Concessions for wrongs won't win polls but ruin city'
Speaking at the Delhi Police Week celebrations at Vigyan Bhavan this evening, the Union Minister for Tourism and Culture, Jagmohan minced no words in criticising the proposed regularisation of
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Battery-operated buses to quieten Charminar
If the plans of the Tourism Department fructify, Hyderabad will have an Islamic Culture Museum soon. The museum will be part of Charminar pedestrianisation project which would thus be not limited to
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Himachal to set up Herbal resorts
With Spa and herbal resorts being the latest fad, especially amongst the foreing tourists, Himachal and Punjab will invite private investors to set up units as part of their tourism promotion
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UN sets schedule to target environmental issues
A U.N. commission on the environment and development issued an 11-year schedule last week to address global environmental issues ranging from clean drinking water to waste management and tourism.
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HP to promote eco-tourism
With the most of tourist resorts turning into concrete jungles, the Himachal government has decided to shift focus to eco-tourism for which the state has a vast
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UK funds worldwide Darwin projects
The increasing rates of extinction of plants and animals across the planet must be slowed to avoid the threat to human food supplies, opportunities for recreation and tourism, and sources of wood,
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Who pays the power bill? Tussle costs fish dear
The tussle between the Municipal Corporation of Delhi and the Delhi Tourism and Transport Development Corporation (DTTDC)
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UDFC turns to eco-tourism
Eco-tourism has emerged as the new buzzword for the Uttaranchal Forest Development Corporation facing stiff competition in the sale of wood. UDFC is cashing in on the rising mercury across the
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PATA starts anti-polythene bag campaign in Maldives
The Maldives' chapter of Pacific Asia Tourism Association is to conduct an environmental protection program against the use of polythene bags in Maldives. This program is to be conducted to mark the
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UP lying about Taj mall: Jagmohan
Union Minister for Tourism and Culture Jagmohan today asked the Uttar Pradesh government to,
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Heritage corridor: Jagmohan asks Maya to undo damage
Union Minister for Culture and Tourism Jagmohan has threatened to approach the Supreme Court if the UP government does not undo the damage caused at the Heritage Corridor site in Agra. The ministry
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Government to implement Rs 500 crore project to develop Pokkali farms
Fisheries and Tourism Minister Prof K V Thomas said that aquaculture and paddy cultivation in Pokkali farms are interrelated and the Government will implement a project of Rs 500 crore for the
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Eco-tourism camp in Sunderbans
An eco-tourism conservation camp along with an eco-museum, the first of its kind in the Sunderbans reserve Forest area, will be inaugurated on 15 July by state forest minister Mr Yogesh Barman. A
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UNESCO chief comes calling, Taj corridor on agenda
It may not be on the official agenda of the Union Ministry for Tourism and Culture but when UNESCO Director-General Koichiro Matsuura calls on Union Minister Jagmohan this Wednesday, one of the
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UNESCO shares concern, pats Govt for Taj move
It was the Heritage Corridor construction work near the Taj Mahal in Agra that dominated the 45-minute-long meeting between UNESCO Director General Koichiro Matsuura and Union Minister for Tourism
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Unesco team arriving to help protect Taj
The United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) will soon send a team of experts to India to discuss the issue of protecting the Taj Mahal with the ministry of tourism
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Protest against eco-tourism projects
The Wayanad Prakrithi Samrakshana Samithi has warned of a series of agitations if the government failed to revoke the decision to start eco-tourism projects in the Muthanga range of Wayanad Wildlife
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Andhra 'resorts' to tourism, not TB cure
In a bid to develop a tourist resort in a 313-acre land at Anantagiri Hills in Vikarabad in Ranga Reddy district, the Andhra Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation (APTDC) wishes to remove a
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State boosts tourism at the cost of basic health
Basic healthcare still remains a distant dream for people in the Sunderbans, West Bengal. The government, however, seems more interested in promoting tourism here. Sunderbans affairs minister Mr
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Depleting Natural resources of Goa
What is taking its toll on the Goan ecology? The mining industry, rising population, constant influx of people from elsewhere, construction activities, tourism development in wrong sphere, and lastly