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Haveri tourist missing on Taluk tour with family

A man from Haveri district who had been visiting the taluk on tour along with his family on May 4, has gone missing. Yallappa Valikara alias Talawar, 35 years, a native of Shiggaon in Haveri district is that person. Read article

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India: Tourist guide arrested for drugging, robbing tourists

A tourist guide involved in drugging foreigners and then decamping with their goods has been arrested in outer Delhi, police said on Monday. With the arrest, police claimed to solve four cases. Robert, 32, of Najafgarh was nabbed near his house on Sunday, said additional deputy commissioner of police (crime) Sanjay Bhatia, adding that some […]

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Tourist monk killed auto accident, India

DHANBAD: A tourist monk from Bangkok was killed in a road accident at Topchanchi, 35 km from here on Thursday. Nimit Jithrown and Teeti Srijan, a TV journalist from Thailand, were on their way to Bodh Gaya from Kolkata, in a SUV, along with tourist guide Hira Paswan and driver Hiralal Paswan, when the mishap […]

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Russian tourist killed in auto accident India

Polytone Alesone, 29, a Russian tourist succumbed to his accident injuries on late Saturday night sustained in an accident at Dharbandora while returning from Dudhsagar waterfalls. He was rushed to underg Goa Medical College (GMC) and Hospital, Bambolim where he was undergoing treatment. Read Article

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No flights have been delayed or cancelled at Indira Gandhi Airport due to strike by employees of private firm

NEW DELHI: Operations at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport here, hit after a late Thursday night strike by a section of contracted aerobridge operators, returned to normal on Friday with the authorities roping in its own work force.”The situation is normal and no flights have been delayed or cancelled due to the strike called […]

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India: The Health Ministry reported 450 people died from swine flu in 2009

MUMBAI, March 23 (UPI) — Swine flu has claimed the lives of 12 people in India since the beginning of March, health officials said.Six of the deaths were reported in the western state of Maharashtra, while Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka have also reported deaths due to swine flu, the BBC reported Friday. Read article

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Kingfisher Airlines has debt of USD $1.3 billion prompts Top Indian lender state not to lend any more money

Top Indian lender State Bank of India has no plans to lend more to debt-laden Kingfisher Airlines, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Tuesday. Kingfisher has cleared all its tax and interest dues up to August 2011, Mukherjee told lawmakers in a written reply. Read article

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Air India pilots plan strike for April 1, 2012 due to delayed payment of salaries and allowances

Protesting delayed payment of salaries and allowances, a section of Air India pilots today warned they would not undertake flying duties from April 1, 2012 if their dues were not cleared by then. The Indian Pilots Guild (IPG), which represents the pilots of pre-merger Air India, has shot off letters to Ajit Singh, Minister of […]

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India: Two Swiss tourists had their possessions stolen in tourist district of Orchha

Two Swiss tourists, 19 and 20, respectively, had their cash and possessions stolen on Thursday (March 1) while visiting the famous tourist district of Orchha in Tikamgarh. The incident occurred while the two women were relaxing on the sands of the Betwa River, near Kanchnaaghat. Read article

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India: Indian police and Russian Consular Officers still searching for Russian tourist who disappeared in Goa

Indian police and Russian consular officers are trying to find out what has happened to Russian tourist Grigori Katorkin, who went missing in Goa on February 23rd during a swimming outing near a local waterfall. Read article

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