The temple city of Konark is situated in the eastern state of Orissa at a distance of around 65 km from Bhubaneswar and 35 km from Puri.
Best time to visit: Being close the sea, the climate of Konark is never very harsh. With greenery surrounding the place, rainfall is heavy. The best season to visit Konark is between October...
NEW DELHI: After laying down rules for regulating tourism in critical tiger habitats, the Centre has now suggested a rehabilitation program for tribals living around them to save the endangered animal from traditional hunting.
"There is an urgent need to launch a rehabilitation and development program for denotified tribes and tribes involved in traditional hunting, living around tiger reserves and...
LONDON: Thousands of protesters in London, Glasgow and Belfast held a loud but peaceful march against British government's austerity measures aimed at slashing the nation's debt.
Labor leader Ed Miliband was among dozens of speakers addressing crowds at the biggest march in London.
Demonstrators wanted the coalition to end public service cuts and instead create policies they say can create growth.
However,...
NEW DELHI: A barrage of requests by security agencies to a leading telecom company for telephone tapping led it to say a polite no even to the India's premier external intelligence agency RAW.
The request by Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) to Bharti Airtel for lawful interception of some telephone numbers came even as the telecom company was flooded with...
MUMBAI: Worried over delays in prosecution of those found to be involved in frauds and other offences, market watchdog Sebi has asked the government to set up special courts to fast-track the process of bringing the guilty to book.
Expressing concern over some cases continuing for years, Sebi Chairman U K Sinha told PTI that there was a need for...
BANGALORE: US private equity firm Blackstone has inked India's biggest commercial real estate acquisition deal, which will give it 50% stake in a Bangalore builder-owned portfolio of three business parks for $200 million (over Rs 1,000 crore).
The deal beats Citigroup's acquisition of a Mumbai office building earlier this year for Rs 985 crore, which was bigger than Maple Tree's...
When the Supreme Court upheld the health-care reform law on federal tax grounds, it restocked a housing issue that had been relatively quiet for the past year: The alleged 3.8 percent "real estate tax" on home sales beginning in 2013 that is buried in the legislation.
A 3.8 percent surtax takes effect Jan. 1 on certain investment income of upper-income...
The treatment of unpleasant realities by not including them in his picture of the world comforts but at the same time befools a man. None of the great prophets like Jesus and Buddha denied the existence of sickness, the reality of pain, or the significance of suffering in the cosmos. No - they acknowledged them as being inseparable from human life...
If you seek ease and comfort for your bodies, waste your time in sensual pleasures and luxury, there is no hope for you. Inactivity, in other words, would bring to you death, and activity and activity alone is life. Look at the stagnant pond and the running stream.The crystal water of the rustling river is ever fresh, clear, drinkable, and attractive....
Harjeet Mehndi is a famous international singer. He has made his identity as an accomplished singer just as his brothers Daler Mehndi and Mika Singh. He started his singing career with the album 'Nach Punjaban Nach'. He will be performing in Diwali Mela organized by FIA and Fremont Hindu Temple on October 27 at Alameda Fair Grounds. In this...