God's own drink
The launch of Palm Lahar soft drink could have gone unnoticed as just another cola launch, had it not been for the owner of the brand. Unbelievable as it may sound, it's the tourism-minded government of Kerala.
The launch of Palm Lahar soft drink could have gone unnoticed as just another cola launch, had it not been for the owner of the brand. Unbelievable as it may sound, it's the tourism-minded government of Kerala.
New Delhi: All tourist operations within 5km of all 600-plus tiger reserves, national parks, sanctuaries and wildlife corridors in the country will have to fork out a minimum of 10% of their turnover as
Hyderabad, Dec. 4: The Obulapuram Mining Company, owned by Mr Gali Janardhan Reddy, tourism minister of Karnataka, and Anantapur Mining Corporation, owned by his wife on Friday approached the Andhra Pradesh High Court against the letters written by the ministry of environment and forests, Government of India.
This Goa Vision 2035 document provides the roadmap for the next 25 years for all around development and growth of the state. It recommends closure of all mines extracting ore beyond the permissible limit set under the Environment Clearance.
One of the major barriers to addressing complex social–ecological issues through integrated coastal management (ICM) is a lack of intergovernmental coordination and cooperation (horizontal and vertical
In a major blow to Karnataka Tourism Minister G Janardhan Reddy, whose mining company is in the thick of a controversy, the Andhra Pradesh Government today ordered immediate halt to iron ore mining in the state. The move comes against the backdrop of allegations of illegal mining against Obulapuram Mining Corporation (OMC) owned by Reddy.
Based on Gujarat’s town planning schemes, Ahmedabad’s Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology (Cept) University has prepared a master plan for Patna’s town planning scheme. The draft, which has
Call them the lakers . Some 10,000 of them. Parts of the Dal land and water belong to them. And when they feel the need to make a floating garden or land on the lake, they simply do it. Especially since the militancy problem in the Valley began, there
Nov. 10: The Chief Minister, Mr K. Rosaiah, on Tuesday asked officials to submit a report within 10 days on alleged irregularities committed by the Obulapuram Mining Corporation. The Corporation is owned by the Karnataka tourism minister, Mr Gali Janardhan Reddy, who led the revolt against the Chief Minister, Mr B.S. Yeddyurappa.
Goa is rapidly destroying its natural charms. The once lovely beaches are lovely no more, the banks of the great estuaries once clothed in unbroken forest are now defaced by a rash of ugly buildings and the government is even handing over tracts of forest and agricultural land to commerce and industry. Goa may continue to be a popular tourist resort but only in the hinterland will its beauty and charm survive.
MUMBAI: UNESCO officials who are in Matheran to assess the merits of the 102-year-old Neral-Matheran Light Railway will complete their task on Friday. India's Ministry of Railways is seeking UNESCO World Heritage Site status for this little marvel - the toy train that bears loads of passengers to the hill station along a track that is two-ft wide.
New Delhi: By next year, Delhi can expect to have its own hop-on-hop-off heritage tourist bus service modelled on the lines of the London counterpart.
Everyone knows of the tiger s endangered status, but the government seems unwilling to face the reality. So far, it has tried to resolve the issue through conferences and meetings, but there has been no concrete action
The Supreme Court recently issued a notice to the Uttar Pradesh government on the state's plans to construct a commercial corridor between Taj Mahal and Agra Fort. The court cited the Krishan
Minister for Tourism Matanhy Saldanha, on July 26, declared the Goa State government's intentions of forming a policy to regulate the allotment of shacks along the coastal belt. Besides working out
Kenya's Ogiek tribal people, one of the last hunter-gatherer communities in east Africa, have joined Botswana's San people (or Bushmen) in their fight against the government to allow them return to
Over 20 tons of refuse, including water plants, human produced waste and other rubbish was removed from Fewa Lake (Nepal) during a campaign to clean up the lake. Tourism entrepreneurs, journalists,
Nagercoil: Kanyakumari is the only district where almost all forests are primeval, dense and worth mentioning. Various types of forests from luxuriant tropical wet evergreen forests to southern thorn scrub forests are there in Kanyakumari division because of diverse locality factors varying rainfall from 50 to 130 cm and elevations from sea level to 1,829 meters, said the Tourism Minister, N.
BHUBANESWAR: For nature lovers of the Capital, here is a chance to hit the nature
India's first butterfly park, also the largest in the world, was opened to pubic in November, 2006 at Bangalore. Biotech News requested some of the people involved in the establishment of this unique facility, to re-visit the park and provide a feedback.