Ramayana Circuit is one of the fifteen thematic circuits identified for development under the Swadesh Darshan scheme of Ministry of Tourism. The Ministry has initially identified fifteen destinations for development under the Ramayana Circuit theme namely Ayodhya, Nandigram, Shringverpur & Chitrakoot (Uttar Pradesh), Sitamarhi, Buxar & Darbhanga (Bihar), Chitrakoot (Madhya Pradesh), Mahendragiri (Odisha), Jagdalpur (Chattisgarh), […]
Gudlaugur Thor Thordarson, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iceland is due to arrive today and he will be in India from December 7th to 14th. He will be meeting Minister R.K. Singh who overlooks Power & NRE, K.J. Alphons who is the minister for Tourism and then he will meet Sushma Swaraj who is the […]
Ministry of Tourism has identified 17 sites in 12 clusters in the country for development under Iconic Tourist Sites Development Project, pursuant to Budget Announcements of 2018-19. Following are the 17 tourist sites: Uttar Pradesh- TajMahal & Fatehpur Sikri; Maharashtra- Ajanta & Ellora; Delhi- Humayun’s Tomb, Red Fort & QutubMinar; Goa- Colva beach; Rajasthan- Amer […]
On 3rd July 2018 MeitY (Ministry of Electronics & IT) had written to WhatsApp exhorting them to take immediate steps to tackle the menace of misuse of their platform wherein inflammatory messages were circulated that led to unfortunate incidents. On the same day WhatsApp had responded indicating their initiative to mark forwarded messages and to […]
Modi government issued a press note on some news reports yesterday which had claimed that Maharashtra and Rajasthan are “reluctant” to join Ayushman Bharat. Both these states are ruled by the BJP. The government says that these reports are factually incorrect and that both states fully support Ayushman Bharat and are not reluctant to join […]
WhatsApp has been warned by Indian government after a spate of viral WhatsApp messages led to lynchings across the country. The government said that ‘a large number of irresponsible and explosive messages filled with rumours and provocation are being circulated on WhatsApp.’ These messages have led to killings in many states such as Assam, Maharashtra, […]
Madhya Pradesh loves the film industry! The Most Film Friendly State Award was announced by the Chairman of the Jury, Ramesh Sippy. The Most Film Friendly State Awards would be presented by President of India on May 3rd, 2018 during the presentation of the National Film Awards. State of Madhya Pradesh was conferred the award […]
Mumbai, June 22, 2016: BJP-led Maharashtra government has announced that the Jews, a few thousand that reside in the state, would get the ‘minority’ status. The decision was taken during the meeting of the Maharashtra cabinet which approved the minority status to Jew community. This decision will help the Indian Jews in becoming more vocal about […]
