Akshay Rajagopal, a 11-year-old sixth-grader from Lincoln, Nebraska, took top honours at the 2008 National Geographic Bee held in Washington, DC on May 21, collecting a $25,000 college scholarship......
Suspected Indonesian pirates hijacked a Malaysian-registered tanker Tuesday, held the crew hostage for nearly 12 hours and threatened to blow the vessel up, before surrendering to police and naval......
One could perhaps call it the slowest-moving development project in Asia, but it's finally ready for take-off. Last January, ending four decades of foot-dragging, Indonesian President Susilo......
Wed in Malaysia, honeymoon in Malaysia, play golf there or simply drive through - Tourism Malaysia is making a serious play for Indian tourists, its director tells Gargi Gupta. A food fest and a......
Taj Leisure Hotels, the strategic business unit of Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces will launch Taj Tashi, its new property in Thimphu, the capital of the neighbouring state of Bhutan on January 23.......
Reading a recent news report that Thailand's Phuket island alone received 2.44 million tourists in the first half of 2007, about the number India used to receive in a full year until not too long......
Unleashing their urge to spend, the Indian holidaymakers have booked almost half of the cruise liner with a leading Miami-based cruise company opening its headquarters near home, at the shores of......