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Himachal emerges as favourate Tourist destination for International Tourists

New Delhi: A rise in the number of foreign tourists to popular hill stations of Himachal Pradesh picked up steam during last year as a total of 4. 85 Lakh foreign tourists arrived in the state in the year 2011 compared with 4.53 lakh in the year 2010, an increase of 32000 tourists despite of [...]

March 4, 2012No CommentRead More

Himachal Pradesh Favourite Summer Destination

January 27, 2012 No Comment

Shimla: Himachal Pradesh has been voted as ‘The Favourite Summer Destination’ by the Outlook Traveller. In a survey conducted in 2011 by the magazine through the prestigious Nailson Company, Himachal Pradesh has been voted as the Favourite Summer Destination. This survey had been conducted through-out the country and is an authoritative benchmark of the consumers [...]

Jallikattu (Bull Taming) an ancient sport of Tamils

January 17, 2012 8 Comments

Saravanaraj writes from Madurai: The sport of taming bulls known as Jallikattu is an ancient sport of the Tamils that has survived for more than 1500 years. There is historic evidence that bull taming was practiced in Tamilnadu 1500 years before and there are cave drawings and inscriptions found in various places in Tamilnadu that dates [...]

Himachal Pradesh Tourism to set up Eco Tourism Camp at Sangla

December 27, 2011 No Comment

Shimla: The Himachal Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation Board in its 128th Meeting of the Board of Directors held here under the Chairmanship of Prof. Prem Kumar Dhumal, Chief Minister, today, granted approval for setting up of an Eco-Tourism-cum-Nature Camp of pre fabricated Tourist Huts at Sangla in district Kinnaur to give boost to eco tourism [...]

Lavi Fair concludes

November 15, 2011 No Comment

Shimla: Centuries old traditional Four-day long International Lavi Fair concluded at Rampur Bushehr last evening with the cultural evening. Prof. Prem Kumar Dhumal, Chief Minister, was the Chief Guest. Chief Minister congratulated the district administration for successfully organizing the fair with local participation. He said that Lavi Fair happened to be the centuries old traditional [...]

Renuka fair commenced with great enthusiasm & fervor

November 5, 2011 No Comment

Renuka Ji [Himachal Pradesh]: Week long International Shri Renuka Ji fair today commenced with great enthusiasm and traditional fervor. The fair starts with the arrival of palanquin of Lord Parshuram from Jamu Koti village temple in the mela ground at Renuka Ji. Renuka Ji fair is the biggest annual congregation of devotees in the district Sirmour [...]

Importance of religious tourism stressed

October 25, 2011 No Comment

Shimla (Himachal Pradesh): Prof. Prem Kumar Dhumal, Chief Minister, performed ‘Pooja’ to unveil 88 feet high, the towering idol of Lord Hanuman at Shani Maharaj temple at Lambloo, in district Hamirpur, today. Addressing the congregation assembled on the occasion, Chief Minister complimented the temple committee for developing the Shani Temple complex into a prominent and [...]

Andhra CM agreed to release 60 crores for Medaram festival

October 17, 2011 No Comment

HYDERABAD (Andhra Pradesh): The Chief Minister Sri N Kiran Kumar Reddy today directed that all preparations for the Samnmakka Saralamma Jathra at Medaram should be completed 15 days before in all aspects. The Chief Minister today held a detailed review meeting on the various works to be completed and preparations to be undertaken for the [...]

Review Meeting of Himachal Tourism and Civil Aviation held

September 19, 2011 No Comment

Shimla (Himachal Pradesh): Principal Secretary, Tourism & Civil Aviation, Smt. Manisha Nanda while presiding over the review meeting of Tourism Department & HP Tourism Development Corporation here today directed officers to complete the ongoing developmental works of about Rs 17 crore being executed in the state under various circuits within a stipulated time period. She [...]

Travel Russia with care

September 13, 2011 No Comment

Majority of countries have two categories of air travel, namely economy class and business class. But when it comes to Russia, names are bit different, it includes safe class and crash class. At this juncture, country mulls lessons learned from last week’s crash that saw 44 hockey players being killed. There is no doubt about [...]