”Udaipur” News

Truck crash kills 86 pilgrims in India

JODHPUR, India (AFP) - The toll in one of India 's worst road accidents mounted to 86 on Saturday as one of scores rescued from the mangled wreckage of a truck that fell into a ravine died in hospital, police said.
09 9 2007 5:50AM (...more)

Man gets life term for raping British tourist in Rajasthan

JAIPUR, India (Reuters) - A Rajasthan court sentenced a guesthouse owner to life in prison on Wednesday for raping a British tourist last December.
05 1 2008 2:34AM (...more)

Travel + Leisure World's Best List

NEW YORK - Midwest Airlines was named best domestic airline in Travel + Leisure magazine's annual readers' survey.
09 2 2007 9:02PM (...more)

Indian tourism bosses worry after rape complaints

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian tourism officials are meeting this week to discuss the safety of tourists after at least seven foreign women and girls said they had been raped or molested over the past 20 days, a ministry spokesman said.
01 22 2008 5:42AM (...more)

Madonna visits Mumbai's religious sites on India visit

MUMBAI (AFP) - Madonna, dubbed the Queen of Pop, visited a synagogue, a church and a mosque on Wednesday in India 's financial capital as part of a holiday with her family.
01 10 2008 5:49AM (...more)

Madonna tours Mumbai slum during India holiday

MUMBAI (AFP) - Pop icon Madonna Tuesday walked through narrow lanes in a slum and visited a flea market in India 's financial capital during a holiday with her family.
01 9 2008 7:07AM (...more)

Madonna rings in New Year in India: reports

NEW DELHI (AFP) - US pop icon Madonna and her film director husband Guy Ritchie rang in the New Year in a remote village in the northern Indian desert state of Rajasthan , reports said Tuesday.
01 2 2008 8:54PM (...more)

The Darjeeling Limited Soundtrack From Abkco: Wes Anderson's Film Offers Unique Mix Of Western Rock, Pop, Indian Film Music, Classical Pieces

The Darjeeling Limited, director Wes Anderson 's new film will be released later this month as will a soundtrack album that includes the music of legendary Indian film director Satyajit Ray, plus great rock songs by The Kinks , Rolling Stones and others.
09 9 2007 5:36PM (...more)

Americans part of tourism boom to India

NEW DELHI - Keith Lotman went to New Delhi on a two-week business trip. But a quick day of sightseeing in India's capital city left him enthralled and ready to see more of the country.
07 16 2008 10:09AM (...more)

Americans are part of boom in tourism to India

NEW DELHI - Keith Lotman went to New Delhi on a two-week business trip. But a quick day of sightseeing in India's capital city left him enthralled and ready to see more of the country.
07 15 2008 10:43AM (...more)