Flanked by Nepal on its west, Bhutan on the east and Tibet on the north, Sikkim, despite being a little state in the Eastern Himalayas, stands tall in terms of height. Mount Khangchendzonga, third highest peak in the world and tallest in India with the height of 8598 mts adds feather to its hat. Sikkim […]

Three women died and four others, including two children, were injured by an elephant that went berserk in Jalpaiguri district Thursday. The elephant was a Tusker. The incident took place in Kankimari village. All four injured are taken to a nearby district hospital as they sufferred critical injuries. Later, the elephant was chased back into […]

The Government of Karnataka appointed Ex India Captain Anil Kumble as the Vice Chairman of the State Wildlife Board. This post is the rank of Minister of State. He will entitled to an official car, salary, assistants, office and residence. In the past, the former leg spinner has raised his voice for wildlife conservation whenever […]

Planning a Trip to North Bengal? what about visiting Jayanti, Rajabhatkhawa, Santrabari, Buxa Fort under Buxa Tiger Reserve. Accordingly to the 01.01.1999 census, hereunder is the wildlife population (collected from Nature Interpretation Centre, Buxa Tiger Park) Tiger – 32 (24 cubs) Leopard – 70 Lessar Cat – 200 – 300 Civet – 200 – 300 […]

Bathing in the holy river on the auspicious occasion of Kumbh Mela is the most important activity for millions of people in India. A large tented city is erected and pilgrims stay at tents owned by Pandas (religious and spiritual guides) and at various ashrams. Others will just camp on the ground or turn up […]

Haridwar is also known as a place of Dharamshala’s. There are roughly more than 300 Ashrams and Dharamshalas in Haridwar which can accommodate more than 20000 pilgrims during Kumbh, Ardh Kumbha and other important occasion in Haridwar. This Ashrams and Dharamshala’s provide basic facilities and in return they charge very nominal fees. Here are details […]

The Statesman reported that two bison strayed out of the Jaldapara and Chilapata forests respectively, and killed two women and injured several others at Ghoksadanga and Mechbill areas of Cooch Behar district yesterday.

Kumbh Mela is a mass Hindu pilgrimage. It occurs four times every twelve years and rotates among four locations: Allahabad (Prayag) at the confluence of the Ganga and Yamuna and mythical Saraswati river, Haridwar along the Ganga river, Ujjain along the Kshipra river and Nashik along the Godavari river.

TOI reported today that a CID team is expected to visit Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary today to probe into the incident of killings of two rhinos thereat. Three days ago, poachers killed two rhinos there. On Saturday morning, a bull rhino who had been shot by poachers and then tranquilized by forest guards fell into the […]

In the report published which compares positions of countries / economies in terms of Travel & Tourism in overall parameters, India stood at 62 as against 65 in 2008, Switzerland and Austria and Germany maintained their positions, while France, Australia and Spain slipped down in positions. Take a look in the detailed section.

In Ancient times, Greek Pilgrims travelled all over the Mediterranean to Saronic Gulf which was called Epiauria or the sanctuary of the healing god, Asclepius, In Roman Britain, patients took the waters at a shrine at Bath, a practice that continued for 2,000 years. From the 18th century wealthy Europeans travelled to spas from Germany […]

States National Parks of India Andaman & Nicobar Islands Campbell Bay • Galathea • Mahatma Gandhi • Mt. Harriet Island • Middle Button Island • North Button Island • Rani Jhansi • Saddle Peak • South Button Island Andhra Pradesh Kasu Brahmananda Reddy • Mahavir Harina Vanasthali • Mrugavani • Sri Venkateswara Arunachal Pradesh Mouling • Namdapha Assam Dibru-Saikhowa • […]

A new train between northern West Bengal town Siliguri and coastal tourist destination of Digha, located in East Midnapore, has become operational from today. The new train scheduled to depart from New Jalpaiguri at 1 pm will operate on a weekly basis. This is indeed a very good news for tourists from other states as […]

1. Arunachal Pradesh– Getting there – By Air – The nearest airport is Lilabari airport in Assam. From there regular bus services operate to Itanagar which is 60 kms. Helicopter services are also available from Guwahati, Dibrugarh and Itanagar to Tawang, Ziro, Along, Daporijo, Pasighat, Roing, Anni, Tezu and Khonsa.