Work is underway in identifying global companies in sectors ranging from electronics, auto components and medical equipment to shift part of their existing or incremental manufacturing to India.
Hinduja's youngest daughter Renuka will tie the knot with Swiss lawyer Olivier Cadavini on Sunday. Renuka, a senior associate with law firm Altenburger, is based in Geneva.
The government has signed an air services agreement based on 'Open Sky' principle with the US and another with the UK but not based on the said principle which has resulted in enhanced air seat capacity for foreign tourists.
Japan Bank for International Cooperation has approved a loan of 7331 million yen for the development of Ajanta Ellora Phase II.
All the events at the Toronto International Film Festival.
A look at the star arrivals.
India Tourism Development Corporation will make a presentation before the government early next week for setting up "night bazaars" in the national capital
Vinod Mirani gives us his weekly verdict.
The government plans to set up budget hotels at 100 identified tourists sites and improve onshore infrastructure for berthing of cruise ships as part of major exercise to improve tourism facilities in the country.
"In India, one person dies every fourth minute in road accidents, which is the highest in the world," Sindhu says.
Actor Suniel Shetty has sought government help to simplify procedures and create a single-window clearance system for foreign investors.
India plans to double its foreign exchange earnings from tourism in the next three years and make it the number one foreign exchange earner, Tourism Minister Renuka Chowdhury said.
On the first day of winter session, Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached out to the Opposition.
The government will take up the issue of describing India as a 'unsafe destination' with the World Trade Organization, to prevent a decline in the number of tourists visiting the country after tsunami.
In yet another change at the top, M S Manchanda, a hotel industry veteran, on Tuesday took charge as chairman and managing director of state-owned India Tourism Development Corporation in place of senior IAS officer Rajeev Talwar.
India is the world's second-biggest sugar producer after Brazil and has been looking to offload a surplus in an already well-supplied world market.
As soon as the Zero Hour commenced at noon, AIADMK and TDP members trooped in the Well, raising slogans and carrying banners demanding stalling of a dam on river Cauvery and special state status to Andhra Pradesh respectively.
Duggupati Suresh has been nominated vice-chairperson.
The middle class domestic tourist will soon get his own 'Palace on Wheels,' with the tourism ministry planning to launch a medium-fare tourist train connecting the four southern states of the country.
The Mumbai Mantra: Cinerise Screenwriting Programme started on August 9.
Former Home Secretary G K Pillai's remarks on affidavit regarding LeT links of Ishrat Jahan on Friday triggered a political war of words with Congress questioning the timing of his claims and alleging that he was only parroting the ruling BJP's words.
Tourist arrivals in India have risen by 25.5 per cent between January 2004 and September 2004 compared to the corresponding period last year.
