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Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha Polls 2024: The electoral contest is poised to be dominated by three major players: the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), the Samajwadi Party (SP)-led I.N.D.I.A. alliance, and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP).
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"The foundation stone laying ceremony for the Jewar airport is likely to be held between February 23 and 25," Sharma, the Gautam Budhh Nagar MP, said.
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The Gandhis' trip, described as a "private visit" by the party, came into the public domain when Rachna Fernandes, a local resident, posted a photo of herself with Rahul Gandhi and said she was "awed by his charm and modesty".
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"The Jewar international airport project will be inaugurated by the Prime Minister of India in the near future and a power plant will also be built to match the requirement of electricity which will further bring Gautam Budh Nagar on development path,” the Minister of State for Culture (Independent Charge said.
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The ministry, which recently released the draft of the NCAP and invited comments from various stakeholders by May 17, was also criticised by Greenpeace India that said the absence of pollution reduction targets of 35 per cent in three years and 50 per cent in five years in the plan was a cause of "grave concern".
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Minister of State for Culture Mahesh Sharma told Lok Sabha today that while the opening and closing time of the Taj Mahal has not been altered, the ticket window will open earlier to facilitate movement of visitors inside.
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In a written reply to the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Tourism Minister Mahesh Sharma said there were no restrictions on medical visa to foreign patients, instead the number of such visas being issued has increased over the years.
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Calling it a "black day" for the hospitality industry, Kapil Chopra, President of the Oberoi Group, said, "We completely respect of the Supreme Court judgment, but with this judgment thousands of bars and restaurants have been affected in India."
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China expressed anger on Monday after exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama attended a Buddhist conference supported by the Indian culture ministry, the latest spat with India over a man whom China brands a dangerous separatist.
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"BJP this election has worked on non-Yadav OBC and upper caste mobilisation. If this combination is successful in bringing BJP back to power in UP, then the CM could be from either of the communities," Sumit Pande of CNN-News18 says.
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The Tourism Minister said that his ministry has taken up the taxation issue regarding tourism sector with the Finance Ministry and was also trying to solve the problems regarding guides.
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Addressing the 'World Travel Market (WTM) 2016' in London, he said, "the architecture of India's temples, palaces, forts, the grandeur of its sculptures, and the beauty of its paintings, all offer an unparalleled experience."
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Renowned scholar and JNUAC member HS Shivaprakash said he himself was a practitioner of Yoga and a disciple of legendary yoga gurus like Swami Satyananda Saraswati and Swami Vishnudevananda.
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Speaking at the plenary session on 'Why Invest in Incredible India?' at the Incredible India Tourism Investors' Summit here, the Minister also noted that this is the right time to invest in the tourism sector of the country.
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Claiming that India's image as a tourist destination has improved considerably, he said the country has witnessed upto 40 percent growth in tourist footfall from countries which have been visited by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his last two years in office.
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Therefore, the ministry does not need any Bollywood face for the campaign to attract tourists from overseas, he opined.
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Bringing out of the cold storage several airport projects in Uttar Pradesh in view of the assembly polls early next year, the NDA government has put them on the fast track with two of them -- Allahabad and Agra likely to be operational in a couple of months
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Livid over having to miss an "important" appointment after the pilot of an Air India flight to Hyderabad did not turn up, Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday took to Twitter to castigate the state-run carrier, which ordered an inquiry into the episode
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The international aerodrome in the national capital is operated by Delhi International Airport (P) Ltd -- a public private partnership where diversified group GMR, Airports Authority of India (AAI) and Germany's Fraport are the stakeholders.
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The Minister said the Finance Ministry is taking forward the disinvestment plan to totally offload government's stakes in all the ITDC-run hotels except the Ashoka and Samrat hotels in the national capital.
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Minister of State for Civil Aviation Mahesh Sharma said the civil aviation policy will lay out a roadmap to make India a leading player in the sector which is growing at over 20 percent currently. The policy will be placed before the cabinet within two weeks.
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The iconic 'monument of love' is ranked number 5 in the global list of the recently released TripAdvisor's Travellers' Choice Landmarks Awards, which put Machu Picchu in Peru and the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque Center in Abu Dhabi as the top two destinations for travellers.
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An analysis has showed that there has been an increase in cancellation charges for air tickets, said 0Union Minister Mahesh Sharma while emphasising that airfares are not regulated by the government.
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The national carrier is implementing a turnaround plan under which it is to get an equity infusion of Rs 30,231 crore up to 2021 subject to achieving certain milestones as laid out in the plan.
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The inter-ministerial consultations on the revised draft policy are progressing and once these are completed, the ministry hopes to give the final touches and move the Cabinet for a nod.
