The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) has launched the Suvarna Ticket, allowing bus travel around the state for just INR700 (US$14), The Times of India has reported. Launched yesterday the scheme, allowing passengers to travel across the state on luxury Rajahamsa buses, is hoped to attract more number of people to travel in the […]
India’s largest private carrier Jet Airways is planning to slash the pay of its top 200 executives by 25-30 percent as it battles soaring costs and an economic slowdown, a report said Tuesday.The salary cuts would affect staff earning more than a million rupees (A$31,000) a month, The Economic Times reported, citing an unnamed senior […]
The Indian Tourist Transporters Association (ITTA) has urged the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee to make a prompt decision on vehicle requirements for the 14,000 guests, athletes and officials expected to flood into New Delhi for the 2010 Games.Citing examples of China and Australia, ITTA President, Sarab Jit Singh, emphasised the need for a co-ordinated policy […]
THE god was ready for his night of conjugal bliss. The priests of the temple, muscular, shirtless men with white sarongs wrapped around their thighs, bore the god's palanquin on their shoulders. They marched him slowly along a stone corridor shrouded in shadows to his consort's shrine. Drumbeats echoed along the walls. Candles flickered outside […]
A museum at a former home of Mahatma Gandhi has a new exhibit - a replica of the specially-built mobile lavatory used by the father of Indian independence, AFP reported. An official at the Sabarmati retreat confirmed a report that the loo had been recreated, which houses memorabilia and artefacts from Gandhi’s life.The original was […]
By Anil MathurIn a bid to boost the country’s cruise industry, the Indian government is now proposing to build dedicated cruise terminals at four of the country’s major ports - Chennai, Mumbai, Goa and Kochi.To make the cruise market a more attractive option to these ports, versus the traditionally more lucrative cargo ship sector, incentives […]