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In a travel briefing issued in response to the alleged rape of the Swiss woman, the global risk consultancy firm Control Risks said that "although the incident is serious, violent crime against foreigners remains relatively rare in India," reports the Wall Street Journal.
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Holiday India Provides Char Dham Yatra tour Packages including Badrinath - Kedarnath - Gangotri and Yamunotri.All our tours are well planned and customized as per the specified requests and needs of our clients.If you want more information regarding any tour you can visit our website. Read more...
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The asteroid 2012 DA14, which will fly at a distance of 27,700 km above the surface of Earth on February 15, will be visible across Asia including India, but only with the help of binoculars and telescopes.N Sri Raghunandan Kumar, general secretary Planetary Society of India, said that the asteroid will appear as a slow moving dot in the background of various pattern of stars.
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Police in the northern Indian city of Allahabad have detained a photographer from France for flying "dangerously low" in a helicopter over the Kumbh Mela festival. Read more...
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Insurgents in India's troubled northeast are suspected of using AK-47 assault rifles to hunt rare, one-horned rhinos to cash in on a huge demand for the animals' horns in China and Southeast Asia, police said Wednesday.21 rhinos were killed last year and eight so far this year. A half dozen of them were killed in the past month alone using AK-47s.
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Nation with biggest tiger population India.
Estimated number of tigers in India Between 1571 and 1875.
Number of Indian states with tiger populations 17.
Number of Indian states with more than 100 tigers Seven. #wildlife #tiger
Estimated number of tigers killed by poachers in India 923 between 1994 and 2010.
Source: Wildlife Protection Society of India
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India today announced that Pakistani citizens aged over 65 would be issued visas on arrival at the Wagah land border crossing from January 15 under a liberalised visa agreement signed by the two countries last year. The visa on arrival facility will not be available at any other border point and Pakistani senior citizens will be issued a 45-day, single-entry visa valid for up to five places.
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India's Railway Minister Pawan Bansal has announced the first across-the-board train fare increases in 10 years.
He said the 20% rise would come into effect on 21 January to raise $1.2bn (£747m) for maintenance, cleaning and other improvements on the network.
First class and other fares have risen before but general compartments used by millions of the poor have been spared.
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Taj Mahal has been refusing to accept U.S. dollars
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The #TajMahal, India's famed white marble monument to love, which once charged tourists $15 (U.S.) or 750 rupees, has been refusing to accept U.S. dollars since November.
The move makes visits pricier for American tourists, who now have to shell out nearly $20 (U.S.) #heritagesite
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India's tourism minister said yesterday the greenback will no longer be accepted at the country's heritage tourist sites. For years the U.S. dollar was worth about 50 rupees and tourists visiting most sites in India were charged either $5 (U.S.) or 250 rupees. But with the dollar now hovering at around 39 rupees – that deal has become a losing proposition for the tourism industry. #tourism #heritagesite
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Air and rail traffic has been disrupted in India by dense fog which has enveloped the capital, Delhi in recent days.
On Tuesday more than 100 flights were affected as visibility fell to near-zero levels, officials said.Disruption due to fog in winter has become routine in north India.
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The roads leading to India Gate, the site of earlier protests that had turned violent, were barricaded by the police early Saturday, and nearby subway stations were closed. More than 40 police units were deployed in the area, including 28 units of the Central Reserve Police Force
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#tiger #wildlife Ranthambore National Park - A matrix of lakes and razor sharp gorges in the shadow of the Aravalli and Vindhya Mountains, Ranthambore is the perfect backdrop for panthers, caracals, jackals, samba deer and 200 types of birds. But the main draw is the tiger. Read more...
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By 1970, India’s tiger population became so depleted that the government outlawed hunting the animals and, to bolster their numbers, in 1973 launched “Project Tiger.” Today, roughly half of the world’s few thousand remaining tigers reside in Ranthambore and 38 other Indian preserves. #tiger #wildlife
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The quaint hill station of Horsley Hills in Chittoor district is the perfect refuge for weekend holidayers. Pristine air, panoramic views of the surrounding hillocks and forests, perfect weather and tranquillity. Located near the South Western border of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka with its rich foliage, wildlife and pleasant climate is one of the underrated hill stations in the country.
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16 October 2012 BBC - Tiger numbers have shrunk alarmingly in India in recent decades. A 2011 census counted about 1,700 tigers in the wild. A century ago there were estimated to be 100,000 tigers in India. Read more...
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India's Supreme Court has lifted its ban on tourism in "core zones" of more than 40 government-run tiger reserves. The court order came after the National Tiger Conservation Authority announced fresh guidelines to protect the tiger. Under the new rules, no new tourism infrastructure would be created and all permanent structures would be gradually removed from the core tiger habitat.
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17 Oct 2012 BBC - 70 environment ministers from around the world are meeting in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad to discuss biodiversity. On Tuesday, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh pledged $50m (£30.96m) towards conservation schemes. India has taken over the presidency of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) until 2014.
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17 Oct 2012 Greenpeace activists have dived to the bottom of the Indian Ocean to highlight the need to protect sea waters. The activists dived to a depth of 65ft (19.81m) off the coast of the Andaman and Nicobar islands and unfurled a sign with the words "India, Protect Our Oceans Now!"
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25 July 2012 - The Supreme Court also announced stiff penalties on Indian states that have not created buffer zones around tiger habitats, said Wasim Kadri, a lawyer with the National Tiger Conservation Authority.
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25 July 2012 - India's supreme court bans tourism in tiger parks. India's top court banned tourism in tiger reserves across the country on Tuesday in a ruling that aims to protect the endangered big cats but may disrupt travel plans for droves of tourists.
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Assam’s Floods Take Toll on India’s Rhinos - Monsoon floods have killed at least 600 animals in a national park in Assam, including 14 of India’s rare one-horned rhinos. Kaziranga National Park, spread over 332 square miles in northeastern India, is home to two-thirds of the world’s one-horned rhinos and has other 37 mammal species, including tigers, deer, elephants and wild boar #wildlife
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WWF-India says it is the second photo sighting of endangered snow leopards in Kargil, after one was photographed hunting a herd of Asiatic Ibex in 2009. The recent sighting has encouraged environmentalists as it suggests the big cats were not scared away from the Kargil mountains by the 1999 India-Pakistan conflict. #wildlife #snowleopard
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World Wildlife Fund-India filmed the adult snow leopards in Kargil district
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A pair of rare, reclusive snow leopards have been photographed wandering a remote, mountain region once ravaged by conflict between India and Pakistan.
Infrared camera traps set up months ago by World Wildlife Fund-India filmed the adult snow leopards in Kargil district just a few kilometres from the heavily militarized Line of Control that runs through the disputed territory of Kashmir.
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Passengers aboard the Maharaja Express' seven day Delhi-to-Kolkata trip visit dozens of sites in eastern Indian including the #temples of Khajuraho, the tigers at Bandhavgarh National Park and the bathers of the Ganges River. All itineraries begin or end with a visit to the #TajMahal. The train will operate September through April. Rates start at $5,600 a person for a seven-day trip. #IndianRailways
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Eight-day Mumbai to Delhi trip travels through western India
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The Maharaja Express, which caters to luxury travelers seeking to explore the vast country with style and ease, arrives at a new station every morning for off-rail excursions. The eight-day Mumbai to Delhi trip travels through western India with sightseeing stops at Udaipur palaces, an #elephant #polo match near Jaipur and a #tiger safari through Ranthambore National Park. #IndianRailways
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India’s first cross-country luxury train the Maharaja Express a 23-car train, which was inspired by the lavish cars of India’s colonial-era princes, has two ornate restaurants with decorative vaulted ceilings, an observation lounge and 43 sleeper rooms that start at roughly 110 square feet.
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