Bad weather fails to curb Surat's eclipse spirit

A monotonous, steady drizzle, from the wee hours of the morning, did not stop thousands of Surat residents from hitting the road at 5.30 am on July 22. Traffic was nastily snarled in the pre-dawn......

Summer holiday rush fuels travel business

Indian tours have seen an upswing partly because Nepal packages have been cancelled after the recent earthquake Tour companies have witnessed 20-25 per cent growth in domestic and foreign bookings......

'Budget has no great initiative'

T N Srinivasan, Samuel C Park, Jr. Professor of Economics, Yale University, giving his opinion on the Indian Union Budget 2009 at Asia Society in New York....

How to work out a holiday plan

The thumb rule of holidaying is never think it's too early to plan a vacation, especially when you want to extract maximum mileage out of your budgeted bucks.Considering the ever-increasing volume......

Innovative marketing for Deccan Odyssey

Marriage and honeymoon on a running train, resplendent with five-star luxuries, meandering through scenic locations on a journey through a kaleidoscopic land of fantastic and diverse images. Or......

Australia crash out of World T20

Ricky Ponting tried to hit spinner Ajantha Mendis against the spin and saw his leg-stump uprooted for 25. The skipper's 15-ball innings included five hits to the fence Sri Lanka defeated Australia......