Cruise / Rail / Road

» Railways plans pan-India card to be used in any metro

The aim is to make usage of the cards inter-operable on all railway services in future ... Read more

» IRCTC and Punjab tourism board agree to run luxury train to five Sikh shrines

The train would cover Akal Takht in Amritsar, Takht Sri Damdama Sahib at Talwandi, Takht Sri Keshgarh Sahib (Anandpur), Takht Sri Patna Sahib (Patna) and Takht Sri Hazur Sahib at Nanded in Maharashtra ... Read more

» Cleartrip adds airport cab booking feature on its portal

Once the flight booking is complete, a new tab is visible on the confirmation page asking the traveler would want to book a cab to the airport ... Read more

» Lucknow to welcome tourists with a smile

Training on improving behavioural skills and etiquettes given to porters, vendors and taxi drivers by a state government-aided tourism institute ... Read more

» Rail passengers to pay more in AC 1 & AC 2 classes from tomorrow

The revised tariff will also be applicable to tickets tickets issued in advance for journey to commence on or after April 1, 2012; the difference in fares will be recovered from passengers by TTEs in trains ... Read more

» Income tax dept wants luxury sea liners to be taxed as floating hotels

SC issues notice to Star cruises after I-T dept appeals that Luxury cruises were being camouflaged as passenger transport by the respondent to pay tax on 7.5% of income instead of 25% of accruals ... Read more

» Railways to repeat popular religious tourism packages

A special train to the seven Jyotirlings has been proposed for April ... Read more

» Mukul Roy announces rollback in rail fare hike

Fares for first and second class passengers in air-conditioned carriages would still go up, but there would be no increase for other classes of travel more commonly used by the poor ... Read more

» Two vacation special trains for tourists launched

‘Janam Bhumi Gaurav,’ will take the pax to holy places and tourist destinations in western parts of the country, ‘South Darshan’ will connect important historical, religious and tourist attractions in south India ... Read more

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