TOURISM

Udaipur : The conventional coaches in the weekly Udaipur-Shalimar express will soon be replaced with the high tech LHB (Linke Hoffman Busch) coaches by the Ajmer division of the North Western Railway. Presently, two trains ferrying here Ananya Express and Hamsafar Express have these modern coaches.  LHB coaches are anti-telescopic and …

The Ministry of Tourism has declared that there has been 17 per cent growth in Foreign Exchange Earnings through tourism in India in March 2018 over March 2017. According to a statement released by the government, FEEs during the month of March 2018 were Rs 17, 294 crore as compared …

Udaipur : In a landmark decision passed against a hotelier company, a revenue court in Udaipur city ordered to remove the encroachment on the government pasteur land attached to the Island resort on Baba Magra at Jaisamand Lake in Sarada block. The resort is owned by SilverShadow Exports pvt ltd that had …

Udaipur : Members of the Udaipur chapter of INTACH (Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage) have demanded the officials to rectify information displayed on the signage at Badi talab, one of a prominent tourist spot in Udaipur city. PS Ranawat, a retired professor and coordinator of the Geo Heritage …

Chetak Samadhi at Haldighati in Rajsamand dist,is  a national monument protected by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) with a stone inscription laid by the tourism department which cites the memorial to be built in the memory of the supreme sacrifice that the loyal Chetak made while saving the life of his master. Udaipur …

  ‘Only grave of a tiger in the country with an epitaph’ Udaipur : While proposals are underway on relocation of tigers in various reserves, many few may know that the erstwhile rulers of Dungarpur state were the first on the world to have conducted Tiger re-location. It was 90 years …

Udaipur : A part of the heritage park- Gulab Bagh is under transformation. It will soon be home to exotic avian species and thus have a  new identity. Gulab bagh will be the state’s first Bird Park with a variety of local and scheduled species. It had been the old zoo for years however, …

  Udaipur : The magnificent Bagore-ki-Haveli located on the eastern shore of Lake Pichola is known because of its chequered history. The Haveli has a very typical and charming architectural style and a unique character. Presently, the haveli is under the possession of West Zone Cultural Center which undertook 5 years of …