Earth’s circumference to be measured at Jantar Mantar
June 20th, 2012 - 9:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) With June 21 being the Summer Solstice and the year's longest day, the Science Popularisation Association of Communicators and Educators (SPACE) here will mark Thursday ... Read more...
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Madhya Pradesh bags best tourism award
February 29th, 2012 - 9:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh has bagged the best state award at the National Tourism Awards presented by President Pratibha Patil in the capital Wednesday.While Madhya Pradesh ... Read more...
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Coronation park: Monument to capital’s civic neglect
January 10th, 2012 - 4:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) It was to have been ready in time to commemorate the centenary of Delhi becoming the capital, but the historic coronation park, which once held ... Read more...
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City of Taj set for major tourism plans
April 2nd, 2011 - 10:23 am ICT by IANS
Agra, April 2 (IANS) The tourism profile of Agra, the city of the Taj Mahal, is all set to change with a line-up of projects that would bring in more ... Read more...
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Walking through history in bylanes of Agra (Letter from Agra)
January 28th, 2011 - 12:42 pm ICT by IANS
By Brij Khandelwal
Agra, Jan 28 (IANS) On an exceptionally cold January morning, when people were struggling to venture out of their cosy comforts, five of us braved the chill and experimented with ... Read more...
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Heritage walk to spread awareness about Kalka-Shimla railway line
July 5th, 2010 - 10:53 pm ICT by ANI
Shimla, July 5 (ANI): A group of officers and employees of Indian Railways on Sunday began a three-day walk to create public awareness about the Kalka-Shimla railway line in Himachal Pradesh, a ... Read more...
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Five-day annual fair dedicated to Baba Sheikh Farid held in Faridkot
October 6th, 2009 - 6:55 pm ICT by ANI
By Suresh GroverFaridkot (Punjab), Oct 6(ANI): A five-day-long annual fair promoting communal harmony and dedicated to Baba Sheikh Farid, a 12th century Sufi saint, was recently organized in Punjab's Faridkot city.The recitation ... Read more...
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Planners take heritage walk through walled city
September 30th, 2009 - 8:24 pm ICT by IANS
By Shweta Srinivasan
New Delhi, Sep 30 (IANS) Undaunted by the ever-buzzing crowds in the market places and narrow alleyways of the walled city, city planners and UNESCO urban planning experts embarked on ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Three-day Amritsar heritage festival gets underway
February 20th, 2009 - 10:08 pm ICT by ANI
By Ravinder Singh Robin
Amritsar, Feb. 20, (ANI): People from all walks of life in Amritsar are participating in the three-day Amritsar Heritage Festival that commenced here on Friday with a a ... Read more...
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Ambika Soni inaugurates Aman Umeed tourist complex at Attari-Wagha international border
October 7th, 2008 - 4:15 pm ICT by ANI
Amritsar, Oct 7 (ANI): Union Minister of Tourism and Culture Ambika Soni has inaugurated a tourist resort, Aman Umeed Bhawan, earlier popularly known as Neem Chameli at Attari-Wagha international border in ... Read more...
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Chandigarh residents out on heritage walk
October 7th, 2008 - 2:21 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Oct 7 (IANS) As part of the ongoing heritage festival in the city beautiful, a walk was organised here Tuesday morning.Around 150 school students, 100 volunteers and many top officials of ... Read more...
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Collecting coins, autographs, poly bags - a family passion
March 11th, 2008 - 10:48 am ICT by admin
(Feature)
By Azera Rahman
Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh), March 11 (IANS) The father is one of India's biggest coin collectors, his son collects the autographs of celebrities, his daughter-in-law collects mobile recharge coupons and his ... Read more...
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Marketing Madhya Pradesh tourism is a challenge: Jyotiraditya Scindia
March 9th, 2008 - 2:26 pm ICT by admin
(Interview)
By Azera Rahman
Gwalior, March 9 (IANS) Jyotiraditya M. Scindia, MP and scion of the erstwhile royal family of Gwalior, says Madhya Pradesh has much to offer tourists but it is "not marketed ... Read more...
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