Government / Ministry News

» Air India sees profit on only 3 routes out of 300 it flies

Plans to revamp the salary structure & put half of the productivity linked incentive part into salaries and the rest will be paid only after the airlines make profits: Ajit Cingh ... Read more

» Delhi proposed to be in UNESCO'S World Heritage City list

The proposal of “Delhi- A heritage City” prepared by INTACH for the purpose of Tentative listing ... Read more

» Maharashtra on way to be the first state to list buffer areas of all its tiger reserves

An expert committee will meet in Nagpur on Thursday, to take a call on the boundary of buffer area of the Sahyadri Tiger Reserve & resolve the key issue of contention in the SC case ... Read more

» Foreign Tourist Arrivals in India up 2.1 per cent in July compared to last year

FTAs during the period January-July 2012 were 37.62 lakh with a growth of 6.6 %, as compared to the FTAs of 35.29 lakh with a growth of 10.7 % during January-July 2011 ... Read more

» Udayagiri Caves, Bhubaneswar and Konark to get sound & light shows

Special Buddhist Train to Buddhist Circuit in Odisha also on cards by end of the year ... Read more

» MoCA invites Fresh tenders for operating Haj flights

Earlier, MoCA had accepted the bid documents submitted by SpiceJet and Saudi Arabian airlines even as they failed to meet the tender specifications ... Read more

» Vizag airport likely to commence 24 hours operations

The secretary of defence ministry is expected to hold a meeting with senior officials of the Navy in Delhi on August 9 to discuss the contentious issue of allowing the Vizag airport to operate 24 hours ... Read more

» Assam requests external aided loans for tourism development

Assam has so far received close to one billion dollars as loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) ... Read more

» International Mayor's Forum on Tourism to be held at Zhengzhou in China

Ahmedabad Mayor to attend the forum which will be held on September 26-29, 2012 ... Read more

» Delhi Hoteliers oppose additional luxury tax to be levied from Aug 10

The proposed 3 per cent luxury tax would be levied on hotel rooms (tariff above Rs 750), banquet halls, spas, health clubs (annual turnover of Rs 5 lakhs). The luxury tax would be in excess of the VAT levied ... Read more

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