Government / Ministry News

» Thiruvananthapuram to soon offer Visa on Arrival facility for Tourists

Goa and Bangalore also on the shortlist of the Bureau of Immigration (BOI) for granting T-VoA ... Read more

» Deccan Shuttles to connect key cities of Gujarat from Aug 20

The service aims to connect Ahmedabad, Surat, Jamnagar, Bhavnagar and Kandla through 12 daily flights ... Read more

» Tourist Visa-on-Arrival see an up of 14.75 per cent in July

During the period January-July 2012, a total number of 7662 VoAs were issued as compared to 6594 VoAs during corresponding period of 2011 registering a positive growth of 16.2% ... Read more

» Tiger tourism lobbies hard to reverse order in SC final order on Aug 22

Top lawyers are engaged by various 'interested' parties; Conservationists and tribal groups are holding meetings to discuss how to tackle the fallout of the apex court's final decision ... Read more

» DGCA chief orders a comprehensive safety audit of all Indian carriers

Based on the findings for each operator, the regulator will come out with a corrective action list for them with a time-bound compliance period ... Read more

» Airlines restart booking for Patna Airport

The AAI, in light of the state government’s request, decided to put on hold its earlier decision which made its runway unfit for operation of big aircraft, and gave Bihar a 16-day breather ... Read more

» Jaipur airport on high alert following IB warning on possible hijack

Intelligence Bureau on Friday evening stated that Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Ludhiana and Srinagar could be targeted to execute a hijacking plan ... Read more

» Kerala to launch its own airlines to fly to the GCC nations

The new airlines 'Air Kerala' to follow the public-private partnership model & aim to ease problems of NRIs travelling between Kerala and the GCC nations ... Read more

» Wildlife tourism in Assam not affected by SC order : Tour Operators Association of Assam

Says that the core areas of the three tiger reserves in Assam were always out-of-bound for tourism activities and so the ban will not have a negative impact on the flow of wildlife enthusiasts in the state ... Read more

» MoCA asks airlines to submit foreign operation plans by August end

Ministry was not in favour of allowing international airlines to operate more flights into India till domestic carriers catch up with them; Move might dash the chance of Indian airports being global hubs ... Read more

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