Tourism Minister
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Foreign tourist footfalls see 4-time increase in India, says Union Minister Kishan Reddy
India | Feb 08, 2023, 01:28 PM ISTTourism Minister Kishan Reddy addressed the Tourism Working Group (TWG) meeting organised at the Tent City in Rann of Kutch as part of India's G20 presidency.
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Pilgrimage spots to be made 'beggar free' in Gujarat
India | May 21, 2022, 08:51 AM ISTThis project will be implemented in all religious tourist places in the coming days so that no beggar can be seen in all religious tourist places in Gujarat.
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Ayodhya to be biggest 'spiritual tourism' spot in the world by 2030: G Kishan Reddy
India | Nov 04, 2021, 06:50 AM ISTKishan Reddy said that lighting of 9 lakh oil lamps on the occasion of Deepotsav 2021 gave the world a message of Lord Ram's modesty.
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800 monuments still shut, reopening should be expedited: Tourism Minister
News | Jul 08, 2020, 02:30 PM ISTMinister of State with Independent Charge for Tourism and Culture, Prahlad Singh Patel, took part in a sapling plantation drive at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on July 08.
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15 destinations identified under Ramayana circuit: KJ Alphons
India | Dec 17, 2018, 07:40 PM ISTFifteen destinations have been identified for development under the Ramayana Circuit, the tourism ministry told the Parliament on Monday.
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Lynching incidents hurt India's image, tourism unaffected by beef ban: Alphons in China
India | Aug 29, 2018, 04:40 PM ISTIn the next three years, India plans to get at least 14 million Chinese tourists, the minister said.
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‘Don’t wear skirts or go out at night’: Culture Minister’s ‘advice’ to foreign women tourists
National | Aug 29, 2016, 11:26 AM ISTUnion Culture and Tourism Minister Mahesh Sharma invited controversy on Sunday as he advised foreign women tourists not to wear skirts and to avoid going out alone at night in small towns for their “own safety”.
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Goa minister calls gangrape accused naive
India | Jun 05, 2015, 11:35 AM ISTPanaji: Tourism Minister Dilip Parulekar has courted controversy after he described the accused in the gangrape of two Delhi-based women in the state as “naive” and chose to dismiss the crime as a stray incident. “Such
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Goa ranks 6th in 'Top 10 Nightlife Cities' list
India | Feb 08, 2015, 05:41 PM ISTPanaji: Goa Tourism Minister Dilip Parulekar today said it is an honour that the state was getting global recognition as a “safe tourism destination” as he hailed the recent announcement by a media conglomerate that
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India to introduce e-visa : Tourism Minister
India | May 30, 2014, 08:16 PM ISTPanaji: With a view to liberalise the visa regime, the Centre plans to introduce systems like e-visa (electronic visa) and expand the scope for visa-on-arrival in the country, Union Tourism Minister Shripad Naik said here
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Goa to start sea plane service by July: Tourism minister
India | May 30, 2014, 12:20 PM ISTPanaji: Goa is all set launch its tourism-oriented sea plane service by July, Tourism Minister Dilip Parulekar said.Proposals involving a revolving restaurant and ropeway running across state capital Panaji to a renovated fort located on
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As CM Resigned, Where Is Need For Me To Quit: Janardhana Reddy
National | Jul 28, 2011, 08:54 PM ISTBangalore, Jul 28: Karnataka Tourism Minister and mining magnate G Janardhana Reddy, indicted by Lokayukta along with B S Yeddyurappa and three other ministerial colleagues, today said the question of his resignation does not arise
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Pacheco Will Have To Spend Two More Nights In Jail
India | Jul 23, 2010, 11:52 PM ISTGoa s former tourism Minister Fransisco Mickey Pacheco will have to spend at least two more nights in a judicial lock up at Sada Jail, 35 kms from in Panaji. The former minister managed to
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Pacheco Seeks Bail, Says He Is Unwell
National | Jul 10, 2010, 09:15 PM ISTSeeking bail for the former Goa Tourism Minister Fransisco `Mickey' Pacheco, his lawyer today submitted that the medical examination conducted on Pacheco by two different government hospitals have found him unwell and further stay in