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After Gir National Park in Gujarat, West Bengal is all set for its first lion safari project in Siliguri. The jungle area set up adjacent to Siliguri's North Bengal Wild Animals Park, where 11 majestic tigers were introduced in 2016, is ...

Most people are content to view Nature's more extreme spectacles, such as burning fields of lava or pinnacles of frozen rock, from a distance. Others feel compelled to savour them first-hand, to take up the challenges they present. What draws these ...

Since our earliest days on Earth, we have expressed our relationship with the landscape in art, music, literature - even dance. And in the 20th century, a new medium arose: the moving picture. Since the turn of the 20th century, filmmakers ...

On the riverside of the Ganges, the colourful sacred city of Varanasi (Banares), has been a significant historic, cultural, and spiritual epicentre for more than 6,000 years. Varanasi is one of the most significant Hindu holy sites in the world. Illustrated ...

'Jyotirlinga Tourist Train-Swadesh Darshan', (the pilgrimage special) will enable Hindu adherents to visit various Lord Shiva temples (Jyotirlinga). Swadesh Darshan's tourist circuit will include religious destinations like Ujjain, Mahakaleshwar, Omkareshwar, Dwarka, Shirdi, Nageshwar, the Statue of Unity, Somnath, Shani-Singapur and Trimbakeshwar. ...

The last total lunar eclipse of 2022 is on November 8, after which the next lunar eclipse will occur on March 14, 2025. It is also anointed as the blood Moon because the Moon (our natural satellite) slips into the Earth's ...

Indian Ministry Of Tourism will partake in the forthcoming three-day World Travel Market 2022 (WTM) hosted by London this year. 'Future of Travel Starts Now' is the theme for this year's World Travel Market This world event is believed to be ...

To make the journey more convenient and comfortable for railway passengers, Indian Railways makes adaptations from time to time. If you regularly travel by train, then this news is very important for you. Crores (Tens of millions)of passengers travel in Indian ...

Bougainville Island lies to the east of New Britain and is geographic, the largest of the Solomon Islands. At 120 km (75 mi) long and 65-95 km (40-60 mi) wide, its spine is formed of two mountain ranges running from north ...

Majuli lies in the Brahmaputra River in Assam. Once it was the largest riverine island in the world, but every year the monsoon erodes more its shore, and though it is still large - about 1,440 sq km (555 sq mi) ...

The southern Ethiopian town of Arba Minch lies on the high savanna between the two huge lakes of Chamo and Abaya, surrounded by mountains. This is the here of the Rift Valle, thought to be the cradle of humanity, and it ...

Vancouver Island is an island just off Canada's Pacific Coast in British Columbia, far from the big city life, and skyscrapers; by the Strait of Georgia. It is 450 km (288 mi) long and up to 75 km (47 mi) expansive; ...