Nepal aiming at facilitating one billion Hindu pilgrims to Kailash Mansarovar: Foreign Minister SaudNepal is looking to attract 1 billion travelers to the sacred site of Kailash Mansarovar in Tibet once an agreement with China is finalized...
05 Oct, 2023, 12.39 PM IST
India, Nepal ink several MoUs on infra, cross-border energyPrachanda called the fresh initiatives as "path-breaking" which will provide fresh momentum to the ties. He welcomed the Indian initiative ...
02 Jun, 2023, 06.41 AM IST
Common e-payments mechanism deal likely during Nepal PM Prachanda's visitNepalese Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda''s visit to India visit this week could lead to some critical bilateral agreements to...
28 May, 2023, 11.41 PM IST
No visas for those travelling via land route; tourists taking flight, waterways to be allowedOn October 7, the home ministry announced the easing of restrictions on visas and international travel, banned since March 2020 due to the ...
12 Oct, 2021, 09.48 AM IST
Sikkim government decides to open Ramam border checkpost for entry of foreignersForeigners, mostly coming from Nepal will be able to enter Sikkim from Ramam checkpost instead of first going down to Siliguri in West Beng...
22 Jan, 2021, 12.57 PM IST
India to launch air bubble with Nepal days after Foreign Secretary’s Kathmandu visitThe issue of reopening of flights figured when Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla met PM KP Sharma Oli. It is understood that Oli was...
09 Dec, 2020, 10.05 PM IST
Post-Doklam, first China travel warning for tourists to India"(Visitors should) not photograph India's border and military facilities and vehicles. While travelling on India's border neighbouring Nepa...
05 Oct, 2017, 09.52 PM IST
Oyo checks into Nepal, eyes 100 hotels this yearWhile its basic model is meant for the value- and cost- conscious traveller, Townhouse caters to those who do not mind paying slightly more...
24 May, 2017, 05.46 PM IST
Nirmala Sitharaman for easier visa regime to promote services, tourism"It should be a multiple entry visa otherwise the tourist will have to once again obtain a visa. So these kind of anomalies, we wanted to b...
15 Jul, 2016, 03.48 PM IST
In a bid to woo Thailand, PM Narendra Modi invokes Lord BuddhaThe common heritage of Buddhism was a key agenda for discussion between the two PMs besides expansion of security partnership, maritime tie...
18 Jun, 2016, 04.12 AM IST
India eyes 10% rise in foreign tourist arrivalsForeign exchange earnings (FEEs) from tourism have also shown a healthy increase of 13% from Rs 12,100 crore in January 2015 to Rs 13,669 c...
18 Feb, 2016, 11.07 AM IST
No competition with India on aid to Nepal: China ex-diplomatThe former diplomat, who addressed the media here on China's relations with South Asia, denied perception that there was competition betwee...
27 Apr, 2015, 07.55 PM IST
Hits & misses in tourism sanctions from Union Budget 2015-16India will attract approximately 50,000 cruise passengers while Dubai is expected to clock 5 lakh and Singapore a million arrivals on cruis...
30 Mar, 2015, 04.14 PM IST
Stronger Indo-Bhutan air link: Bhutan's national airline Drukair to connect Mumbai with ThimphuIndo-Bhutan air link is getting stronger with the plan of Bhutan’s national airline Drukair to connect Indian city Mumbai with Thimphu.
03 Feb, 2014, 04.13 PM IST
- 'Need to re-polish policy to utilise hidden potential of India's religious tourism potential'
Government of India has decided to issue Visa on Arrival(VOA) to tourists from countries with high Buddhist population.
01 Oct, 2012, 06.58 PM IST
- Bhutan tourism's initiative to benefit Indian tourism sector
Indian tour operators are finding opportunity in the new initiative of Bhutan to increase its tourism royalty by changing its entire touris...
15 Jul, 2012, 06.52 PM IST
- DLF & Sarovar betting big on India’s first inland gambling den
India’s great gamblers won’t need to hotfoot it to casino capitals like Macao or Monaco (or closer home, even Kathmandu) for a quick turn a...
27 Feb, 2008, 02.52 AM IST