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India can become a major tourism destination by 2022: Modi
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 29 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that India's rank on the Travel and Tourism Competitive Index has jumped to 34 from 65, adding that it could become one of the major tourist destinations by 2022 with the countrymen's support.
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Mahatma Gandhi 150th birth anniversary: Yeddyurappa to conduct video confe
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Sept 21 (ANI): Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on Saturday said that Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP's national working president JP Nadda will hold a meeting with him today through video conference to discuss plans for Mahatma Gandhi's 150th birth anniversar
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Railway installs plastic bottle crushing machine in Mumbai Rajdhani Expres
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Sept 19 (ANI): In an eco-friendly bid, the Western Railway for the first time has installed a PET (polyethylene terephthalate) bottle crushing machine in Mumbai Rajdhani Express.
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Sudarsan Pattnaik calls for water conservation through sand art
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Puri (Odisha) [India], Sep 12 (ANI): With an aim to send out a strong message to the people to use water judiciously on the occasion of 'Anant Chaturdashi', sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik has created a sculpture of a running tap at Odisha's Puri beach on Thursday.
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Raipur family distributes free cloth bags to discourage use of plastic
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], Sept 6 (ANI): Inspired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Independence day speech in which he urged citizens to eliminate the use of single-use plastic, Bairagi family here is distributing home-made cloth bags, free of cost, to everyone they encounter in the mar
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India is 'close, trusted friend' of Uzbekistan: Envoy
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 1 (ANI): India is a "close and trusted friend" of Uzbekistan and both countries share fast-growing and dynamic relations, said Uzbek Ambassador Farhod Arziev here on Sunday.
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Likee creates Guinness World Record for I-Day campaign
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 22 (ANI): Likee, the pioneering global short video creation platform, has won the Guinness World Record for creating the largest online video album of people waving the Indian flag during its 'No matter where I am, #IAMINDIAN' campaign.
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PM Modi talks to British PM, raises vandalism outside Indian High Commissi
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 20 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a telephonic conversation with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday and drew his attention to the challenges posed by vested interests pursuing their motivated agenda while referring to vandalism by a mob outside
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Canada: Ottawa streets decked up in tricolour for I-Day celebrations
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], Aug 19 (ANI): Holding tricolours, scores of Indian nationals marched through the streets of Ottawa on Sunday to celebrate India's Independence Day.
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Afghan govt postpones Independence Day celebration following Kabul attack
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Aug 18 (ANI): The Afghan government on Sunday announced the postponement of long-planned Independence Day celebrations in wake of the suicide bombing at a wedding hall in Kabul. It also postponed the inauguration of Darulaman Palace scheduled for Monday, Tolo News Report
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Modi's I-Day speech thought provoking, extremely courageous: Shatrughan Si
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], Aug 18 (ANI): Known for his criticism of Narendra Modi, Congress leader Shatrughan Sinha played a different tune on Sunday and termed the Prime Minister's Independence Day address as "extremely courageous" and "thought-provoking".
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Andhra doctor asked for explanation over I-Day dance on 'inappropriate' so
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Aug 18 (ANI): A doctor working at a government-run hospital in Visakhapatnam was asked for an explanation by authorities of the facility after a video of him dancing on their Independence Day function went viral.
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