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Dam: Kerala, TN meet today

The Mullaperiyar battleground has shifted to the Capital with the Tamil Nadu and Kerala chief ministers arriving here today to attend a meeting conven

Tourism Ministry ushers in STZs

It's official now. The country is going to have Special Tourism Zones (STZs) across the country on the lines of Special Economic Zones

CPM plays the mediator

Doing a tight-rope walk between the “safety apprehensions of Kerala government over the Mullaperiyar dam and Tamil Nadu’s concern about its water re

Special force, hotline, insurance are key to Govt’s new policy to tackle disasters

A specialised disaster response force drawn from paramilitary and police personnel, disaster risk insurance for vulnerable regions...

China, no China, Left moves on Kerala port

Leaving its leaders in Delhi to seek a level-playing field for Chinese firms entering the country, the CPM-led LDF government in Kerala has had a reth

Suspended Natwar headed south to meet Karunakaran

Former External Affairs minister Natwar Singh, suspended from the Congress party following the oil-for-food controversy...

Borrowing SEZ idea, Centre starts working on Special Tourism Zones

The Special Economic Zones may be generating political heat but the Government is borrowing the SEZ idea to plan Special Tourism Zones

Ailments, attendants: Govt readies health tourist norms

Waking up to the need for having a mechanism to monitor the growing inflow of tourists arriving here on “health grounds’’, the Government has notified

Ministry rolls out dos and don’ts for adventure tourism

From barring under-14s from bungee jumping to monitoring crednetials of trekking guides, the Tourism Ministry has issued guidelines on basic minimum s

Akademi award in Bismillah’s name

The much coveted Sangeet Natak Akademi awards will no longer be the monopoly of the aged and the established artists, as had been the practice so far.

Make RBI watchdog for financial

Suggesting the need for a strong regulatory framework to discourage speculative financial practices in Special Economic Zones...