Tag: Kolkata

A children’s library on a boat was launched in Kolkata on Republic Day, a first of a kind initiative. Children will be able to choose from a selection of 500 titles in English and Bengali on the Young Readers’ Boat Library, an official said on Tuesday. The idea behind the boat library is that one can read some good collection of books while appreciating the beauty of Kolkata, cruising on the Hooghly, he said. “The boat library would take people on a three-hour-long trip,” the official said. The trip will start at Millenium Park and the boat will travel all ... Read more

AirAsia India has launched flight services to Imphal, Guwahati, Kolkata and Delhi from Agartala, the capital of Tripura. Biplab Kumar Deb, Chief Minister, Tripura flagged off the first AirAsia India flight to Kolkata from the Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport. Sanjay Kumar, COO, AirAsia India informed that 14 flight per week would be operated from the Maharaj Bir Bikram Airport on the Agartala-Kolkata, Agartala-Delhi, Agartala-Guwahati and Agartala-Imphal routes. “We also have plans to extend our service for connecting Agartala with Bengaluru, Chennai and Mumbai. This is our 20th destination in the country,” he said. On the occasion, Sanjay said that air ... Read more

GoAir has launched non-stop flights to Singapore from Bengaluru and Kolkata. Starting October 18, 2019, GoAir will operate Bengaluru – Singapore – Bengaluru flights four days in a week. Effective October 19, 2019, GoAir will operate the Kolkata – Singapore – Kolkata flights three days in a week. Apart from the new international destination, GoAir also announced daily flights to its 25th domestic destination- Aizawl in Mizoram. “We are excited and happy to welcome GoAir to Singapore. In expanding its flight network by connecting Kolkata and Bengaluru with Singapore, it will give wider flight choices and travel time options to ... Read more

As part of its series of initiatives to attract and welcome diverse travellers from key metropolitan and secondary Indian cities to Singapore, the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) has organised an eight-city roadshow, together with close to 45 Singapore tourism stakeholders, in Thiruvananthapuram, Hyderabad, Madurai, Kolkata, Rajkot, Guwahati, Nagpur and Jalandhar. Themed “Growing Connections, Achieving Together”, the trade engagement roadshows will serve to deepen the STB’s and tourism stakeholders’ existing partnerships and foster new ones with the local travel trade fraternity. The STB will present latest developments in the Singapore tourism scene and update the trade on exciting, new offerings, like ... Read more

Buddha Air, Nepal’s leading private air service provider, will operate flights to Kolkata from May-end this year. Buddha Air will operate its flights to Kolkata with the ATR 72-500 aircraft on Monday, Wednesday and Friday every week. The airlines had earlier planned to start flights to the eastern Indian city from mid-April. However, it changed its flight dates considering upcoming Indian parliamentary elections. “Although the date of the flights has been changed due to the elections, the flight schedule remains unchanged,” said a media statement issued by the Buddha Air. Source: Himalayan Times  

AccorHotels has opened the 189-room ibis Kolkata Rajarhat, marking the debut of the brand in the City of Joy, Kolkata. This is the group’s 50th property in India, taking the brand’s total inventory in the country to over 3,000 rooms. At the launch, AccorHotels also announced the arrival of a new strategy for the ibis brand, designed keeping in mind the demands of today’s travellers. “The ibis brand and hotels in India have been successful in integrating into the hearts of Indians and our partnership with InterGlobe Hotels has been integral to this success. Last year we launched ibism, a campaign ... Read more

The central ministry is planning to set up a Ganga Exhibition and a Ganga Museum to showcase the history and mythology and the importance of the sacred river in the livelihood of the people living around it. It was announced by National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), as part of the Ganga Rejuvenation programme. The central museum will be set up in Delhi and there will be regional museums in different states. Expert from India and the European Union has been meeting for a two-day workshop from 29th November, 2018 on “Developing a Ganga Museum Concept: Exchanging Experiences and Ideas ... Read more

IndiGo has launched its 5th service to Singapore with the commencement of additional services from Kolkata and Tiruchirappalli. The new flights are designed to cater to business and leisure travellers who are constantly on the lookout for new and affordable flying options. “We are pleased to operate our first daily non-stop flights between Kolkata-Singapore and Tiruchirappalli-Singapore starting September 15. IndiGo has completed 12 years of successful operations in the India market as a low cost carrier, and adding new flights to its network will further augment the connectivity that we aspire to provide to our customers. It is our constant endeavour ... Read more

IndiGo has announced the launch of 24 new flights on its network. The airline has introduced four new routes and will operate its first flight between Ahmedabad and Bhubaneshwar, Ahmedabad and Varanasi, Hyderabad and Patna and Kolkata and Surat. All 24 new services will commence from September 2018. IndiGo will provide a second flight in Agartala-Guwahati, Hyderabad-Guwahati and Kolkata-Nagpur routes. It is also planning to run a fourth flight between Hyderabad and Bhubaneswar and a fifth flight between Ahmedabad and Hyderabad. IndiGo has also introduced a discount offer for domestic air passengers, with tickets costing as low as `981 between ... Read more

Durga Devi In the forthcoming Durga puja, which is to be celebrated in October, a puja committee at Santosh Miitra Square in Kolkata is planning to use a chariot made of silver, priced at over Rs 40 crore, to carry its Durga idol. The offering is planned in relation to the committee’s 83rd year of celebrating Durga Puja. “The chariot would be worth Rs 40 crore,  and will be sponsored by a jewellery brand. Last year, we made the sari of Durga idol in gold weighing 30 kg,” said the president of the committee. Model of the Chariot “Using jewellery ... Read more

Following the announcement of National Water Ways by the Union Ministry, the West Bengal government has initiated a project to enhance its river transport and tourism potential with a $151 million (Rs 1,021 crore) World Bank assistance. Rs 5,369 crore worth Ganga Jal Marg project of the Union Ministry will facilitate cargo movement along the National Waterway-I from Varanasi to Haldia. Accordingly, the state government aims at optimizing the potential of river transport both for cargo and human movements. Ro-Ro service (Roll-on/roll-off) is one of the popular means of transport in Kolkota for shipping wheeled cargo, such as cars, trucks, ... Read more

Owing to the growing awareness through the Internet and various activations, young Indians are in the forefront to curb carbon footprint by opting for a sustainable holiday. The Cox & Kings study reveals a whopping 87 per cent of the respondents feel strongly about saving the environment. The study also highlights the deciding parameters for accommodation, adventure type, the rise of voluntourism, transport and travel logistics for the young Indian travellers. It was based on the survey carried out in key cities including Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Ahmedabad and Thiruvananthapuram among 5,000 youth aged between 20-35 years. About 74 per ... Read more

Indian Railway, as part of fastening trains connecting the four metro cities of Kolkata, Chennai, Mumbai and Delhi (Quadrilateral) has asked the concerned authorities to improve the existing infrastructure. The new move came after the officials come to know that the existing services lacked speed. The ministry also said that the trains should improve the current speed of 60 kmph to 130kmph. Top officials of the Indian railway had sent letters to the General Managers of Indian Railway.  On ensuring necessary steps to fasten the lines connecting the golden quadrilateral. “A review of the maximum permissible speed of the section ... Read more

രാജ്യത്തെ പ്രധാന വിമാനയാത്ര കമ്പനിയായ എയര്‍ ഏഷ്യ മെഗാ സെയില്‍സ് ഓഫര്‍ പ്രഖ്യാപിച്ചു. രാജ്യാന്തര യാത്രയ്ക്കുള്ള 1999 രൂപ മുതലും ആഭ്യന്തര യാത്രകള്‍ക്ക് 849 രൂപ മുതലുള്ള ടിക്കറ്റ് ബുക്ക് ചെയ്യാം. മാര്‍ച്ച് 26 മുതല്‍ ആരംഭിക്കുന്ന ടിക്കറ്റ് ബുക്കിങ് ഏപ്രില്‍ 1 വരെ മാത്രമാണ് ഉണ്ടാവുക. ഈ നിരക്കില്‍ ബുക്ക് ചെയ്ത ടിക്കറ്റുമായി ഒക്‌ടോബര്‍ ഒന്നു മുതല്‍ 2019 മേയ് 28 വരെ യാത്ര ചെയ്യാന്‍ സാധിക്കും. എയര്‍ ഏഷ്യയുടെ airasia.com വെബ്‌സൈറ്റ് വഴിയോ മൊബൈല്‍ ആപ് വഴിയോ ടിക്കറ്റ് ബുക്ക് ചെയ്യാം. ഈ ഓഫര്‍ പ്രകാരം കൊച്ചി-ബംഗ്ലൂരു ടിക്കറ്റിന് 879 രൂപയാണ്. അടിസ്ഥാന നിരക്കായ 849 രൂപയ്ക്ക് റാഞ്ചി-ഭുവനേശ്വര്‍ റൂട്ടില്‍ യാത്ര ചെയ്യാം. ഭുവനേശ്വര്‍ -കൊല്‍ക്കത്ത റൂട്ടില്‍ യാത്രനിരക്ക് 869 രൂപയാകും. റാഞ്ചി, ജയപൂര്‍, വിശാഖപട്ടണം, ബംഗ്ലൂരു, നാഗ്പൂര്‍, ഇന്‍ഡോര്‍, കൊച്ചി, ഹൈദ്രബാദ്, പുനെ, ഗുവാഹത്തി, കൊല്‍ക്കൊത്ത, ചെന്നൈ എന്നീ റൂട്ടുകളിലാണ് ആഭ്യന്തര സര്‍വീസ്.

India has over 100 million internet users on a daily basis, within their various gadgets, making India as the world’s third largest internet users globally. The data have been published by Ookla, a Seattle-based internet speed analyst in terms of fastest broadband among Indian states. Chennai tops the list with a fixed broadband speed, which marks a download speed of 32.67 Mbps and 26.15 upload speed, with Bengaluru in the second place with 31.09 downloads and 27.20 upload speed. Meanwhile, northeast marks the slowest internet speed of 3.62 Mbps download speed making it 82 per cent slower than rest of ... Read more