Renowned zoo designer Bernard Harrison, who has designed the famous Singapore night safari, will be designing the upcoming Greater Noida night safari, according to an official.

The Greater Noida night safari will be India's first and the world's fourth - the others being in Singapore, China and Thailand.

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As the junior partners of the British Empire in India, the princely states in India had their power confined only to collecting taxes and maintaining law and order in their territories.

Their energies were thus directed to flamboyant assertions of ritual sovereignty.

The Laxmi Vilas Palace of Vadodara is an example of the palaces that ... Read more »

Popular as nature-lovers paradise, Munnar is one of the most beautiful hill stations in the Idukki district of Kerala. Situated at an altitude of 1524 m, this hill resort with its cloud-kissed mountains, tempting valleys, carpeted tea plantations and colonial architectural range, has become one of the most favored holiday destinations in South India.

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Leh (Ladakh): The flash floods that washed away parts of Leh in Jammu and Kashmir also scared away the tourists who had become synonymous with the town, leaving the region and its economy in a state of suspended animation.

"Right after the flash floods, television channels flooded their air-time showing the devastation and wreck of Leh. Though ... Read more »

Nearly seven lakh tourists, both domestic and foreign, visited various monuments in Agra, including the Taj Mahal, in October when the country hosted the Commonwealth Games.

Minister of State for Tourism Sultan Ahmed, in a written reply in the Lok Sabha, said that a total of 5,55,352 domestic visitors and 1,29,390 foreigners visited the "centr ... Read more »

The Gulmarg health resort in Jammu and Kashmir has been rated by CNN International as Asia's seventh best ski destination.

Appi Kogen in Japan's Honshu island tops the list as the best ski resort in Asia, followed by Niseko in Hokkaido, also in Japan.

CNN International says that in the 19th Century, Gulmarg was a hill station for Briti ... Read more »

Dharamsala: Now you can travel from Chandigarh to Dharamsala or to important places
One thing my wife Pashmeena and I always, always wanted to do was to swim with dolphins. And a couple of weeks ago I was lucky enough to put a little happy tick mark against this on my mental bucket list of must do experiences before I turn into worm food.

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Dharamsala: Now you can travel from Chandigarh to Dharamsala or to important places in Himachal in helicopter on regular flights.

With a view to providing heli-taxi services to high-end tourists in the state, an agreement has been reached between the Department of Tourism and Civil Aviation and 3 Heli taxi providers, Simm Samm, Airways Pvt. Lt ... Read more »

Planning a holiday and wondering where to head? If you want to breakfree from the hustle and bustle of the modern life and seek solace than there can't be anything better than getting engrossed in the calmness of beaches. And, if rejuvenation is what's on your mind constantly then, what's better than Lakshadweep Islands- a perfect combination of sun, ... Read more »

This Children's Day, treat your kids to a visit to a toy museum or the oldest toy store in the world. Hotels.com, a global hotel booking portal, has come up with a list of toy destinations across the world.

Today, toys range from traditional wooden dolls to high-tech robots and miniature race-cars.Encompassing the entire spectrum of toy histor ... Read more »