Government / Ministry News

» East African Countries face challenges to adopt single tourist visa

The challenges were faced in collection and distribution of revenue, security and economic as well as technological infrastructure ... Read more

» New tourist centre to come up in Chikhalkoba, Tulsishyam range in Gujarat

The centre will host jeep safaris similar to Sasan. It will to tap the tourists, who often club together visit to places like Diu, Somnath, and Gir and for whom Sasan may prove to be too far ... Read more

» UNESCO listed Darjeeling Himalayan Railway to be restored upto Siliguri by 2013

Railway minister Mukul Roy on Sunday inaugurated two new services from Darjeeling: a joyride to ghoom station, the fourth of its kind, and another to Kurseong ... Read more

» Tourist spots in Coorg to be provided with basic facilities like drinking water, toilets

Coorg Municipal body also to initiate measures to check illegal homestays in the district ... Read more

» Non-payment of staff is not DGCA's concern: Arun Mishra

Newly appointed DGCA Arun Mishra told it was not the DGCA’s intention to catch and kill an airline, but to improve safety. Whenever there was an audit, the problem was found out, to be rectified by the airlines. ... Read more

» Hyderabad to get a Rs 100 crore biodiversity museum

The state board would also develop a biodiversity park alongside the museum on a sprawling 15-acre land on the Gachibowli-Mehdipatnam road ... Read more

» IRCTC to double capacity to enable eight lakh online bookings in a day

Approximately 35 lakh transactions in June 2012 and almost 37 lakh attempts in May 2012 had failed due to the huge rush to book railway tickets online ... Read more

» Puducherry is the most preferred upcoming tourist destination: Minister

'Puducherry tourism road show' held in Singapore; city could become a connecting hub for pilgrimage and spiritual tourism in Puducherry and Karaikal ... Read more

» AAI increases charges for ground handling services across 60 airports

This will further increase operating costs as the ground handling agencies, called third party ground handlers, will pass on the costs to airlines which in turn will pass it on to passengers ... Read more

» AI, AIE to operate 56 more flights from South India to Gulf

The move was aimed at clearing the rush of the Non-resident Keralites working in the Middle East and planning to come home during Ramzan and Onam ... Read more

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