Titanic wreckage to become Unesco heritage
April 6th, 2012 - 1:49 pm ICT by IANS
Paris, April 6 (IANS/RIA Novosti) On the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, its wreckage will become underwater cultural heritage protected by the Unesco, under a convention ratified ... Read more...
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Himachal rail line reopens after seven months
March 31st, 2012 - 6:41 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, March 31 (IANS) Rail traffic on the Pathankot-Jogindernagar narrow gauge line in Himachal Pradesh was restored Saturday after seven months of closure, a railway official said.The rail traffic had ... Read more...
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Why proposed heritage site damaged, asks Himachal court
December 21st, 2011 - 11:55 am ICT by IANS
Shimla, Dec 21 (IANS) Concerned over the damage to a railway bridge, once proposed to be declared a UNESCO heritage site, the Himachal Pradesh High Court has summoned officials of ... Read more...
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Egypt close down Great Pyramid
November 12th, 2011 - 12:14 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Cairo, Nov 11 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Egyptian authorities closed the Great Pyramid in Cairo following rumors that some people plan to have rituals on the special day 11/11/11. The Egyptian authorities did not ... Read more...
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Matheran Hill Railway to get modern coaches (Feature, With Images)
November 4th, 2011 - 12:35 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 4 (IANS) Thousands of tourists flocking to Matheran, the small hill station close to Mumbai, will soon travel by swanky new coaches of the toy train -- with ... Read more...
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Go shrine seeing, prison strolling in Cambodia
September 13th, 2011 - 9:45 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) A Communist legacy in the form of ghastly souvenirs, an ancient town with over 100 temples of Hindu origin, a port city with spotless beaches ... Read more...
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Himachal Pradesh Government to build international airport near Shimla
October 26th, 2010 - 4:25 pm ICT by ANI
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh), Oct. 26 (ANI): The Government of Himachal Pradesh has announced plans to build an international airport near state capital Shimla.Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal said 200 bighas of land ... Read more...
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Vietnam capital Hanoi turns millennium-old
October 1st, 2010 - 9:35 pm ICT by IANS
Hanoi, Oct 1 (IANS) Vietnam Friday kicked off a 10-day programme for celebrating the 1,000th anniversary of the country's capital city of Hanoi.Present-day Hanoi, which was known as Thanglong in earlier times, ... Read more...
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Himachal Chief Minister unveils ‘Har Ghar Kuchh Kehta Hai’ coffee table book
September 2nd, 2010 - 2:05 pm ICT by ANI
Shimla, Sep 2 (ANI): Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal recently unveiled a coffee table book tiled ' Har Ghar Kuchh Kehta Hai' that provides a peep into the historical ... Read more...
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IIT students urged to contribute to socio-economic growth
August 28th, 2010 - 5:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 28 (IANS) As the Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur gets set to celebrate its diamond jubilee next year, its 300-odd alumni have come forward with a call for the young ... Read more...
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Gates of ‘City of Gates’ in dilapidated state
September 15th, 2009 - 8:45 pm ICT by ANI
By Abdul HadiAurangabad, Sep 15(ANI): Aurangabad, popularly known as the 'City of Gates' for having as many as 52 gates, is suffering due to government apathy as most of the gates are ... Read more...
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UAE seeks Unesco heritage status for falconry
August 8th, 2009 - 6:07 pm ICT by IANS
Abu Dhabi, Aug 8 (IANS) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is seeking to get the sport of falconry included in the UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
The ... Read more...
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Bhopal gas tragedy survivors ask Unesco to preserve ‘killer’ factory
March 4th, 2009 - 5:44 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, March 4 (IANS) Survivors of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy Wednesday said they have appealed to Unesco to preserve the Union Carbide factory, which was the site of the infamous industrial ... Read more...
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Government to set up heritage sites commission
January 29th, 2009 - 4:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 29 (IANS) The central government will soon set up a commission to frame guidelines for conserving heritage monuments and sites that are on the verge of decay.This was decided ... Read more...
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Indian Railways dedicates Kalka-Shimla rail track to nation
November 9th, 2008 - 8:08 pm ICT by ANI
!-- NO IMAGE --Kalka (Haryana), Nov 9 (ANI): Indian Railways dedicated the Kalka-Shimla railway line to the nation as world heritage track after being declared by United Nations Educational, Scientific and ... Read more...
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Storks already painting Keoladeo sanctuary purple
September 21st, 2008 - 12:47 pm ICT by IANS
Bharatpur, Sep 21 (IANS) A large variety of birds are converging in Rajasthan's Keoladeo National Park after a gap of almost five years, as this year's ample rainfall has led to wetlands ... Read more...
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Olympic torch starts final-hours run in Beijing
August 8th, 2008 - 9:36 am ICT by IANS
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Beijing, Aug 8 (Xinhua) The Olympic torch started its final-hours relay Friday morning at Zhoukoudian, an Unesco heritage site in southwestern Beijing suburb which has yielded many archaeological discoveries. Amid loud music ... Read more...
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Kalka-Shimla rail line bags Unesco heritage status
July 8th, 2008 - 3:36 pm ICT by IANS
By Vishal Gulati
Shimla, July 8 (IANS) The century-old Kalka-Shimla rail line, a 96-km-long narrow gauge railroad built to ferry Europeans to and from this hill town - then the summer capital of ... Read more...
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Kaziranga counts its wild buffaloes
March 28th, 2008 - 5:06 pm ICT by admin
Kaziranga (Assam), March 28 (IANS) India's endangered wild buffalo, a favourite prey of the tigers, was counted Friday at the Kaziranga national park in Assam. The results will be out over the ... Read more...
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Budget disappoints travel industry, except for heritage tourism
February 29th, 2008 - 11:07 pm ICT by admin
(Lead)Mumbai/New Delhi, Feb 29(IANS) Even as the tourism and hospitality sector said it has been largely ignored by the national budget for 2008-09 that Finance Minister P. Chidambaram presented Friday, it welcomed ... Read more...
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Budget disappoints tourism industry
February 29th, 2008 - 8:41 pm ICT by admin
Mumbai, Feb 29 (IANS) The tourism and hospitality industry was disappointed with the national budget for 2008-09, saying it has ignored this booming sector completely. "The budget failed to grant infrastructure status ... Read more...
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Australian academic campaigns for India’s heritage trains
November 14th, 2007 - 2:34 am ICT by admin
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