Government / Ministry News

» Air India to clear $ 954 million dues to oil companies by Friday

The oil marketing firms had earlier threatened to halt fuel supplies to Air India from Friday for non-payment of dues ... Read more

» Nilambur & Kumbalanghi in Kerala get an Eco-tourism boost

CM to inaugurate the work on Eastern Corridor, a multi-crore eco-tourism initiative; neighbouring coastal village of Chellanam to be included into the Sustainable Agriculture Village project at Kumbalanghi ... Read more

» Night illumination plan of Chandigarh tourism falls flat

Questions had been raised about the viability of such a plan with tight security and various restrictions to visit the Capitol Complex even in the morning ... Read more

» NTCA asks State govts to ban tourism in core tiger areas

Several resorts & hotels in & around the tiger reserves will be affected; state governments to acquire land by paying a compensation and relocate people from the core area for declaring it inviolate  ... Read more

» West Bengal creates Task force to bring Sunderbans in world tourism map

An eco-tourism hub would also be created surrounding the Pakhiralaya (bird sanctuary) between Sonakhali and Sajnekhali ... Read more

» More than 12 thousand tourists availed Visa on Arrival facility to visit India in 2011

The maximum number of VoAs were issued at Delhi airport ( 7340), followed by Mumbai (2816), Chennai (1948) and Kolkata (657) ... Read more

» Cabinet may consider FDI by foreign airlines before budget

Currently, foreign airlines are not allowed to directly invest in Indian carriers for security reasons. However, 49 percent of FDI is allowed by non-airline players ... Read more

» Railways Minister proposes regulatory body on rail fares

Calls for a national policy for the railways that would set forth a revenue model with stress on safety and customer benefit ... Read more

» Vijay Mallya wants state govts to underwrite seats on each flight

Also asks for a revision of guidelines under which all airlines have to earmark a share of their seats for services to the North-East and Jammu and Kashmir ... Read more

» DGCA deregisters two Kingfisher Airlines aircraft

Move follows letter from German lessor saying dues were not being paid on time ... Read more

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