Aviation & Tourism

London, Jan 21 (UNI/Sputnik) Pablo Picasso's painting "La fenetre ouverte" (the Open Window) will be offered at auction for the first time ever with an estimated price ranging from 14 to 24 million pounds ($19 to 32 million), Christie's…

Dharamsala, Jan 18 (UNI) A plan is being prepared to develop Dharamsala, Palampur, Nagrota Bagwan from the point of view of tourism and for this, the Asian Development Bank is also preparing an action plan through the tourism department.…

Nur-Sultan, Jan 13 (UNI/Sputnik) In connection with the stabilization of the situation in Kazakhstan, the measures to evacuate Russian citizens by aircraft of the Defense Ministry are being completed, and regular passenger flights…

Srinagar, Jan 9: Flight operations at Srinagar Airport resumed on Sunday and 28 out of 33 scheduled flights took off to their respective destinations. The flight operations have been affected for the past several days due to snowfall and…

Islamabad, Jan 9 (UNI) Pakistan's Opposition party leaders have slammed Prime Minister Imran Khan-led government over the deaths of tourists in Murree due to heavy snowfall and traffic congestion, media reported on Sunday. Pakistan Muslim…

Nur-Sultan, Jan 8 (Sputnik) Kazakhstan is going to resume flights via the international airport of Aktau starting from January 8, a correspondent of Sputnik Kazakhstan reported, citing the authorities of the Mangystau Region. The flights,…

New Delhi, Jan 1 (UNI-Nirbhay Kumar) Even as Omicron cases rise rapidly, the travel industry is hopeful of bouncing back sooner than later with widening vaccination coverage and seemingly milder symptoms of the new strain. "We see a huge…

New Delhi, Dec 31 (UNI) Finance Ministry has asked administrative ministries of IRCTC, Balmer Lawrie and Ashok Travels & Tours to ensure that the three authorised agencies provide the option to buy tickets directly through an…

Los Angeles, Dec 31: California Governor Gavin Newsom issued a state of emergency in several counties in the wake of recent winter storms, which caused power outages, damaged structures, uprooted trees and barricaded roads across the state.…

Shimla, Dec 31: The historic Ridge ground was evacuated over Covid concern at 1930 hrs by Shimla police, a senior officer of district administration confirmed on Friday. Talking to UNI District Magistrate and Deputy Commissioner of Shimla…

Dharamshala, Dec 30: Kangra police has been geared up in McLeodganj and Dharamshala on New Year Eve to maintain law and order and provide better facilities to visiting tourists. Kangra district police Chief Mr. Kaushal Sharma told UNI on…

Darjeeling, Dec 30: Rescue and evacuation operations continued for the second day on Thursday as some 200 travellers, including trekkers have been stranded on the Sandakphu region in northern West Bengal after massive snowfall enveloped the…

Hamirpur (HP), Dec 30: HP Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur has asked the Pawan Hans authorities to slash the rates of Shimla-Dharamshala heli taxi services to promote tourism in the state of Himachal Pradesh. In a meeting held in New Delhi…

Port Blair, Dec. 28: The Chief Secretary, Andaman and Nicobar administration, Jitendra Narain has asked officials to conduct a survey of assets for the last 10 years of local serving and retired officials including their moveable and…

Moscow, Dec 27: A Russian Mi-2 helicopter with two people aboard crashed in Udmurtia on Monday, and the pilot survived, a spokesman of the emergency services told Sputnik. "Rescuers received a message about the fall of a…

Shimla, Dec 26 (UNI) Tourist resort Kufri and Narkanda received light snowfall on Sunday with overcast inclement weather conditions prevailing in the state, the Met Office said. Tourist resort Kufri, Fagu and Narkanda recorded five to…

Washington, Dec 27: Hundreds of flights were cancelled globally over the Christmas weekend, due to the spread of the Omicron strain of the coronavirus amid airline workers. According to FlightAware, which provides aviation data, 2,513…

Gangtok, Dec 25 (UNI) 'Due to heavy snowfall in Nathula, Tsogmu Lake and area around, the tourists got stranded, there are 275+ vehicles of tourists there, but they are enjoying the snow,' said Station House Officer Thinley Rabden.…

Kabul, Dec 26:  The Taliban (under UN sanctions for terrorism) denied that a deal had been reached with Qatar and Turkey that would allow the two to jointly run airports in Kabul and other Afghan cities. The Turkish state news agency…

Kolkata, Dec 23: The InterGlobe Aviation Ltd (IndiGo) appointed Neetan Chopra as Chief Digital and Information Officer (CDIO). He will join IndiGo with effect from January 3, 2022. Neetan, with over 25-years’ experience will take on this…