Government / Ministry News

» Excess Hotels in Sawai Madhopur put tiger reserve under pressure

In a day only 1,040 tourists can go into the park at a time and there are already 2,000 rooms available with another 2,000 rooms in various stages of construction ... Read more

» Kingfisher Airline importing ATF is bad economics: Oil companies

Oil firms stated that India is surplus in jet fuel and exports half of its production annually ... Read more

» India may put curbs on EU carriers due to Carbon Tax

Under a Horizontal Aviation Agreement between India and the 27-nation bloc EU, New Delhi allows any European airline to operate flights between India and any European Union member state ... Read more

» Kanyakumari to soon have a sound & light show

The trial run for the light and sound show, brought to the land’s end by ITDC at a cost of Rs. 2.25 crore, took place on Saturday at the new open air auditorium with a seating capacity of 300 ... Read more

» Dharamshala Triund ropeway project in limbo due to less tourist inflow in Kangra district

Tenders for the project were invited twice in 2009 and 2010 but no one responded to the tenders within the prescribed time period; a new starting point of the project from Patola proposed ... Read more

» West Bengal CM banks on tourism to earn revenue

Stresses on the need to create new tourist destinations that could cater to both foreign and domestic tourists ... Read more

» Turkey to grant free Visas to all TAAI delegates visiting Istanbul for the Convention

The Visa waiver gives the TAAI delegates a breather of about INR 2,700 ... Read more

» AI pilots end agitation on CMD assurance

Air India CMD Rohit Nandan assured that the Productivity-Linked Incentives (PLI) for September and October will be paid by January 20 ... Read more

» Sebi rejects plea to dilute Takeover Code

The move will force the government to rework its plan to permit foreign airlines to acquire a 26% stake in Indian carriers ... Read more

» CCI rejects complaints of cartelisation against private airlines

CCI observed that like in any peak season, during April and May 2011  due to high load factor the percentage of tickets sold in the higher buckets of all the airlines had gone up ... Read more

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