HISTORICAL FACTS: 5 - Caught on Camera

That Pretty Bamboo Could Become Your Most Expensive Landscaping Mistake

Imagine spending $200 on a few beautiful bamboo plants to create a natural privacy screen in your backyard. Within a couple of years, you’ve got the lush, tropical-looking barrier you wanted, and you haven’t spent thousands of dollars installing a fence.

Frugal Gardening · Oct 15

VFS Global inaugurates its first visa application centre in Guwahati for 14 countries

VFS Global has inaugurated its first visa application centre in Guwahati, Assam, catering to multiple countries. The facility aims to serve applicants from several Northeastern states, improving accessibility for visa services. Various officials, including Assam's Chief Minister, attended the inauguration event. The centre will facilitate visa applications for countries including…

The Economic Times · Oct 15

Indian city’s attempt to create real-life ‘rainbow road’ spectacularly backfires

Government orders inspection after motorcyclists fall on freshly painted road

The Independent UK · Oct 15

Dooars in Cool Season: Gorumara, Jaldapara and the Tea Road Between

Why the Cool Months Change EverythingThe Dooars in October is a different country from the Dooars in July. The monsoon has just released it. The Jalpaiguri district's floodplains are still wet enough to hold animals at the edge of the grass, but the roads are passable and the leeches are…

Times Life · Oct 15

An eerie trip inside Thailand’s oldest amusement park, deserted after flooding

Siam Amazing Park was forced to close after rising water damaged rides and left parts of the park inaccessible

The Guardian - AU · Oct 14

Chenab railway bridge to open new tourists viewing deck; vistors will see Himalayan peaks from the world’s highest railway arch bridge standing 359 metres above riverbed

World's highest rail bridge: Indian Railways is setting up a dedicated viewing deck and an engineering museum near the Chenab bridge in Jammu and Kashmir. Standing 359 metres above the riverbed, the world's highest railway arch bridge will now offer tourists sweeping views of the surrounding Himalayan peaks alongside detailed…

The Economic Times · Oct 13

Vagamon to Kanthalloor: The Village Roads of Idukki's Interior

The Plateau Before the ClimbVagamon sits at roughly 1,100 metres and behaves like a place that has not decided whether it is a meadow or a cloud. The grass hills here are not the dramatic peaks that draw trekkers to Munnar; they are wide, open, and slightly damp at every…

Times Life · Oct 13

Wayanad Beyond Edakkal: Estates, Ghat Roads and the Drive Worth Taking

Why Most Wayanad Trips Miss the PointEdakkal is genuinely worth the climb. The Neolithic carvings are real, the views from the top are wide, and the history sitting in that rock shelter is older than most of what India calls ancient. But the cave is also where roughly ninety percent…

Times Life · Oct 13

Bathukamma in Telangana: Where to Be for the Final Night

What the Festival Actually IsBathukamma is a flower festival of Telangana, celebrated by women in the nine days leading up to Durgashtami in the Bhadrapada month of the Telugu calendar. The name means "come alive, mother", an address to the goddess Gauri embedded in each stack. Women build the stacks…

Times Life · Oct 13

Navratri 2026 Day 2 Colour: Maa Brahmacharini puja vidhi, bhog, naam, mantra and wishes

Today navratri colour: Shardiya Navratri Day 2 is dedicated to Maa Brahmacharini. The day falls on Monday, October 12, and the colour of the day is white. Check Maa Brahmacharini puja vidhi, bhog, naam, beej mantra and wishes

The Economic Times · Oct 12