Feni gets a makeover courtesy new brands crafting spiced, infused, and cocktail variants

Feni gets a makeover courtesy new brands crafting spiced, infused, and cocktail variants

It is a cocktail unlike any other. The Patoleo feni is a cocktail version of the famous Goan sweet, patoli, made with rice flour, coconut and jaggery. This drink, made with family-owned brand Cazulo Premium Feni’s coconut feni, is in symphony with coconut milk and liquid jaggery. It is a delicious, sweet drink and just … Read more

Around 42 lakh women can travel free in govt. buses from 1 p.m. today in State

Around 42 lakh women can travel free in govt. buses from 1 p.m. today in State

The Shakti scheme was one of the guarantees given by the Congress before the Assembly elections. | Photo Credit: File photo The Congress government is all set to launch Shakti, the free bus travel scheme for women, one of the party’s five poll guarantees, in Bengaluru on Sunday. Women are eligible to travel for free … Read more

Lakhs of tourists throng to Himachal Pradesh’s hill stations

Lakhs of tourists throng to Himachal Pradesh’s hill stations

Hordes of tourists flock to hill station resorts in Himachal Pradesh, which generates ₹11,000 crore annually and constitutes 7.3% of the State’s Gross Domestic Product. | Photo Credit: PTI A haven for those seeking respite from the scorching heat prevailing in other parts of the country, Shimla has enjoyed considerable tourist footfall in recent months. … Read more

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi gets new passport, set to travel to U.S. on May 29

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi gets new passport, set to travel to U.S. on May 29

File photo of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. | Photo Credit: PTI Congress leader Rahul Gandhi received a new ordinary passport on May 28, two days after a local court granted its no objection to the issuance of the same, sources said. They said the passport office had assured Mr. Gandhi in the morning that the … Read more

Delhi’s Partition Museum is a monument of memories

Delhi’s Partition Museum is a monument of memories

By Ankur Biplav Did you know there once existed a joint Indo-Pak passport that allowed migrants to visit their ancestral homes and relatives on either side of the newly-drawn borders in 1947? The newly-inaugurated Partition Museum in Delhi displays an original copy of this passport, issued to one Hanwant Singh Hora on August 13, 1955. … Read more

Travel to Mandu: A lot of history in a little geography

Travel to Mandu: A lot of history in a little geography

Let’s discuss fields of study, shall we? Do you like history? Mandu is the place to be. Do you like geography, biology, geology, hydrography, literature or architecture? Whatever be your area of interest, this small town in Madhya Pradesh won’t disappoint you. How to reach?Mandu (also called Mandav) is 100 km southwest of Indore. The … Read more

Covering three states in South India in 7 days: What, where, and how

Covering three states in South India in 7 days: What, where, and how

Travellers often suffer from FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out) due to some obvious reasons. The number of days to travel are often limited, and most people want to cover as many places as possible. However, poor travel schedules and weak itineraries result in people spending too much or too little time in different places, thereby … Read more

Travel ordeals of Chittoor villagers to end soon as road through reserve forest gets nod

Travel ordeals of Chittoor villagers to end soon as road through reserve forest gets nod

A road laid in the reserve forest area in Gangadhara Nellore Assembly constituency. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT The decades-long ordeal of the residents of Vanadurgapuram to take 18-km detour that includes a stretch in the neighbouring Tamil Nadu to reach their nearest mandal headquarters of Palasamudram, just 3 km away from their habitation, appears … Read more

Six of the most beautiful sections of the Great Wall of China

Six of the most beautiful sections of the Great Wall of China

(CNN) — Having lived in Beijing for almost 12 years, I’ve had plenty of time to travel widely in China. I’ve visited more than 100 cities, not to mention countless towns and villages throughout the mainland’s 31 provinces. Looking back, I’ve come to realize it was my frequent visits to different parts of the Great … Read more