The number of foreign tourists coming to India grew a modest four per cent between January and December 2013, coinciding with women travellers' perception on the country as a safe destination hitting rock bottom.
Lt Governor says discoms must cooperate or face cancellation of licences. Ficci cries interference.
Online travel companies such as Yatra.com are offering a flat 33 per cent off on hotel bookings for a limited period.
Delhi Pollution Control Committee has asked water & electricity providers to cut supply
Endless cases, piles of files, meagre resources and unrelenting scrutiny... the CBI's life story is all that and more, says Ruchika Chitravanshi
Companies are reaching out to travellers who'd booked packages for Gopalpur and Puri for a stay later this month and November, to update them on the situation.
Important appointments at these companies have been stuck for long
Holidayers' plans have gone topsy-turvy of late and the options have got limited.
The differing wings are the the Union home and urban development ministries -- the former is the parent ministry for the capital's administration and the other controls land decisions in this city. The issues is the proposed auction of the Taj Mahal (popularly called the Taj Mansingh, after the road on which it stands).
Besides malls and high-street stores, there's a rush of discounts while you are flying or holidaying in fancy hotels.
The project has been delayed by three years, after a consortium of Port of Singapore and ABG Ports, which had won the bid by offering to share more than 50 per cent of the revenue with JNPT, backed off from the project, citing several reasons.
Sectoral players feel addition of rooms could hit earnings.
The lease extension for the property expires in October.
The agency had "almost finished" its probe into the matter, which involved Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leader and former telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran, an official said.
Govt went against its own recommendation of Jun 20, 2007, where along with the 2 Jindal companies, it wanted 40% coal block to go to Lanco.
The decision was taken at a council meeting on Thursday after the home ministry wrote to the civic body to cancel the company's first right of refusal.
Even as the Uttarakhand floods are being referred to as man-made disasters, experts say such disasters are waiting to happen at places like Ooty and Munnar.
Travel companies, seeing massive cancellations, are now advising tourists to visit these destinations in August.
Travel companies are reducing the number of days from packages to make it more affordable for globe trotters.
The CBI had registered a case against former telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran, his brother MP Kalanithi Maran, Malaysian business tycoon and Maxis owner T Ananda Krishnan, and Maxis Director Ralph Marshall in October 2011.