Domestic News

» Travel insurance premiums may rise with falling rupee

The main claims that insurance companies incur in the travel insurance portfolio is towards emergency medical expenses ... Read more

» Chhattisgarh tourism to develop sector via PPP

Chhattisgarh Tourism Board is aggressively promoting the state as a retreat and plans to double the visitors inflow in next two years from the present 33 lakh, including domestic and foreign ... Read more

» Airlines holds meeting with govt to discuss EU tax plans

The new EU regulation could cost the three Indian carriers - Jet Airways, Kingfisher and Air India -  which fly to Europe around Rs.500 crore annually ... Read more

» Himachal banks on Rafi, TV & natural beauty to attract tourism

Himachal will showcase different sights of the state even as a Mohammad Rafi score, Tum mujhe bhula na paoge, plays in the background in the new TV commercial ... Read more

» Chellanam pins hopes on agri-tourism project

The Chellanam grama panchayat which has a coastline running over 15 km is also home to five large paddy fields, and these will from now be a tourist attraction as well ... Read more

» Banks ask for seats on Air India board in exchange for debt recast

Most of the 26 banks are state-owned which include State Bank of India, the biggest lender to the airline. Other names include Punjab National Bank and Bank of India ... Read more

» Local Panchayat bans fishermen from taking tourists on boats at Pulicat Lake

The decision was taken at the meeting of Oor Panchayat leaders of 13 fishing hamlets in the office of Light House village panchayat  ... Read more

» I-T slaps notice on Naresh Goyal, seeks details of foreign accounts

Goyal's company Tailwinds owns 79% stake in Jet Airways and is based in the Isle of Man, the UK ... Read more

» Six foreign airlines keen to operate from Kolkata

The modernisation programme of the NSC Bose airport would end in March next and it would be operational from June 2012 ... Read more

» Religious Tourism records a high in Jammu Kashmir for 2011

Over 80 lakh people visited Mata Vaishno shrine till November while more than 6 lakh pilgrims visited holy Amarnath Cave ... Read more

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