WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken set out for a multi-country trip of which the first stop will be Brussels, where he is expected to provide reassurance to European allies on US support for Ukraine ahead of President-elect Donald Trump's second term.

MUMBAI: Actress Sumit Singh, who brings the character Pinni to life in “Shaitani Rasmein”, shared her passion for exploring new places and the special memories she’s made during her travels to picturesque locales.

PHAGWARA: The Nakodar city police have booked two travel agents for allegedly duping a Nakoda villager of Rs.58.15 lakhs on the pretext of sending him and his family abroad.

NEW DELHI: In preparation for the Chhath Puja festival, Railway Board Chairman Satish Kumar has said that Indian Railways is operating 195 special trains over 13 days from the Delhi area this year.

BENGALURU: Amid the ongoing row over potentially halting Karnataka's guarantee schemes, Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy on Saturday admitted that while continuing the Shakti free travel scheme for women poses challenges, the scheme will not be stopped under any circumstances.

NEW DELHI: As Bihar’s Chhath festival approaches, people from across India are making their way back to their villages, creating a massive rush in transportation. Bihar-bound trains are packed to capacity, with crowded stations and cramped conditions across all classes, including sleeper and third AC.

HANOI: Searches for travel to Vietnam saw a big jump globally from July to September, VnExpress reported on Wednesday, citing the online travel agency Agoda.

MUMBAI: TV actor Arjun Bijlani is currently enjoying his romantic Tanzanian getaway with his wife Neha. He said travelling with your partner is one of the best things you can do.

NEW DELHI:The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed a plea filed by prominent activist Teesta Setalvad seeking permission to attend the International Documentary Film Festival in Netherlands’ Amsterdam.

NEW DELHI: A whopping 97 per cent of Indians are planning to travel this festive and holiday season, and 33 per cent have already booked their travel, a report showed on Tuesday.

SEOUL: The number of pilots newly hired by South Korean air carriers rose 8 per cent (year-on-year) through August, data showed on Sunday, driven by post-pandemic travel demand.

NEW DELHI: India on Monday launched the revamped e-Migrate portal and mobile app, aimed at facilitating safe and legal overseas travel for its citizens. The initiative seeks to improve the ease of mobility for Indian labour while ensuring their safety and well-being abroad.

CHANDIGARH: Continuing its crackdown against illegal travel agents to protect the youth aspiring to settle abroad, Punjab Police’s NRI Affairs Wing and Cyber Crime Wing in coordination with the Protectorate of Emigrants, Chandigarh, have booked 18 more travel agencies in the State for illegally advertising employment opportunities on social media.

MUMBAI: Bollywood star Alia Bhatt has revealed her future plans and it includes making more movies, having more babies and jet-setting to several places.

NAIROBI: Kenya Airways, the country's flag carrier, said that the consolidation of airlines on the continent will help reduce the cost of intra-African air travel.

MUMBAI: On International Coffee Day, actor Tahir Raj Bhasin has spoken about his favourite brews and said that while travelling he uses “South Indian coffee filter”.

NEW DELHI: The US Embassy in India on Monday announced that it has opened an additional 250,000 visa appointments for Indian travellers, including tourists, skilled workers, and students.

JOHANNESBURG: Cricket South Africa (CSA) has confirmed that it will be travelling to Bangladesh for a two-match Test series beginning on October 21. The board also added that the squad for the series will be announced later on Monday.

BERLIN: Ahead of the UEFA Champions League clash against AC Milan on Tuesday, Leverkusen coach Xabi Alonso calmly outlined his team's biggest challenge.

NEW DELHI: On World Tourism Day, one is reminded of how visionary Prime Minister Narendra Modi promoted Gujarat when he was the state's Chief Minister, as a top tourist destination and put it on the world map drawing a sea of tourists.

JAIPUR: Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw will travel in a Kavach-fitted train on Tuesday for a trial to check the efficiency of the automatic protection system at Sawai Madhopur in Rajasthan.

MUMBAI: Actress Esha Deol took a train ride after a really long time and said that she will be traveling via Vande Bharat.

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on a three-day visit to the US to attend the Quad Leaders' Summit and the United Nations' 'Summit of the Future', and further strengthen India's long-standing relationship with the US and other Indo-Pacific allies.

CHANDIGARH: In a bid to protect the youth aspiring to settle abroad from falling prey to illegal travel agents as per the directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, Punjab Police’s NRI Affairs Wing and Cyber Crime Wing in coordination with the Protectorate of Emigrants, Chandigarh, have booked as many as 25 travel agents in the State for illegally advertising employment opportunities on social media.

JAIPUR: In an attempt to woo big investors from other countries to the 'Rising Rajasthan Investment Summit', Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma and his team of ministers and officials are travelling abroad to invite investors to invest in sectors like infrastructure, chemicals, automobile, electronics and food processing, etc.

MUMBAI: Bollywood actress Sonakshi Sinha and Zaheer Iqbal's New York adventure is giving us major travel envy! The duo recently explored the city together, and Sonakshi shared a thrilling video showcasing their exciting escapades.

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BANGKOK: Thailand's Foreign Ministry on Tuesday issued a "situation alert" for its citizens travelling to Israel and Lebanon following escalating tensions in the West Asian region.

HYDERABAD: At least five devotees, who were on their way to the Medaram Jatara, were killed in a road accident in Telangana's Mulugu district on Saturday, police said.

OTTAWA: Canada is easing the on-arrival test requirements for fully-vaccinated travellers starting February 28 as the latest wave of Covid-19 driven by the Omicron variant has passed its peak, Public Health Agency of Canada announced.

NURMAHAL:The Nurmahal police today arrested a travel agent for duping a Pasla
village resident of Rs.5 lakhs on the pretext of sending him
abroad.

NURMAHAL: The Nurmahal police arrested a travel agent for duping a village resident of Rs.12, 60 Lakhs on the pretext of sending him abroad.

BENGALURU:Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), the civic agency of Bengaluru, is seriously considering replicating the Mumbai model of making two doses of vaccination compulsory for those who travel by autos, taxis and public transport.

TEL AVIV: Israel will lift the travel ban on 55 countries, the Ministry of Health said in a statement.

WASHINGTON: The holiday season travel stress has only escalated in the US amid the surge of the Omicron variant of Covid-19, with several airlines reporting staff shortages from the spread of the coronavirus, leaving passengers with delayed or cancelled flights.

OTTAWA: Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos has urged Canadians with plans to travel abroad to cancel their trips as the Omicron variant spreads

TEL AVIV:The Israeli Health Ministry on announced its decision to ban travel to seven more countries to prevent the spread of the Omicron Covid-19 variant.

TEL AVIV: Israel has decided to ban travel to the UK and Denmark to prevent the spread of the new Omicron Covid-19 variant.

CHANDIGARH: Chandigarh witnessed another milestone in organ donation as for the first time a harvested heart from a deceased organ donor in PGIMERA here travelled around 2,500 km for a matching recipient in Chennai.

ADDIS ABABA: The African Union (AU) warned that travel and entry bans in connection with the emergence of the Omicron Covid-19 variant limit the free movement of people and goods, imposing immediate and significant impact on countries across the continent.

PHNOM PENH: Cambodia has removed a ban on travellers from 10 African countries after it was imposed nearly a week ago due to the Omicron variant of Covid-19, Health Minister Mam Bunheng said.

NEW DELHI: The national capital on Sunday reported the first case of new Covid variant Omicron. The patient had travelled from Tanzania and was admitted to the Delhi government-run Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Hospital. The patient has been found positive for the Omicron variant in a preliminary report.

PARIS: The French government has announced new travel restrictions that will enter into force on Saturday.

TORONTO: Canada has announced that all air passengers landing at its airports will be subjected to compulsary RT-PCR test for Covid and shall remain in isolation till report of their test comes.

GENEVA:The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that blanket travel bans will not prevent the international spread of the Covid-19 Omicron variant, even as dozens of countries have already introduced such restrictions.

NEW DELHI: Pakistan placed a complete ban on travel from seven countries in the wake of the discovery of a new variant of the coronavirus, Omicron, first detected in South Africa, according to a notification issued by the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), Dawn reported.

MANILA:The Philippines has imposed travel restrictions on travellers from South Africa, Botswana, and their neighboring countries "effective immediately" due to concerns over a new Covid-19 variant, a government official has said.

NEW DELHI:The World Health Organisation (WHO) has extended travel restrictions on Pakistan by three months due to it being the last polio-endemic country, along with Afghanistan, Geo News reported.

KATHMANDU: Nepal will not allow people from third countries to travel to India by rail via the Kurtha-Jayanagar railroad after Indian officials expressed security concerns, a senior official of the Department of Railways has said.

OTTAWA: Travellers who are fully vaccinated with the shots from Sinopharm, Sinovac and Covaxin will be allowed to enter Canada starting November 30, the Canadian government said.

NURMAHAL:The Nurmahal police have booked three travel agents for allegedly
duping a village resident of Rs.12, 60 Lakhs on the pretext of sending
him abroad.

OTTAWA:  Some border town Mayors on both sides of the Canada-US border held a virtual news conference to urge Ottawa to cancel the Covid-19 test requirement for fully vaccinated travellers.

NEW YORK:The US has opened it doors to fully vaccinated international travellers, welcoming the visitors who have been shut out of the country for about 20 months, which is seen as a relief for the tourism industry and for families separated by previous Covid-19 rules.

TOKYO: The Japanese government said that it would shorten the Covid-19 quarantine period for vaccinated business travellers from overseas upon their arrival to three days starting from November 8 onwards.

AYODHYA:  Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said the Delhi government would arrange free-of-cost travel for senior citizens from Delhi to Ayodhya.

JAKARTA:  Indonesian President Joko Widodo has called on Southeast Asian countries to accelerate the implementation of a regional travel corridor.

OTTAWA: he Canadian government has lifted its advisory against all non-essential international travel by Canadians outside the country which were in place since the onset of Covid-19 pandemic in March 2020.

COLOMBO:  The Sri Lankan government has announced that it has decided to restart the on-arrival Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) service at its airports for fully vaccinated international travellers.

NAKODAR:The Nakodar city police have booked a travel agent for allegedly duping a woman of Rs 6 lakh on the pretext of sending her sons abroad.The accused has been identified as Gurprit Singh a Paajian village in Kapurthala.

WASHINGTON:  The United States is planning to ease land travel restrictions for fully vaccinated visitors from Canada and Mexico in a phased approach kicking off in early November, local media reported.

OTTAWA:  The Canadian government has announced a Covid-19 vaccination mandate for federal employees and travellers aged 12 and older.

COLOMBO:  Sri Lanka's Army Commander Gen. Shavendra Silva said that the inter-province travel ban will remain in place until further notice despite the lifting of the nationwide quarantine curfew from Friday onwards.

NURAMAHAL:The Nurmahal police have arrested a travel agent for duping a Nurmahal
village resident woman of Rs.15 lakhs on the pretext of sending her
son abroad.

NAKODAR: The Nakodar sadar police have arrested a woman travel agent for duping a Nakodar village resident of Rs.8.31 lakhs on the pretext of sending him abroad.

MOSCOW: Just days ahead of the much-anticipated meeting between Russian President Vladmir Putin and his US counterpart Joe Biden, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has signed an order to nullify the Moscow-Washington Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on "open ground" that facilitated travels for diplomats in their host country.

SYDNEY: When we inhale isolated coronavirus particles, more than 65 per cent reach the deepest region of our lungs where damage to cells can lead to low blood oxygen levels, new research has discovered.

CHANDIGARH: The Health Minister Mr. Balbir Singh Sidhu said that now second dose of Covishield Vaccine will be administered prior to prescribe time interval after 28 days to persons who undertake international travel for specific purposes.

NEW DELHI: Almost a year ago, one of the busiest airports in the world- Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi had a deserted look brought about by the coronavirus. A year later, the airport has terminated operations on terminal 2 as a result of the reduced number of flights due to the second wave, which is turning out to be more deadly than the previous one.

NEW DELHI: The Indian government on Saturday dismissed reports claiming that people who are fully vaccinated with Covaxin may not qualify for travelling abroad as several countries are yet to approve the vaccine.

NEW DELHI: As several countries get ready to reopen their borders for vaccinated foreign travellers, Indians who have received Bharat Biotech's Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin jabs may not qualify for travelling abroad as many countries are yet to approve the vaccine.

BRUSSELS: The European Union (EU) has recommended to open its external borders to non-essential travel into the bloc if travellers have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19.

NEW DELHI: India's hospitality industry witnessed a decline of 38.7 per cent in revenue per available room (RevPAR) during Q1 2021 as compared to Q1 2020, according to JLL's Hotel Momentum India (HMI) Q1 2021, a quarterly hospitality sector monitor.

NEW DELHI: The government on Thursday said that the aerosol can travel up to ten metres from the infected person, and that aerosol through the infected person can fall within two meters but can be carried to ten teters through the air.

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN: The Brunei government on Monday announced the temporary suspension of entry for foreign nationals from four more South Asian countries over Covid-19 concerns.

SINGAPORE: Singapore and Hong Kong are for the second time postponing the start of their quarantine-free travel bubble, the Transport Ministry here said on Monday, citing "the evolving Covid-19 situation" in the city-state.

DHAKA: The Bangladesh government has banned the entry of travellers from Nepal as its neighbouring countries, including India, were reeling from a deadly second wave of the coronavirus pandemic.

NURMAHAL: The Bilga police have booked a woman travel agent for allegedly duping a Chandi Garh and Kurali (Rup Nagar ) residents of Rs 6.20 lakhs on the pretext of sending them abroad.

NURMAHAL: The Bilga police have arrested a travel agent for duping a man of Rs2.41 lakh on the pretext of sending him abroad.The Station House Officer (SHO) H.S.Maan said that the accused has been identified Balwindar Singh alias Goti son of Sagali Ram a resident of Mohalla Samra, Mehat Pur .

COLOMBO: The Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka (CAASL) on Thursday announced its decision to suspend all Indian travellers from entering the country with immediate effect in an effort to curb the spread of the Indian Covid-19 variant.

CANBERRA: Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne has denied suggestions that the government's decision to ban travel from India amid the country's worsening Covid-19 situation was motivated by racism.

JERUSALEM: The Israeli government on Friday decided to ban travel of Israeli citizens to seven countries over high Covid-19 morbidity and fear of the spread of variants of the virus, according to a joint statement issued by Prime Minister's Office and Health Ministry.

SHAHKOT: The Shahkot police have arrested a travel agent for duping a Shahkot resident of Rs4 lakhs on the pretext of sending him abroad.

CHANDIGARH: In view of the continuing surge of Covid-19 cases in the country as well as in the State, Punjab Chief Minister Capt. Amarinder Singh urged the people to exercise restraint on non-essential travel and local movement in order to contain the spread of the disease and to arrest its further spread.

NAKODAR: The Nakodar city police have booked two travel agents including a woman for allegedly duping two Nakodar residents of Rs 2 Lakhs on the pretext of sending them abroad.

NEW DELHI: The UK will impose travel restrictions on air passengers coming from India due to the fast-spreading coronavirus variant in the South Asian country, reports said on Monday.

CANBERRA: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Monday welcomed the opening of a travel bubble between his country and New Zealand, saying it was a "win-win" for both Canberra and Wellington.

SHAHKOT: The Shahkot police have arrested a travel agent for allegedly duping a Shahkot resident of Rs1.56 Lakh and Nakodar resident of Rs 1.20 Lakh on the pretext of sending them abroad.

SHAHKOT: The Shahkot police have booked three travel agents including a couple for allegedly duping a Shahkot resident of Rs4 lakhs on the pretext of sending him abroad.

BENGALURU: E-commerce major Flipkart will acquire online travel technology company Cleartrip.
A statement from Flipkart on Thursday said that it will acquire 100 per cent of Cleartrip's shareholding, as the company further enhances its investments to strengthen its digital commerce offerings for customers.

DUBLIN: People arriving in Ireland from the United States and 15 other countries and regions will have to complete a 14-day mandatory quarantine at a government-designated facility starting from 4 a.m. (Irish time) on April 15, according to a latest decision of the Irish government.

LOHIAN: The Lohian Khas police have booked a travel agent for duping a Sindharr village resident of Rs.10.80 Lakhs on the pretext of sending him abroad.

CANBERRA: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Tuesday welcomed New Zealand's decision to open its borders to travellers from the country.
Earlier in the day, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced that Australians will be allowed to enter the country without mandatory quarantine from April 19.

SHAHKOT: The Shahkot police have arrested a proclaimed (PO) travel agent for duping a Shahkot village resident of Rs.1.80 lakh on the pretext of sending his son abroad.

ROPAR: Following a dispute over a woman passenger demanding free travel ticket from conductor of a Punjab Roadways bus, the roadways staff beat up father of the passenger who reached at local bus stand on call by his daughter.

KAPURTHALA: Deputy Commissioner Kapurthala Mrs. Deepti Uppal said that to ensure that there should be no difficulty in availing the benefit of free bus travel to women, special teams have been formed to ensure its implementation in true spirit and manner

PATIALA: Going by the promise made by Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh of providing free bus travel for women, launched from 1st April, Pepsu Road Transport Corporation buses have given the benefit of the scheme to 99045 women passengers in the last two days.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Social Security, Women and Child Development Minister Mrs. Aruna Chaudhary, on Thursday, clarified that the free bus travel facility for women introduced by the Punjab Government would be applicable in government buses such as PRTC and Punjab Roadways plying from any corner of the state of Punjab to Chandigarh and vice-versa.

NAKODAR:Even though the Punjab chief minister office (CMO) had directed director general police (DGP) to act for free travel vouchers for Punjab Home Guards twenty one months ago but volunteers are still waiting for free bus passes.