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PM KP Oli to inaugurate travel, tourism trade show in Nepal
Nepal's Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli will on June 6 inaugurate the third edition of the Himalayan Travel Mart, country's premier international travel and tourism trade show, organisers of the event said on Monday. The four-day event with the theme and vision to establish Nepal as "Gateway to the Himalayas" will be attended by over 500 delegates from 40 countries, the Nepal chapter of Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) said. "Himalayan Tourism Mart has created an unparalleled platform not only for the Himalayan Tourism Industry but also for the global tourism fraternity, who have set their eyes and value the importance of this unique event," Sunil Shakya, president of PATA's Nepal chapter told reporters. "Our priority and focus on HTM this year is to add value to all the stakeholders in terms of insightful conference, nation's tourism promotion, networking and mutually fruitful business opportunities between the registered sellers and hosted buyers," he said. Around 38 ...
Contentious Jerusalem cable car gets green light
A controversial Israeli plan to build a cable car to Jerusalem's historic Old City has passed a major hurdle and now only requires government approval. The National Infrastructure Committee on Monday rejected a battery of petitions against the proposed cable car and green lit the contentious project. The estimated USD 55 million project, which is being advanced by the Tourism Ministry, now requires approval by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government in order to proceed. The cable car would ferry tourists from a renovated train station complex in Jerusalem's western half to the Old City in the east. The proposed route spans several verdant valleys and runs past the city's iconic walls. The project has faced vocal protestations from Palestinian residents, environmentalists, urban planners, architects, religious minority groups and others.
Tallest Shiva statue in Nathdwara to be ready in Aug
The world's tallest statue of Lord Shiva, the fourth tallest statue in the world, in Nathdwara, Rajasthan, is just a few months away from completion.
Delhi govt suspends excise licence of a night club inside Shangri- La's Hotel complex
The Delhi government has suspended the excise licence of a night club situated inside the complex of hotel Shangri- La's - Eros for various violations, including serving liquor to underage customers, a senior official said Monday. The Shangri- La's - Eros Hotel, however said that the night club is adjacent to the hotel, situated in central Delhi and is a privately managed entity, with separate entrance access and management staff. According to an official, the action was taken after a team of excise department recently made an inspection and found that three night clubs were operating against a single licence. During the inspection, it was also found that three underage persons were being served alcohol following which an FIR was registered. As per the excise rules, the legal drinking age in the national capital is 25 years. "Excise licence of the night club at Shangri- La's Hotel was suspended by the excise department on May 30. All the three night clubs were sealed," the official ...
SpiceJet to start Guwahati-Dhaka flights on July 1
The budget carrier SpiceJet will introduce flights on the Guwahati-Dhaka-Guwahati route on July 1, according to an airline spokesperson.
Water crisis turns alarming in Rajasthan village
People of a village near Jodhpur have been facing water crisis as the pond from which they used to fetch water has dried out. The villagers are left with no choice but to collect water from the dry pond by digging in the mud.A villager said, "There are 400 to 500 families living in Jajival village and they are left with no choice but to drink the water left in the pond. There are water tanks here but there is no water in them. No pipeline is working so the only source of water left is that of the pond. Some people do get water by purchasing the water tank but this is expensive and not everybody can afford it.""There were two pipelines in the village but they have dried now. A third pipeline was laid six months back but it got leaked somewhere and the water never reached the village. The water in the pond is harmful for drinking as there are dead fishes inside it," another villager said.The sarpanch of the village Sonal Kanwar said, "We have stopped the payment of contractor who is ...
Forest Hill Golf and Country Club drives forward with new permanent golf memberships
With the rising wave of enthusiasm for the Golf among people, the membership queues of the elite golf clubs get longer and longer. In fact, obtaining a membership for a couple of Golf clubs and ranges in Chandigarh takes as long as 10 to 12 years.Some clubs have even closed their memberships. However, people of tri-city wouldn't have to wait this long now as one of North India's leading Golf destinations - Forest Hill Golf and Country Club bring a ray of hope for avid golf lovers of tri-city.Forest Hill Golf and Country Club are opening limited permanent memberships for Individuals, Service Persons, NRI's/Foreign Nationals/Diplomats and Corporates. Nestled in the foothills of picturesque Shivaliks, a round of golf here is a unique experience.The multipurpose modern 9-hole, par-36 Golf range is the only one of its kind. An all-weather high-tech driving range provides golfers with an enriching practice and warm-up sessions. The clubhouse comprises a multi-cuisine restaurant, which ...
Swiggy launches 'Daily' app for homestyle meals
Homegrown food delivery start-up Swiggy on Monday launched "Swiggy Daily", an app to give consumers access to a variety of simple homestyle meals prepared by home chefs, tiffin service providers and organised vendors.
4 tourists injured in Venice as cruise ship slams into boat
A towering, out-of-control cruise ship rammed into a dock and a tourist river boat on a busy Venice canal on Sunday morning, injuring four tourists and sparking new calls for placing restrictions on cruise ships in the famed but strained tourist city. The collision happened about 8:30 am (0630 GMT) on the Giudecca Canal, a major thoroughfare that leads to St. Mark's Square in the northeastern Italian city. The cruise ship, apparently unable to stop, blared its horn as it slammed into the much smaller river boat and the dock as dozens of people run away in panic. Elisabetta Pasqualin was watering plants on her terrace when she heard warning sirens and stepped out to see the crash. "There was this huge ship in a diagonal position in the Giudecca Canal, with a tugboat near which seemed like it couldn't do anything," she said. She described the ship "advancing slowly but inevitably towards the dock." She said "the bow of the ship crashed hard into the bank with its massive weight crushing
Maritime Heritage Museum: An architect's gift to Chennai
Hemchandra Rao, a retired architect in Chennai has converted his house into "Maritime Heritage Museum"."I retired in 2002 and was 61. Thereafter, what to do next was a big question for me. So, I went to Tamil Nadu archives. I saw an arch bridge here and that prompted me to know more about these things. I came to Chennai as a small boy in 1943. Till that day I had never seen this arch bridge. So, from archives I started digging about all arch bridges," Rao told ANI here."As a child, I was encouraged by my father to collect postal stamps. Slowly, it grew and I found stamps showing ships only. Later, I started looking for things having ships picture on them. Finally, in 2015 I started a fascination for lighthouses in India," he added.The museum is apparently Chennai's first Heritage Maritime Museum.The museum exhibits anchors, coins with ships engraved on them, models of brass ships, wooden houseboats, pocket watches, clocks, ship lanterns, postcards, stamps of lighthouses, canals and a .
Venice: Cruise ship rams into tourist boat, 4 injured
A cruise ship rammed into a Venice dock, crashing into the wharf and hitting a tourist boat after suffering an engine failure on Sunday.Video footage posted on Twitter showed that the tourists, who were present on the dock, ran for their safety as the 13-deck MSC Opera scraped along the dockside, before knocking into a tourist boat.Port authorities confirmed Al Jazeera that at least four people suffered slight injuries in the accident that took place around 8.30am (local time) at San Basilio-Zattere in Venice's Giudecca Canal, one of the busiest in the Italian city and hugely popular among tourists.The four, who were taken to hospital for check-ups, were on board the 'River Countess' tourist boat.Davide Calderan, head of a tugboat company involved in accompanying the ship into its berth, told the Italian state media that "The MSC ship had an engine failure, which was immediately reported by the captain"."The engine was blocked, but with its thrust on, because the speed was ...
Naval personnel take up beach cleanup in Kerala
Naval personnel from the Naval Institute of Aeronautical Technology (NIAT) of Southern Naval Command (SNC) undertook a beach cleanup drive at Cherai beach in Kerala. A total of 75 naval personnel participated in the beach cleanship expedition on Saturday, which got much support from the local population and tourists, in ensuring a clean and green ecosystem for future generations, a Defence release said here Sunday. This would give a fillip to the Swacch Bharat Abhiyan Campaign and awareness on the occasion of World Environment Day celebrated on June 5, it said. Earlier the naval personnel conducted a cycling expedition, from Naval Base to Cherai beach and back. The cycling expedition was flagged off by Commodore Kunal Singh Rajkumar, Commodore in charge of Training at SNC. The aim of the beach cleanup and expedition was to promote awareness about environment conservation and to develop camaraderie, sportsmanship, physical fitness as also to encourage green initiatives
Kashmiri guide sacrifices life while rescuing tourists during rafting
Rouf Ahmed Dar, a Kashmiri tourist guide lost his life while rescuing 5 tourists after their rafting boat capsized in Lidder River in Pahalgam on May 31.Dar's body was fished out the next morning from near Bhawani Bridge at Pahalgam in Anantnag district.Rouf's brother who was on the boat with him during the mishap said the tourists insisted for rafting even after being warned about a rise in the water level. The boat flipped 2-3 minutes after it entered a rapid. Though Rouf rescued the tourists, he got stuck in the whirlpool and lost his life.According to the manager of Adventure group, there were two guides in the boat already but owing to high water levels, Rouf and his brother went as 'extra guides'. Rouf's dead body was recovered next morning from Lidder waters."Kashmir has a bad image when it comes to tourism, but Rouf has set an example. He made it clear that our guests are no less than our family members for us. He was the only earning member in his family and I appeal to the ..
Tourism industry can create jobs: Minister
Union Minister of State for Tourism and Culture, Prahlad Singh Patel, Sunday said the tourism industry had a huge potential to generate jobs for youths. Addressing a press conference here, Patel said tourism policies would be studied and various possibilities explored to create jobs in this sector. Patel, who represents Damoh Lok Sabha seat, said the Union government had sanctioned four projects under 'Swadesh Darshan Scheme' for Madhya Pradesh between 2015 and 2018. He said the work on the wildlife, Buddhist, eco and heritage circuits was expected to complete soon. "Work is also in progress for 'Omkareshwar development project' under the Prasad Scheme. For development of Amarkantak, the place of the origin of the Narmada river, the tourism ministry had granted an approval under Prasad Scheme in October 2018. The approval from the Madhya Pradesh government is awaited," Patel added.
Group of waiters thrash 2 army officials in Baghpat
Two Army personnel were thrashed by a group of waiters in a hotel in district's Baraut city on Sunday.According to the police, the incident took place when the army personnel allegedly entered into a minor altercation with another customer following which a waiter intervened. In no time, the matter blew out of proportion, following which a gang of waiters allegedly started thrashing the security officials.The matter came to fore after a video of the incident went viral on social media. In the video hotel employees can be seen thrashing the Army personnel with sticks."We have registered a case under the relevant section. 7-8 accused who are waiters in the hotel have been detained. The investigation is being done," said Ramanand Kushwaha, Circle Officer, Baraut."First the fight broke inside the hotel but within few minutes they all were on the road," he saidPolice have apprehended 7-8 persons who are waiters at the hotel and a case under the relevant section of law has been registered.
Britney Spears feels 'blessed' to have new bike, goes on ride with boyfriend
It seems that Britney Spears is in love with her new bike which she recently purchased for herself.The pop star went on a bike ride with her boyfriend, Sam Asghari over the weekend and shared a picture of the two as they stopped in front of a pond, reported People."I'm so blessed to have this in my neighbourhood. Just got myself a new bike it feels like a piece of heaven!!!," Spears captioned the photo."Are you talking about the lake or that handsome gentleman," Asghari commented on the photo.This comes after Spears' attended the eighth-grade graduation of her son Sean Preston."She was very happy to be a part of the graduation," a source told People."Britney is always very proud of her boys when it comes to school. They take their school work very seriously."Spears has been spending quality time with her sons Sam Preston and Jayden James and boyfriend Asghari after leaving the treatment in April."It's great for Britney to spend time with Sam. He takes her out for things that she loves
Karol Bagh budget hotels severely hit after kitchen ban
From shrinking occupancy to losing loyal customers, budget hotels in north Delhi's Karol Bagh have been severely hit after the new safety norms kicked in banning kitchens on the premises, the hotel managers say. Officially designated as guest houses, a number of these economy hotels in the vicinity of the famous Karol Bagh Market were shut after a massive fire in February at the the five-storeyed Hotel Arpit Palace in the area killed 17 people. For Swati Hotel, which is adjacent to Hotel Arpit Palace on Gurudwara Road, it's not business as usual. "We reopened about two months ago. But kitchen is not allowed on hotel premises. So our guests, who are used to order food through room service, are now looking out for restaurants. This has really affected our business," said an employee on the condition of anonymity. Pointing to a nearby restaurant, he said, "Most of our guests dine there now, it's a big loss for us." Madhurendra Singh, the manager of Royal Holidays, a four-storeyed hotel ..
Omar flays harassment of guests at Iftar hosted by Indian High Commission
National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah Sunday said the harassment of guests at an Iftar party hosted by the Indian High Commission in Islamabad was stupid tit for tat diplomacy. Stupid tit for tat diplomacy. It was stupid when we did it outside the Pakistani High Commission in New Delhi & it's stupid when it's done outside our's in Islamabad. Now that it's 1-1 perhaps it's time to move on & stop this nonsense, Omar wrote on Twitter. Guests invited to the Indian High Commission's Iftar party in Islamabad on Saturday evening faced "unprecedented level of harassment" due to enhanced security checks by the Pakistani officials who stopped some invitees on one pretext or other. Indian High Commissioner Ajay Bisaria hosted the annual event at Serena Hotel for which guests were invited from all over Pakistan. Those attending the event said that additional security deployment was made around the luxury hotel. A journalist said that he saw more than usual security presence but
Ramzan - fasting, family, food and much more
Two cannon shots ring out across the vast courtyard of the Jama Masjid and the crowded streets beyond, signalling an end to a long, hot day of fasting and the beginning of some feasting with family and friends. But Ramzan means a lot more for those who don't drink or eat from sunrise to sunset, observing the 'roza' for the entire month until Eid. As the day ends and dusk falls over the area, there's a momentary silence as thousands of 'rozedaar' gathered in the courtyard of one of Asia's biggest mosques begin the ritual of the evening namaz. And then it's time to open the sherbet bottles, to ladle out fruit salad and hand out plates of dates, the chatter building up as plans for Eid just a few days away this week get firmed up. After the namaz of Maghrib, the crowd starts to trickle out in the streets, famous for its kababs, roasted chicken, biryani and other Indian-Mughlai delicacies. Family, friends and food make for essential parts of the holy month of Ramzan but the underlying ...
Delhites celebrate cycling at India Gate
Delhiites on Sunday gathered at India Gate to celebrate smart cycling ahead of World Bicycle Day.The World Bicycle Day is celebrated on June 3 worldwide.Every year, Niti Aayog and Hero Cycles together organise this rally to send across the message that cycling is a good habit and has health benefits too. It also contributes to a cleaner environment."Hero Cycle and Niti Aayog every year on World Bicycle Day together wants to convey the message that cycling is a good habit. People who cycle, contribute to the pollution free environment. They stay healthy and make India prosperous," Rohit Gothi, CEO, Hero Cycles told ANI.On Monday, people across the globe will celebrate World Bicycle Day. To acknowledge the uniqueness, longevity, and the importance of cycling, last year UN General Assembly declared June 3 as 'World Bicycle Day' and this will be the second year when it will be celebrated.Cycling has health benefits, is affordable, and environment-friendly too. With the rise of air ...
