0028 IST, Monday, July 21, 2014 
Culture/Tourism
Tourist arrivals surging in SikkimGangtok, March 28 (IANS) Domestic tourist inflow into Sikkim is on the rise so far this year, but there has been a drop in foreign tourists visiting the state. |
Goa legalises bullfightingPanaji, March 24 (IANS) The Goa legislative assembly Tuesday unanimously passed amendments to the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (PCA) act legalising 'dhirio' or bullfighting in the coastal state. |
India is often described as a tourist paradise. From the mighty snow-capped Himalayas of Kashmir in the north to the shimmering seas of Kanyakumari in the south, the verdant deltas of Sunderbans in the east, the world's largest protected eco-and-game reserve to the historic forts and shrines of Rajasthan to the west – India has everything that the footloose traveller would like to sample. 
