Government / Ministry News

» I-T slaps notice on Naresh Goyal, seeks details of foreign accounts

Goyal's company Tailwinds owns 79% stake in Jet Airways and is based in the Isle of Man, the UK ... Read more

» Religious Tourism records a high in Jammu Kashmir for 2011

Over 80 lakh people visited Mata Vaishno shrine till November while more than 6 lakh pilgrims visited holy Amarnath Cave ... Read more

» Major hotels, pubs, discos in New Delhi told to pay for music played at events

An interim injunction by the Delhi High Court bars the hotels from playing recorded music, without first paying music license ... Read more

» Himachal Pradesh plans to teach tourism in schools

Himachal Tourism Development Board has also given its nod to enforce "quality tourism certificate" to encourage international standards along with secure environment to the tourists ... Read more

» Rajgir in Bihar to hold 3 day festival

Along with the cultural extravaganza in Rajgir, tourists will also be willing to try their hands at rock climbing, parasailing and paragliding at the hills of Rajgir ... Read more

» Hotel owners in Srinagar seeks rollback of user charges 

The Srinagar Municipal Corporation has issued notices / bills to all the hotel, guesthouse and restaurant owners in Srinagar asking them to deposit hitherto unknown ‘User Charges’ ... Read more

» Himachal Pradesh to construct nine ropeways to promote tourism

The state government has also taken the improvement and maintenance works of roads on priority ... Read more

» APTDC and ILFS draw up a Rs 500-crore Vizag tourism development plan

To develop the city as a world class leisure and business tourism destination with a mix of public and private funding ... Read more

» Secretaries panel endorses proposal to import jet fuel

The airlines’ fuel bill will need Cabinet nod, move may help save airlines at least Rs 2,500 crore annually, a fourth of their total aviation turbine fuel (ATF) bill of Rs 10,000 crore ... Read more

» Tourism Ministry mulls e-visa to boost inbound tourism

The approval for such a system will have to win the confidence of the home & external affairs ministries for reasons of security and proper documentation of foreign visits ... Read more

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