to the carrier.
Govt to introduce an hovercraft on the Yamuna river.
Hidenori Ish talks about his fascinating journey, from a small town in Japan to Tamil Nadu in India, for the love of music.
She says her priority areas would be military preparedness, defence indigenisation, and the welfare of soldiers.
Newly launched Vistara has a passenger load factor of 55% in the busy Delhi-Mumbai sector, compared with 80-85% in other airlines.
Abhishek has been posting fond memories and interesting anecdotes on Instagram, recapping his #RoadTo20.
Vistara has poor load factors currently, it needs to bring down fares a bit to improve flight occupancy.
At Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas's nuptials, the Adil Manuel Collective played funk, jazz and R&B for longer than planned that evening at the Umaid Bhawan Palace in Jodhpur. One of the couple's friends in the audience yelled: 'Are you guys even from India?' Adil Manuel offered to show her their passports.
A city like Davos in India would give a big boost to tourism, development, jobs and overall economy
"In 21st century India, there is no place for corruption. Corruption slows down growth and takes a toll on the dreams of the poor, neo-middle class and middle class," he wrote in an article posted on Linkedin.com.
'Voters did not turn up in large numbers in Bangalore.' 'If more voters of Bangalore had come to vote, we would definitely have reached the magic figure.'
If you want Ranbir to get the girl, this film isn't for you.
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Russia, Ukraine, Brazil, UAE, Jordan, Kenya, Fiji, Finland, Australia, South Korea, Singapore, Mauritius, Mexico, Norway, Oman and Philippines are among the countries which have got the e-visa facility in the first phase.
'For the last ten years they have approached me every single year.' 'There was a year when I was really looking forward to going.' 'I wanted to see how interesting it is to spend 60 days with random people.' 'But as time progressed the dirt kept becoming bigger and bigger and personalities kept becoming smaller and smaller.'
The Tata group-owned budget hotel chain is going back to drawing board to reboot the brand. Is it too late?
Burman had sought permission to travel to Dubai from May 3-7.
Two months after launch, low-cost warrior AirAsia is expanding to uncharted routes in India.
Goan fashion designer Savio doesn't like too much personal attention and lets his creativity walk the talk.
The airline also plans to introduce a third daily direct flight from Mumbai to Bangkok during the winter schedule.
The rising popularity of Heritage Walks is uncovering forgotten historic sites all over India.
A total of 37 deaths were reported since Thursday evening of which 14 fatalities were reported from Maharashtra, nine from Gujarat, three from Uttar Pradesh, two each from Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh,Tamil Nadu and Telengana and one from Karnataka, ministry data stated.
Brazil Under-17 football team coach Carlos Amadeu wants to reclaim the FIFA U-17 World Cup title after a hiatus of 14 years at the majestic Saltlake Stadium, Kolkata, on October 28.
The move will help Jet Airways strengthen its subsidiary JetLite's performance.
Aseem Chhabra looks at the year's best Non-Hindi Indian movies.
Resident Doctors' Association of the AIIMS in Delhi, which earlier decided not to join the strike, announced withdrawal of all non-essential services from noon after a junior doctor at its trauma centre was assaulted in the early hours of Monday.
A Mumbai-Delhi air ticket is now available upwards of Rs 3,700 for next day travel on all airlines.
'Reality shows don't teach contestants how to deal with the reality of being a singer.'
