New Delhi: Union Minister for Tourism Shripad Naik here launched the Comprehensive Sustainable Tourism Criteria for India (STCI) for Accommodation, Tour Operators and Beaches, Backwaters, Lakes & Rivers Sectors.

The Udhampur – Katra new railway line, which was dedicated to the nation by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 4th July, is a part of ambitious 326 Kilometer long Udhampur- Katra-Quazigund- Srinagar -Baramulla Railway Line (USBRL) Project of Northern Railway and will provide seamless flow of rail traffic through Jammu to Katra via Udhampur through the entire Indian Railways network. 

New Delhi: Indian Railways plan special trains well in advance and additional coaches are attached in regular trains to clear the extra rush of passengers during summer and festival seasons keeping in view the pattern of traffic.

New Delhi: The facility of Electronic Travel Authorisation (e-Visa) shall be introduced in a phased manner at nine airports in India. Announcing this during his maiden Budget Speech in the Lok Sabha. 

New Delhi: The General Budget 2014-15 proposes to create 5 tourist circuits around specific themes for which a sum of Rs. 500 crore has been set aside in the current financial year.

New Delhi: On a recent work visit to Gujarat, I had a spare day in hand at Ahmedabad and wanted to make the best use of it. When my colleague Jagdishbhai suggested that Rani-ki-Vav at Patan and the Sun Temple at Modhera could be covered as a day trip, there were no two arguments. I had read about the splendour of Gujarat’s famed step-wells and seen a short episode of Rani-ki-Vav on NDTV’s 7 Wonders of India series.

New Delhi: The World Heritage Committee has inscribed the Great Himalayan National Park Conservation Area (GHNPCA), India, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criterion (x) of UNESCO Guidelines.

New Delhi: Rani –ki –Vav has been approved for inscription on the World Heritage list. The recognition was granted by the UNESCO at the World Heritage Committee Session currently on at Doha, Qatar.

Renowned Gyanpeeth award winner from Kerala SK Pottekat once wrote in his famous travelogue to London about a sign board he had seen in the city. It read - 'impatience to cross roads creates in - patients in hospitals'! This applies to crossing railway lines at unmanned level crossings also.

It is said that “A people's relationship to their heritage is the same as the relationship of a child to its mother”. Our heritage is our pride and we all have some responsibility to save and preserve it for our future generation. The Constitution of India under Article under 51A (f) imposes duty on every citizen of India to value and preserve the rich heritage of our composite culture.