TRAVEL PLANNING

Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw stated that the aim is to replace the ageing rolling stock, which will require 7,000-8,000 new train sets. The tenders for this project will be called within the next 4-5 years. This procurement process will ...

The world’s largest aircraft fleet was grounded for hours by a cascading outage in a government system that delayed or cancelled thousands of flights across the U.S. on Wednesday. The White House initially said that there was no evidence of a cybera...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on Saturday briefed about the new 'Omicron' variant of the coronavirus, and he asked officials to review the plans to ease international travel restrictions in light of the "emerging new evidence". Modi spoke about t...

The town of Drass in Jammu and Kashmir's Kargil district experiences brutal winter of minus 30-35 degree Celsius. But anxiety of stocking food, fodder and firewood for the next winter doesn’t allow many of its 15,500 residents enjoy the summer. It i...

Indian Railways is planning to run faster trains on select high speed corridors to create a 'short and sweet' experience for the overnight traveller.Watch: Railways planning faster trains for overnight travellers

The government is planning to put in place measures that will restrict the foreign travel of promoters of companies which default on their bank loans.The Centre will also increase scrutiny to detect any sudden increase in their overseas transactions...

All these stretches will be of four lanes and will provide more road space for seamless transport. The total length of these corridors is about 36,600 km.Government plans national highway grids for smooth travel; 27 corridors identified

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The Finance Ministry has barred bureaucrats from holding meetings in 5-star hotels or attending conferences abroad. First class travel is also out of bounds. The govt hopes to cut about 10% of non-plan expenditure through this measure.Modi govt targ...

Blizzard hits eastern US, disrupts travel plans