TOFT has had over 80 nominations for 8 separate award categories ... Read more

The company will take up responsibility of cleaning work, maintenance & upkeep at Taj Mahal, Khajuraho Temple, Konark Temple, Ajanta-Ellora Caves, Bodhgaya and Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminal ... Read more

Presence of tourist and forest department officials helps keep a day-to-day watch on the number of tigers and wild animals and their movements, their absence, however, will encourage poachers ... Read more

Tourism Minister A.P. Anil Kumar said no tourism project that posed threats to the State’s bio-diversity would be taken up by his department ... Read more

Grants four weeks to the Centre to evolve the fresh guidelines after consultations with States, all stake-holders, hotel associations affected by the ban, guides and tour operators ... Read more

The association, along with prominent wildlife NGOs like Wildlife Protection Society of India, has taken a public stand against stopping tourism in the core of tiger reserves ... Read more

A no objection certificate from the National Board for Wildlife or the revenue department is mandatory for any type of construction within a 10 kilometer radius of protected forests ... Read more

Water, electricity and other such charges would not be hiked in the district; Stresses the need for projects like the ongoing Sea World aquarium, five-star hotels and Disneyland to boost tourism ... Read more

Calls for having a separate corpus fund to beef up security for tigers and setting up an autonomous body to deal with disputes related to eco-tourism issues ... Read more

The spots selected for this project include shilpgram Agra, which is about a kilometre from the Taj Mahal, Gulistan parking complex near Fatehpur Sikiri and Ravidas Ghat in Varanasi ... Read more