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More than 200 hotels have ended with Soft Bank backed OYO over mismanagement of contracts, arbitrary charges and other disputes. Industry association said, adding that others want to exit contracts, but...
Posted on: 30 Jan 2019Online booking of Hotels in Kolkata and other cities in Eastern India and the North – East may prove to be a challenge from January 16, 2019 with the Hotel and Restaurant Association of Eastern India...
Posted on: 18 Jan 2019The agonizing wait has finally come to an end with the Ropeway Services resumed in Darjeeling after nine months. It was shut down after the previous lease, which was for 20 years, expired on March...
Posted on: 18 Jan 2019The newly constructed airport at Sikkim has received the nod for take-off. The DGCA has issued an aerodrome license to the grren field airport at Pakyong, paving the way for commercial flights to the Himalayan...
Posted on: 15 May 2018Buxa may have as few as 5 Tigers…… The Buxa Tiger Reserve ( BTR) in North Bengal may be home to around 5 tigers. An official revealed this referring to the trend in the countrywide tiger...
Posted on: 19 Jan 2015China wants India in Silk Road plan : Giving final touches to its most ambitious plan to build a wide network of new Silk Route roads on land and seas to enhance global connectivity, China has invited...
Posted on: 13 Aug 2014
Tiger Cubs seen in Sunderbans : There is a big news for wildlife lovers. With a sudden spurt in cub sightings in the Sunderbans, officials say there could actually be more...
Posted on: 19 Sep 2013Tiger sightings raise hope in Buxa Tiger Reserve : Tow back to back tiger sightings inside the Buxa Tiger Reserve this month, claimed the foresters, will silence the critics who have always said...
Posted on: 09 Sep 2013Bengal eyes Buddhist tour circuit : The state government’s dreams and promoting and hardselling Bengal tourism among foreigners seem to be taking shape with the ambitious Buddhist trail...
Posted on: 23 Jul 2013Scat Tests Point To Rise In Buxa Tiger Number The number of tiger in Buxa has gone up from 15 in 2010 to at least 19 last year, according to scat analyses carried out by a central...
Posted on: 27 Sep 2012
National Park Status for Jaldapara Wild Life Sanctuary The Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary – home to a wild variety of wildlife, particularly the great Indian one horned Rhinos – has been given...
Posted on: 29 May 2012Dooars on Wheels from October - 2012 Tourism on wheels – no hassles of booking hotels or transport, rather one time ticket to chug through the pristine forests of North Bengal. The...
Posted on: 29 May 2012Documentary to Highlight Sikkim’s Link to Mythology : A local filmmaker is shooting a documentary on sites across Sikkim that apparently find mention in different Hindu Mythologies to...
Posted on: 27 Mar 2012Ball set rolling for golf course revival in Darjeeling One of the country's highest golf courses at Tiger Hill in Darjeeling is set to be revived with the State Tourism Department inviting an...
Posted on: 17 Jan 2012GREEN SIGNAL FOR ROPEWAY Holidaymakers in Darjeeling can soon add another must do to their cheek-list ; the ropeway ride that has been suspended for the past eight years. The...
Posted on: 06 Jan 2012The hill town revived memories of its old glory as the tea and tourism festival moved beyond music and food. The winter carnival has given a new lease of life to sports and stage shows that were once...
Posted on: 28 Dec 2011Land Rovers, one of the vestiges of British legacy in the hills, rolled out on the streets of Darjeeling on Wednesday as part of the tea & tourism festival. Only 35 Land Rovers from the...
Posted on: 27 Dec 2011Tour Map For Growth The Centre will develop more travel circuit, entertainment parks and rural tourism clusters across the country to promote the tourism sector at home and abroad. The...
Posted on: 25 Nov 2011Chardham Temple Opens in Sikkim Adi Shankaracharya of Badrinath Swarupananda Saraswati Maharaj on Tuesday ( 08-11-2011) ritually gave life to all the images at “ Chardham”,...
Posted on: 10 Nov 2011State minister of north Bengal development affairs Gautam Deb today said the state government would soon draw up a comprehensive plan for raising the Doors as a full fledged circuit for tourists of the...
Posted on: 22 Aug 2011The signing of the tripartite agreement to set up the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration has opened up the possibility of resuming trade through Jelep-la, a pass close to Kalimpong on the India-China...
Posted on: 02 Aug 2011A first of kind study to prepare an inventory of the Himalayan glaciers in the Indian sub – continent has revealed a loss in the glacial cover in the Teesta basin in the past fourteen years and the...
Posted on: 21 Jun 2011Raj Bhawan situated on 200 acres at 6000ft has been declared a heritage property. A witness to British India’s relation with Sikkim and Tibet that is inked in many government agreements and...
Posted on: 17 Jun 2011If Constructed, the project will be a massive blow to Region’s Rich Flora & Fauna At a time when the entire world is focusing how to make the earth cleaner and greener to keep the...
Posted on: 26 May 2011Here’s a word of caution for the travel-loving Bengali. Fed up with the spate of disasters in the hill stations in north India, the state government has decided to issue a travel advisory. State...
Posted on: 21 Jan 2011The railway and forest ministries may finally work in tandem to save the elephant. Two months after the grisly death of seven pachyderms on the tracks near Binnaguri and with frequent accidents involving...
Posted on: 30 Nov 2010Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Chamling on Thursday stressed on the need to develop alternative tourism circuits like Ecotourism, Organic Tourism, Homestays, Village Tourism and Religious Pilgrimages in Sikkim....
Posted on: 30 Oct 2010The mesmerizing beauty of Sikkim has succeeded in luring away tourists from the other North Eastern states. According to a report of the Union Ministry of Tourism, the Himalayan state surged ahead of...
Posted on: 30 Oct 2010Bengal’s biggest five-day-long autumn festival — Durga Puja — has begun in the state from Wednesday. The festival, beginning with Shashti and ending with Dashami, is being held with...
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