The Israel Antiquities Authority, the Israel National Parks Authority and the City of David Foundation announced days before the new year that the Pool of Siloam, a biblical site cherished by Christians and Jews, will be open to the public for the first time in 2,000 years in the near future
As part of its efforts to boost tourism, the Ministry of Coal has converted suitable mine areas into eco-parks, sites for water sports, underground mine tourism, golf grounds, adventure, and bird watching.
After Manas National Park, another one-horned rhinoceros was seen chasing a tourist's vehicle in Kaziranga National Park & Tiger Reserve of Assam on Friday.
Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena on Saturday laid the foundation stone of Bharat Darshan Park Phase-II. The Bharat Darshan Park is spread over an area of 8.49 acres, as per an official statement.
Actor Suniel Shetty on Saturday visited the Bandhavgarh National Park in Madhya Pradesh. Suniel Shetty shared his experience of seeing tigers and the environment at Bandhavgarh National Park.
He was rescued from Kishanpur Tiger Reserve, on 1 March 2009 and brought to the zoo over 13 years back after he became a threat to the human population around the Dudhwa National Park.
A group of 10 women survivors of Bhopal gas tragedy on Friday started an indefinite hunger strike demanding that the state government and the Centre provide correct figures of victims before the Supreme Court.
The authorities in Sarthana Nature Park and Zoo in Surat have employed heaters and heating systems in the cages of animals including lions, tigers and deer to protect them from the low temperatures during the winter months.
The ministry of coal on Friday said this was part of the ongoing efforts of the coal ministry to develop eco parks on reclaimed land and to promote mine tourism.
As per the statement, Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu visited the multi-storeyed parking near Tutikandi where he directed the officers to ensure the time-bound shifting of major offices which were presently functioning from private buildings.