States begin to reimpose curbs as new variant sparks alert

As concerns mounted over a potentially more contagious coronavirus variant spreading to many countries, the Centre on Sunday decided to review the resumption of international flights, introduced......

Omicron: Govt to review decision on restarting international flights

As concerns mounted over the spread of potentially more contagious coronavirus variant Omicron to many countries, the Centre on Sunday decided to review the resumption of international flights and......

Goa: Tourists stranded as taxis go off-road; strike to continue

The strike of tourist taxi operators in Goa, which left tourists stranded at the airport and railway stations in the coastal state since Friday morning, would continue on Saturday,......

Summit will strengthen intra-BRICS cooperation: Modi

Ahead of Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa and Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation summits, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said he is......

India's hotels business: 'Lots of Chinese capital will come in'

'Jin Jiang had invested in Louvre Hotels.''Louvre, a couple of months ago, took a majority in Sarovar hotels.''So they are coming in now.''Look at the Chinese -- two quarters ago they took 25......

India throws open its ports to cruise tourism

A task force, under the chairmanship of the secretary (tourism), with the secretary (shipping) as co-chairperson, has been constituted to promote cruise tourism in the country, reports Megha......

Gambling to be legal? Maharashtra to take a call

  Currently, only Goa and Sikkim allow casinos. The Maharashtra government will soon decide whether to allow casinos to function in the state. The government has already received two......

New Zealand rolls out easy visa route to encourage Indian tourists

The US has already eased the procedure for issuing visa to attract a million Indian tourists by 2015 Foreign governments want Indians to backpack and travel even more. So, they have eased their......