One of the tea estates that will be part of Chai@Vagamon | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT With her new project Chai@Vagamon, social entrepreneur Lakshmi Menon hopes to give tourists to the hill station a new set of experiences that extend beyond the typical offroading, tea garden and pine forest visits. She wants travellers to get … Read more
Flying from Singapore to Kertajati is an experience: from the aircraft’s window, one can see the Indonesian sea dotted with numerous islands. The breathtaking non-metro destinations of West Java now witness an enhanced flow of tourists thanks to the newly-added Embraer flights from Scoot, the affordable carrier of Singapore Airlines. From September last year, Scoot’s … Read more
Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin on Sunday inspected Marakkanam, Kottakuppam, Villupuram and Tindivanam, parts of which were still reeling under the impact of the flooding caused by Cyclone Fengal. He inspected the measures taken to drain water and handed over essentials to affected persons, at the Government Boys Higher Secondary School in Marakkanam. He also … Read more
Tiruchi, Pudukottai, Ariyalur, Ramanathapuram, Sivaganga district collectors announce holiday for institutions Tiruchi – Collector M. Pradeep Kumar declares holiday for schools and colleges in the district today due to rain Pudukottai – Holiday declared for schools only in district Ariyalur – Collector P. Rathinasamy declares holiday for schools in the district due to rain Ramanathapuram … Read more
The family of a woman who suffered a severe brain injury while on holiday say they were faced with having to accept her return to the UK against medical advice or her travel insurance policy would be cancelled. Jane Rubens was involved in an accident in the United States earlier this month and remains in … Read more
As a precautionary measure following heavy rains in the Bengaluru Urban district, all schools and anganwadis to remain shut on October 21, 2024. | Photo Credit: SUDHAKARA JAIN Following incessant overnight rains that lashed the city, a holiday has been declared for all Anganwadis and private/aided primary and high schools of Bengaluru Urban District today … Read more
A TikTok trend has reached travel. The latest travel trend blowing up on social media is called destination duping and it involves shunning major tourist centres/cities for equally interesting and affordable alternatives. A travel twin, if you may. Travel tech company Expedia was the first to mention destination dupes in their trends for 2024. ‘In … Read more
‘In reality, vacations are anything but unoccupied.’ | Photo Credit: Illustrated by Allen Shaw My sister has been invited to a destination wedding in Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe. The programme seemed eminently bucketlist-worthy. The hosts had planned excursions to see the famous waterfalls and go on safaris. Then much to her dismay, my sister realised … Read more
With Mumbai scheduled to vote on May 20 for the Lok Sabha elections, stock exchanges BSE and NSE are likely to declare it a holiday as was seen during the 2014 and 2019 poll. Local governments declare a holiday in voting days under the Negotiable Instruments Act 1881. However, there is no official confirmation of … Read more
Bharatiya Janata Party’s West Bengal president Sukanta Majumdar addresses a press conference, in Kolkata. File photo | Photo Credit: ANI West Bengal BJP president Sukanta Majumdar wrote to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday, urging her to declare a holiday on January 22 so people in the State could participate in celebrations relating to the … Read more