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June 25, 2014 The early-morning Delhi-Leh flight is a pain. It is seriously early – 5.15am. Check-in is slow, noisy queues form in front of counters – not many Ladhakis on the flight. It’s packed mainly with adventure-seeking youngsters, middle-aged couples out to quench their wanderlust and globe-hopping foreigners, Delhi and Mumbai-wallahs escaping the summer heat, children groggy, nagging and pesky from insufficient sleep. more
Himachal Beckons

Winter in the mountains can be challenging for those of us from the plains. The first few hours are crucial as these take you through the acclimatization process. It was on a one such wintry ...

Revisiting Jabalpur

Jabalpur has a special place in my heart – I stayed here – for two decades and completed my education. This year (2013) in April I got a chance to re-visit Jabalpur – an ...

Lake of tranquility

Rancho’s (‘3 Idiots’) stunningly beautiful Pangong Tso lake could also become a bone of contention between India and China, writes Kavita Suri

Dubai: Tomorrowland, one of the most iconic music festivals in the world, is set to open Terra Solis Dubai, a brand-new unique desert destination.


Supriyo Hazra takes you on a merry-go-round of some of Sri Lanka's luxury properties spanning across its iconic beaches, hills, rocks, tea plantations and plains 


Scoot will steadily increas ...

Singapore/NITN:  Scoot, the low-cost subsidiary of Singapore Airlines (SIA), announced that it will steadily resume flights to and from China buoyed by further relaxation of border restrictions imposed during the pandemic.

IndiGo introduces exclusive ...

Indian carrier IndiGo has announced exclusive flights between Bengaluru to Kolhapur, and connecting flights via Bengaluru from Coimbatore to Kolhapur, effective Jan 13, 2023.

Qantas connects Australia w ...

Qantas, the national airline of Australia, created history on  Sep 14 when QF 67 took off from Sydney’s Kingsford International Airport to touch Bengaluru, the southern Indian city famously known as ‘The Silicon Valley of The East’, completing the non-stop flight in less than twelve hours.