Work is under progress for building minor airports at Shimoga, Gulbarga, Bijapur and Hassan.
According to the officials privy to the development, Centaur Hotel, owned by the Indian Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC), has submitted a bill of nearly Rs 3 crore to the home department for over 100 days of boarding and lodging of the detenues.
The objective of the entire programme will be to promote Ayodhya, the birth place of Lord Rama, as a tourist destination.
Goa's Rural Development Minister Fransisco Miccky Pacheco, whose conviction for assaulting a government servant was upheld by the Supreme Court, resigned from the cabinet on Friday saying he did not want to cause further embarrassment to the BJP-led government in the state.
Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Telangana have announced a lockdown of educational institutions, malls and other places that attract people in large numbers, even as some of them have been reporting increase in positive cases.
Navjot Sidhu has been given power and new and renewable energy sources, and his tourism and cultural affairs portfolio has been given to Charanjit Singh Channi.
Centre working on open-ended lease agreement to enablesale of property at the end of the agreement period
Besides reviving investor sentiments, Vasundhara Raje's regime has brought reforms in the social sector.
Kumaraswamy also ruled out any differences among JD-S MLAs over cabinet berths and allocation of portfolios.
Amarinder would hold the portfolios of General Administration, Personnel, Home Affairs and Justice, Vigilance and other departments not assigned to any other minister.
Amar Singh and Ram Dev, sons of Arjun Gopal alias Tshidawa, said their father had suggested the construction of the tunnel to the former prime minister.
Vagela could not have reached this position if Narendra Modi, who'd known him from his chief minister days, had not backed the choice.
The many colours of India came alive as the famous Surajkund crafts fair began near Delhi on Tuesday with ethnic wares from all over the country on display and Department of Posts releasing a commemorative cover and stamp to mark the event's 25th anniversary.
Even as India gears up for election results on May 16, a group of senior Bharatiya Janata Party leaders have taken up an informal initiative to see how a 'Modi ministry' will look like, in case the party forms the government at the Centre.
Modi said India has taken an important step forward in protecting its youth population against the disease.
National Disaster Response Force teams and Krishna district authorities have launched a massive search and rescue operation to trace the missing people.
The home minister also said that Article 370 was the "biggest roadblock" in the state's development and within 10 years, it will be one of the most developed regions of the country.
The US and China have sparred over the origin of the virus for days, with a Chinese official promoting conspiracy theories.
China with 163% projected growth is expected to lead globally.
'Having consumed thousands of the sickly sweet chenna globes of varying textures over the years, I must demur,' says Uttaran Das Gupta.
Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on Friday hinted at a compromise formula, under which he may have to axe some ministers and transfer some senior officials, to end the crisis. Yeddyurappa also ruled out any leadership change in the state. Under a reported compromise formula in the making, Rural Development Minister Shobha Karandlaje, considered close to the chief minister, may be axed. Assembly Speaker Jagdish Shettar may be inducted into the cabinet.
The Kerala Tourism Development Corporation boat 'Jalakanyaka', which sank in the Thekkadi lake in the first week of October, killing 45 tourists, suffered from faulty construction.A probe conducted by a committee appointed by the state government and headed by Dr Pyarelal, head of the department of Ship Technology in Cochin University of Science and Technology, has concluded in its report that there were severe technical faults in the construction of the boat.
Vikhe Patil, who was leader of opposition in the state assembly, resigned from the Congress recently.
Portfolio sharing had turned out to be a thorny issue between the Congress and JD-S and was thrashed out after much haggling, with both parties announcing an agreement on June one.
Sidhu took to Twitter on Sunday, making public his resignation letter dated June 10 addressed to Congress 'president' Rahul Gandhi.
The Congress has conceded the plum Finance portfolio to its junior partner, resolving a thorny issue, after its president Rahul Gandhi intervened and spoke to Kumaraswamy.
Even after SC directions, the administration has not restored mobile internet services for Kashmir division. It said misuse of data services by anti-national elements has the potential to cause large-scale violence and disturb public order.
The sea 'n' sand is calling. Hit the beach no matter what!
His tenure will end in December this year.
Briefing reporters on her visit, state Finance Minister Amit Mitra said the Singapore Foreign Minister K Shanmugam has invited Banerjee to improve relations and she has accepted it.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he was taking action against an unspecified number of Chinese officials, including from the ruling Communist Party, under a US law that calls on China to let Americans visit Tibet.
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday allocated portfolios to his six Cabinet colleagues while keeping the key departments of home, finance, power and vigilance with himself.
An Adani spokesperson said that it was yet another attempt by activists to delay the project.
Barely able to stand on its own feet after the disinvestment blow, the Indian Tourism Development Corporation is now struggling to get unpaid dues totalling Rs 15 crore (Rs 150 million from the government.
'The target for next year is unlikely to be more than that of this year. The more you divest in any cycle, the less your potential pipeline for the next,' said an official. 'The first two issues we want to tackle and complete in FY20 are Air India and Hotel Ashok.'
Traveller and trekker Amit Tyagi writes about the hidden gems of Kashmir. You won't regret including them in your next itinerary.
The hill town has been in the grip of violence since Thursday following a clash between the Sikh residents in Shillong's Punjabi Lane area and the Khasi drivers of state-run buses.
In order to consider giving mobile Internet connectivity on such SIM cards, the telecom service providers will have to verify the credentials of the subscribers.
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