Puri tourism at stake as hotels pose threat to sea
Orissa's best brand name in the field of tourism, Puri may soon acquire a dubious distinction of being one of the most sea polluting towns of the country. Thanks to the unbridled mushrooming of
Orissa's best brand name in the field of tourism, Puri may soon acquire a dubious distinction of being one of the most sea polluting towns of the country. Thanks to the unbridled mushrooming of
Finding a place to stay in the remote and far-flung areas would no longer be a problem, especially for trekkers and wildlife lovers, as accommodation will be made available in 400 forest rest houses t
The Himachal Pradesh Tourism Minister, Major Vijay Mankotia, announced that the State Government would organise at Shimla and in the apple belt, an event similar to the recently-held centenary
State gets high praise from Planning Commission on exceptional performance As projected by the State Government, the Planning Commission has approved the Annual Plan Size 2012-13 for Arunachal Pradesh at Rs 3,535.00 crores. This was finalized at the meeting held between Deputy Chairman Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia and the Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh Nabam Tuki at the Planning Commission on Wednesday. The meeting was also attended by Union Minister of State for Planning Ashwani Kumar and other members of the Planning Commission.
Number of participants taking part at the angling competition, organised jointly by the Department of Fisheries, department of Tourism and HP Angling Association at Pong Dam today, expressed their
A voluntary tax on tourists who visit the luxury resorts and white sands of the Maldives could raise up to $100 million a year towards the country's aim to become carbon neutral by 2020, President Mohamed
The United Nations Development Fund (UNDP) has decided to finance a project in Nagaland for development of sustainable tourism with active community
Tourists are not the problem
The cost to BP of the Deepwater Horizon disaster, in terms of the clean-up, compensation for the fishing and tourism industries, and possibly punitive damages, could be $10bn (
Injustice continues to haunt the Narmada River Valley! The Narmada Valley projects comprise 30 large dams, 135 medium size dams, 3000 small dams and a minimum of 75,000 kms of canal networks to direct the waters.
The 2010 Commonwealth Games (CWG) will be held in New Delhi, India, from 3-14 October 2010. Given the many unanswered questions that have marked the CWG process, the Housing and Land Rights Network
Small Island Developing States are experiencing some of the earliest and most severe impacts of climate change. Through a series of case studies illustrated with compelling satellite imagery, a new publication
Delhi has been named the most competitive city in India for its demonstrated ability to attract capital, business, talent and tourists by a new Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) research report. The study, commissioned by the Citigroup, ranked Delhi at number 68 in the list of 120 of the world’s major cities. The national capital has edged out financial hub of Mumbai, which ranked 70th in the index, followed by Bangalore, India’s Silicon Valley, at 79th rank, Pune at 97, Chennai at 105 and Kolkata at 106.
AHMEDABAD: The recent price rise may be pinching your pockets, but for the price conscious Amdavadi here is some good news. The city has been rated by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) as 19th in the world, in terms of economic strength. Apart from this, the only other Indian city ranked in the same sub-category is Bangalore at 16th. Of the 20 cities listed by EIU under the category of economic strength, 15 cities belong to Asia, while Ahmedabad and Bangalore are the only two Indian cities.
The Survey of India team led by Maj Gen Ashok Kumar Peda, which is surveying mines area of Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC) owned by Tourism minister G Janardhan Reddy, will submit its report to the Supreme Court on April 22.
The Bombay High Court has granted additional time to government authorities to ensure implementation of the policy decision taken by government for appropriate cleanliness in the city and more particularly on the beaches of Goa. The collectors of both the districts and the director tourism as also the director of municipal administration have been asked to file detailed affidavits by March 5, 2008.
The Uttaranchal government has identified 22 places to be developed as tourist destinations to take off the pressure of tourists from Mussoorie and Nainital. Uttaranchal tourism minister TPS Rawat
Expressing concern over lack of transfer of technology from laboratories to field, Agriculture Minister Ghulam Hassan Mir today said he had directed the Agriculture Extension Department to cultivate maize in the irrigated and tourism significant areas like Pahalgam, Sonmarg, Tangmarg and Shopian.
THINGS HAVE got more tense in Bellary, the hub of illegal mining in Karnataka. On March 29, a gang of eight attacked those mine owners who had filed a case in the Supreme Court on the illegal mining done by the company owned by Janardhana Reddy, the Karnataka Tourism Minister.
Over Rs 17,000 crore worth of investments in Uttarakhand would be impacted, if the proposals of a Government study to stop work on various hydel projects in the State are implemented. A recent Government