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Train services between Sealdah South and Sonarpur stations were disrupted for about an hour on Monday afternoon after a compactor machine of the Calcutta Municipal Corporation rammed into the level-cr...

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Are you even a Bengali, born and brought up right here in Bengal, if you haven’t been to Darjeeling? A question I have often been asked since I started understanding the geography of things! Many su...

We walked for a few more metres to reach Nongriat village, where the double decker bridge is located. There was a counter for entry tickets. The path from the village took us only a few minutes and we...

Get ready for shuttle service on electricity powered mini-buses in the state capital by October this year.Ranchi Smart City Corporation Limited (RSCCL) has drawn up two circular routes for the shuttle...

Insolvency proceedings have been initiated against debt-ridden Jet Airways, which formally stopped flying on April 17 and saw lenders voting for bankruptcy earlier this month.The cash-strapped company...

I love Jaipur. I love the old, the new and the trendy. I love the fact that the city is attracting the thinking world traveller with deep pockets and a sense of curiosity. It is not uncommon to hear t...

At a moment when many assume to have seen all there is to see in Kenya, when all East African safaris have seemingly been catalogued in such infinite detail that it would seem that there is no more to...

China has cancelled permits for Mount Everest because of the coronavirus, expedition organisers said Thursday, ahead of the spring climbing season on the world’s highest peak.Last year’s traffic-c...

It takes a brave man to want to venture towards Simlipal in April. We took a 320-km drive — a torturous one — to the national park in the Mayurbhanj district in Odisha. Patches of bad road, red du...