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Parliamentary Committee favours tax sops for limited period for developing
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi, Jan 6 (ANI) A Parliamentary Committee has favoured a policy wherein tourism in militancy-hit Jammu and Kashmir can be supported and developed by giving tax sops for a given time period and "leaned off slowly".
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Unregulated tourism activities at tourist spots adversely affecting ecolog
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi, Dec 30 (ANI) Unregulated tourism activities at several tourist spots, including some heritage sites in the country, are adversely affecting the ecological balance in those places, a Parliamentary Committee has said.
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Airline cancellation charges can't exceed half of basic fare, Indigo worst
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Dec 27 (ANI): The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture has recommended that the flight cancellation charges cannot be more than 50 percent of the basic fare.
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Lalu granted interim bail in IRCTC scam case
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 20 (ANI): A Delhi court on Thursday granted interim bail to former Bihar chief minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) president Lalu Prasad in the 2013 Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) scam case.
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Ban on Indian currency notes worries traders, locals in Nepal
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Bhairahawa [Nepal], Dec 18 (ANI): Traders and locals are worried over the decision of Nepal government to ban the use of high denomination Indian currency notes of Rs 200, Rs 500 and Rs 2,000 in the country.
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Nepal's ban on Indian currency may impact tourism
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Birgunj (Nepal) Dec 14 (ANI): The Nepal government has banned the use of Indian currency notes of Rs 2000, Rs 500 and Rs 200. The government has asked the citizens to abstain from keeping or carrying Indian currencies higher than Rs 100 which cease to be legal tender.
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Indians top list of foreign tourists visiting Nepal
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Dec 14 (ANI): As many as 2,60,124 Indian tourists have visited Nepal in the last ten months, taking the number of tourists visiting the neighbouring country to a whopping one million.
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Centre, ADB sign $31mn loan to boost tourism in TN
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi, (India), Dec 11, (ANI): New Delhi, Dec 11 (ANI) A project to boost tourism in Tamil Nadu will be funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to the tune of $31 million (about Rs 222.84 crore).
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No prohibition on screening of 'Kedarnath' in Uttarakhand
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], Dec 7 (ANI): The Uttarakhand government on Thursday decided not to impose any prohibition on the screening of the film 'Kedarnath' in the state after a four-member committee led by Tourism Minister Satpal Maharaj submitted its report.
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On brink of losing voice, Sidhu advised complete rest for 5 days
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab), [India], Dec 6 (ANI): Punjab's Local Government, Tourism and Cultural Affairs Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu has been advised complete rest for three to five days as he was "on the brink of losing his voice."
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U'khand govt constitutes 4-member committee to probe complaints against 'K
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], Dec 6 (ANI): The Uttarakhand Government on Wednesday constituted a four-member committee under tourism minister Satpal Maharaj to probe complaints related to the film 'Kedarnath'. The government will take a decision on screening the movie in Uttarakhand after
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Railway Ministry, Madame Tussauds Museum join hands to bolster tourism in
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 4 (ANI): The Ministry of Railways signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Madame Tussauds Wax Museum on Tuesday for providing discounts to tourists at the National Rail Museum (NRM) and the wax museum in Delhi.
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