London: There has been a 15.1 percent rise in the number of Indian students coming to the UK, according to latest figures released by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) on Monday.

India is now second to China in the number of overseas students in the UK. There has been a fall of 3.7 percent in the Chinese students, but the overall figure is still the highest in the list of overseas students - over 50,000.

The Chandigarh Administration is making a special endeavour to make Chandigarh as the ultimate tourist destination with host of infrastructural developments. However, the most crucial aspect for making a city into a brand, and into a 'lovemark' are the people who manage crucial services, and the residents. Since this requires a structured training framework, Chandigarh Chapter of Public Relations Society of India, launched its first pilot programme to train the city taxi drivers on January 25th - the National Tourism Day.