Taj Mahal @ click of mouse
Arpita Sinha

New Delhi, June 15

Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore had once described Taj Mahal as ‘a teardrop in the face of eternity.’ And after more than three-and-a-half centuries, Taj Mahal, the monument that symbolises love has got its official website.

The website on the Taj Mahal http://tajmahal.gov.in developed by the Uttar Pradesh State Tourism Department gives not only complete information about the world famous monument, but also photographs, impressions and video clips shot by visitors.

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Lotus Position in a Backpacker’s Town
Thomas Kelly for The New York Times

Sadhana Yoga is on a hillside above Phewa Lake in Pokhara, Nepal.

By JAMES NESTOR

“BREATHING clearly lifts the mind and spirit,” said Amar Puri, a wiry man in a sweat-stained T-shirt, as he crouched on a patch of lawn and poured saltwater in one nostril with a neti pot. He snorted and sneezed, as the morning mist hovered just above the lead-gray surface of Phewa Lake, reflecting the Himalayas. ... Read More

Last Footfall in Nepal
Sunrise on Poon Hill, with a view of 26,795-foot Dhaulagiri.

By ETHAN TODRAS-WHITEHILL

Published: March 21, 2010

THE path is wide, the terrain easy, yet I keep losing my footing, tripping over stones and my own feet because I can’t watch the trail. My eyes refuse to leave the white mountain filling the sky before me, the 24,786-foot Himalayan peak Annapurna III. It dominates the horizon as surely as a sunset does, but with millenniums-old glaciers ringing its ... Read More

India: The real magic kingdom
Stephanie Nolen

In the holy Hindu city of Varanasi, my family and I stood respectfully back from the entrance to an ancient temple one day last spring, craning our necks a bit to get a glimpse of the elaborate gold idols inside, mindful of the worshippers edging past us to pray. Then the merry priest caught sight of my three-year-old son: He swooped over in a swirl of saffron robes, swept the child into his arms ... Read More

A Different Side of Goa
Upscale and untouched, a new breed of villas emerge for travelers seeking seclusion

By JEMIMA SISSONS

As the speedboat turns the corner on India's moss-green river Chapora and shoots past muddy water buffalo basking in the midday heat on the banks, Casa Colvale emerges majestically into sight. We could be forgiven for thinking that Doctor No or Odd Job are about to pop out of the chic cream and glass villa flanking the hill, and we have ... Read More

'Scarlett threatened by local few weeks before death'
Panaji, July 28 (IANS) In a new twist to Scarlett Keeling's brutal death, her boyfriend told a Goa court that she and her family were threatened by a local named Shanti a short while before she was found sexually assaulted and killed at the Anjuna beach in February 2008.

The British holidayer's boyfriend Julio Lobo, 27, also told the Goa Children's Court (GCC) earlier this month that both Scarlett, 15, and her mother Fiona Mackeown were ... Read More

Star Alliance 'moves under one roof' at Delhi's Terminal 3
New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) Star Alliance, the global pact among 28 airlines in which Air India is a member-elect, has become the first such interline pact to establish a common infrastructure node at the new terminal at the Indira Gandhi International Airport here.

Terminal 3 started full-fledged commercial operations Wednesday.

Nine Star Alliance member-carriers offer more than 70 flights daily to 10 global hubs in nine countries from the airport here and the integration of ... Read More

American woman found dead in Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad, July 28 (IANS) A 73-year-old American woman was found dead in her rented home in Ghaziabad Wednesday, police said.

The woman, identified as Arma Graham, was found dead in the morning by the house owners, an official said.

The house owner, Ranjit Sharma, told the police that Graham was not keeping well and she had taken some medicines from a local doctor Tuesday night.

"We found her dead in her room in the morning," Sharma ... Read More

American woman found dead in Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad, July 28 (IANS) A 74-year-old American woman was Wednesday found dead in the Ghaziabad house of a 25-year-old man, who claimed to be her friend since 2007, police said.

The victim, Arma Graham, was found dead in the morning by Ranjeet Sharma at his house in Govindpuram area of Ghaziabad, said Superintendent of Police (City) Avdesh Kumar Vijeta.

Arma had come to Ranjeet's house some days back. On Tuesday night, she complained about pain ... Read More