Sringar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday stressed that peace and tranquility hold the key to groom and grow the tourism industry in the state for which over Rs 383 crores have been sanctioned during the last four years by his government.
"People from all the three regions of the state are equal stakeholders in the tourism industry. Balanced approach has to be taken to rope in tourists from within the country and abroad," he said.
Chairing the tourism advisory committee meeting in Srinagar, he said that the tourist market for Kashmir in southeast Asia, Middle East, Gulf countries and Germany need to be harnessed in full besides working for attracting tourists from other foreign countries.
"The government is making all endeavours to help holistic development of tourism by encouraging adventure, sports, pilgrim and conventional tourism in the state and help creation of up to the mark infrastructure with the aim to generate economic activities and expand job market for youth," he said, calling on private players in this industry have complement government efforts "so that the stupendous goals are achieved"....
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05:18 AM, May 14, 2013
New Delhi: Following in the footsteps of his legendary grandfather Lala Amarnath, Digvijay Amarnath has made his foray into cricket with a first-class debut in Sri Lanka. Lala, who scored India's first ever Test Century and later on went on to lead India, was a father figure in Indian Cricket. Then came his eldest son Surinder, who captained the Indian Schoolboys Test Team and later went on to score a...
01:58 PM, Apr 10, 2013
A police official was shot at and another attacked with a knife by two motorcycle-borne assailants in Ghaziabad, police said on Sunday. The two police officials, Radhelal and Amarnath, were conducting regular security checking in Gandhi Nagar area under Sihani Gate police station when the two assailants attacked them, Senior Superintendent of Police Nitin Tiwari said. ...
06:40 AM, Mar 18, 2013
The producer of 'Pizza' was shocked learning that 324 pirated CDs were being caught selling freely. ...
06:57 PM, Feb 19, 2013
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10:29 AM, Feb 04, 2013
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05:01 PM, Jan 30, 2013
Kiran More feels that Amarnath's revelation about the BCCI president's interference in selection matters were not in good taste. ...
04:25 PM, Dec 13, 2012
"We had a lengthy discussion about whether we should replace the captain or not," the former chief of selectors confirmed. ...
03:34 PM, Dec 12, 2012
Amarnath had created a flutter by openly admitting that "certain internal reason" stopped the selection committee from replacing MS Dhoni. ...
02:37 PM, Dec 12, 2012
"All five selectors wanted Dhoni to be sacked after the Australia tour, but Srinivasan overruled the decision." ...
01:36 PM, Dec 12, 2012
"He [Dhoni] doesn't deserve a place in the team. There are better keeper-batsmen in the country," the former selector said. ...
07:04 PM, Dec 11, 2012
Amarnath said that Dhoni doesn't deserve a place in the Test team, let alone be the captain but Indian selectors don't have guts to remove him. ...
08:55 AM, Dec 11, 2012
Bedi accused DDCA of not 'pulling their weight behind' Mohinder Amarnath who was removed from selector's post after his first season. ...
07:38 PM, Oct 12, 2012
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02:40 PM, Oct 04, 2012
Sourav Ganguly described Mohinder Amarnath's removal from the senior selection committee as "unfortunate". ...
09:39 PM, Sep 28, 2012
The removal of Amarnath from the national selection committee has met with widespread disapproval by his former India team-mates. ...
04:16 PM, Sep 28, 2012
BCCI has extend its one-time benefit scheme to four former Indian Test cricketers. ...
09:26 PM, Aug 22, 2012
Roger Binny is tipped as the next chief selector of India replacing K Srikkanth, the current chairman of selectors. ...
05:05 PM, Aug 21, 2012
Jammu: Sixteen Amarnath pilgrims, mostly from Delhi and UP, were killed and as many injured when a truck ferrying them skidded off the road and plunged into a gorge in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir. The mishap, which took place at Zamoorha Morh in Mansar belt, 50 kilometres from Jammu city, at 2330 hours last night when the driver was trying to negotiate a curve, is the second major...
06:16 PM, Jul 27, 2012
Jammu: Sixteen Amarnath pilgrims lost their lives on Thursday after the truck they were travelling in fell into a gorge near Mansar in Samba district of Jammu. Sixteen others were said to be injured in the accident. The truck carrying the 34 pilgrims, who were engaged in setting a community kitchen at Amarnath, was returning back when it skidded off the road and rolled down deep into the gorge near...
08:23 AM, Jul 27, 2012
