On one hand IRCTC is launching various initiatives to make it easier for consumers to book train tickets online and on the other hand they are coming up with rules that will make life difficult for consumers. According to a Cleartrip post published couple of days back, it has
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As a young basket-baller during mid 70’s, I often used to get the opportunity of visiting Bombay (now Mumbai) from Bangalore and play in tournaments in Matunga. And once you are in Bombay, you can’t resist going to the famous VT Station. It was here that when I used
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It’s always easy to have armchair discussions about what the government should do and what it isn’t doing. Notwithstanding that, here are a few things we’d love to suggest to the tourism ministry, because we can’t help but say again and again that India can make a lot of
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It’s only natural that when foreign nationals visit India either for business or for leisure, they’re going to arm themselves with utility oriented information that they need to travel within the country. This would include apps for finding taxis in India, maps of India, metro train apps, ATM locators,
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Traveling for business is one area that requires maximum amount of information, planning and co-coordinating – whether it is bagging the best priced ticket, getting a good hotel deal, checking last minute flight cancellations, knowing how far the airport is located from your hotel or how much will a
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There is no doubt that India is one of the toughest countries to live for expats – and the recently released Expat Explorer survey conducted by HSBC reveals exactly that. Among the 31 countries surveyed, expats have ranked India as the toughest country to live based on their experience
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Booking Train Tickets is getting easier and easier – Gone are the days when a very slow IRCTC website was the only channel for booking train tickets online. Now we have IRCTC partners like Cleartrip & others who have made booking tickets a breeze. And according to the announcement
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After covering over 8 Indian cities Google Transit has now spread its wings to Navi Mumbai, Kalyan and Thane. This is surely going to help people who stay or travel on the outskirts of Mumbai. Although travelling within Mumbai and its suburbs is relatively easier, if one has to
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The Tatkal emergency reservation scheme of Indian Railways was introduced to facilitate latecomers to avail of train berths just few days before the actual date of journey on being charged nominal extra costs. Earlier, Indian Railways kept reserved one whole bogey for Tatkal passengers; but now the accommodation system
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There’s something about India as a tourist destination that makes is exotic, exciting, mysterious, enchanting, exhilarating, incredible, humbling – call it what you will. India has become an increasingly popular destination for all kinds of travelers from across lengths and breadths of the world – from shoestring backpackers, spa
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