Let's talk about...tourists, go home!Local residents in cities like Barcelona, Palma, and Granada took to the streets, armed not with placards, but water pistols. Their message...
21 Jun, 2025, 11.22 PM IST
Norway to introduce tourist tax from 2026 to ease pressure on local infrastructureNorway will introduce a tourist tax in summer 2026, allowing municipalities to charge a 3% fee on overnight stays and cruise passengers. Th...
17 Jun, 2025, 10.19 AM IST
Speed limit signs to be installed every 5 km on expressways starting next year; UP to get first digital highwayThe road transport ministry has issued guidelines to improve road safety. From February 2025, agencies must paint speed limits and vehicle ...
30 Dec, 2024, 04.15 PM IST
Rs 2 lakh fine for being 5 minutes late: Woman turns to court after SHOCKING parking penaltyA UK woman, Rosey Hudson, has been fined Rs 2 lakh (£1,906) after taking longer than five minutes to pay for parking at a Derby car park. D...
02 Dec, 2024, 08.50 PM IST
Bengaluru’s Toilet Crisis: India's Silicon Valley has one public facility for every 1.7 lakh peopleBengaluru's public sanitation infrastructure is insufficient. RV University's study finds only 803 public toilets for a city of 1.4 crore p...
05 Oct, 2024, 11.03 AM IST
Retailers association urges Delhi government to reduce signage fee in the cityThe Retailers Association of India asked the Delhi government to reconsider high signage fees that burden small and medium retailers. These...
16 Aug, 2024, 07.29 PM IST
Delhiites having drinks at clubs to soon have option to place order for 'full bottle' on tableIn its report, the GoM, however, said it will be the sole responsibility of bars to ensure that no customer takes the served bottles out of...
24 Mar, 2021, 11.24 AM IST
Non-essential e-tailers bear brunt of virus lockdownThe shutdown is hurting everyone, but online sellers are bearing the brunt.
07 Apr, 2020, 08.02 AM IST
In touch with ambassadors of countries to understand concerns of their tourists: Tourism ministerThe minister also said his ministry has put in a request to reduce the visa fee for india.
09 Aug, 2019, 10.51 AM IST
Health Ministry proposes minimum standards for clinical establishmentsClinical Establishment (Registration and Regulation) Act, 2010, makes registration a must for running a clinical establishment.
21 Jul, 2019, 02.48 PM IST
‘The idea of telling a story through monuments seems largely alien to ASI’s thinking’Catherine B Asher spoke to Indrajit Hazra about how tourism can be used to preserve the past, the need for a ‘strong, and rational, well-fu...
17 Nov, 2017, 11.07 PM IST
Eastern expressway on Delhi border to be first to adopt gantry-based tollingUnder gantry-based tolling a fee will be deducted from a motorist’s prepaid account when the vehicle crosses an electronic beam stretching ...
07 Dec, 2016, 12.39 AM IST
Varanasi ready with 6-pillar plan to enter smart city raceThe city has assured strategic partnerships with numerous companies like Uber, Philips and Ericsson to deliver its vision of a “confluence ...
06 Jul, 2016, 03.30 AM IST
Renaming Gurgaon as Gurugram indicates rustic imagination of Millennium City’s political mastersThe two names are identical in context and import; the Sanskrit Guru Gram morphed into the more colloquial and user-friendly Gurgaon.
15 Apr, 2016, 12.16 PM IST
Take your chance to drive from India to another country!For travel within Bhutan, a local tour agent can be helpful as they know of many details that an Indian driver may not fully know. The Bhut...
30 Apr, 2015, 09.10 AM IST
9 Delhi Metro stations to be renamed, for a priceIncidentally, rapid Metro in Gurgaon already follows this practice. It has stations which have been given out to companies that bid the hig...
15 Jan, 2015, 11.21 AM IST
Municipal corporations to frame policy on e-rickshaws in a month's timeNitin Gadkari said at a rally that municipal corporations would regularize e-rickshaws by registering them for a fee of just Rs 100.
19 Jun, 2014, 12.05 PM IST