Minister of Tourism and Culture Ambika Soni of India
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TERROR STRUCK TOURISM: Tourism Minister Ambika Soni is rallying for advertisements projecting India as a safe destination.
Soni is making an effort to explain her point of view and the remedial measures that the ministry can take to control the damage done by the affidavit, which has now been withdrawn," conceded party sources.
Ambika Soni is the minister incharge and she should resign," Bharatiya Janata Party spokesman Prakash Javadekar told rediff.
Meanwhile, Soni has also ordered an inquiry into the issue.
The tourism ministry in consultation with the ministries of home and defence and state governments had framed guidelines for forming the force, Soni said in Lok Sabha.
Addressing the meeting of Consultative Committee attached to Ministry of Tourism and Ministry of Culture here, Soni said schemes are being formulated and implemented in a manner that urban rural divide is bridged and every social and ethnic group is included in the promotion of tourism in the country.
Amritsar, Oct 7 : Union Minister of Tourism and Culture Ambika Soni has inaugurated a tourist resort, Aman Umeed Bhawan, earlier popularly known as Neem Chameli at Attari-Wagha international border in Amritsar.
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Seoul, June 17 : Tourism and Culture Minister Ambika Soni has released the first Korean-Hindi dictionary during her recent trip to attend the UNWTO executive council meeting.
New Delhi, September 20: Beleaguered Culture Minister Ambika Soni Thursday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the backdrop of the controversy over the Ram Sethu affidavit fiasco.
Soni had earlier offered to resign, saying she would immediately step down if asked to do so by either the Prime Minister or the Congress President.
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After inaugurating the complex, Soni said that the flow of tourists from across the border will help in further promoting peace between the two countries.
Ambika Soni is the member of Indian National Congress and the cabinet minister in Ministry of Tourism and Culture.
Ambika Soni was born on 13th November 1943 to parents Late Shri Nakul Sen, I.
Ambika Soni was selected to Rajya Sabha on March 1976.
As admirers of the Taj Mahal root for its inclusion among the New Seven Wonders of the World, Union Culture Minister Ambika Soni on Friday cast her vote in favour of the monument of love, joining millions who have taken part in the campaign.
Soni had earlier appealed to Indians to vote for the Taj.
Soni took charge of the Ministry from Renuka Chowdhury, who now heads the Women and Child Development Ministry.
Soni said the Tourism Minister must interact constantly with the Ministries of External Affairs, Civil Aviation, Home, Health, Railways, Shipping and Road Transport and the State Governments to sustain the high rate of growth.
Soni said she saw her new assignment as yet another challenge.
Soni said the large presence of foreign tourists who had touched down in Cochin would send across a message that India is a safe tourist destination despite the recent Mumbai terror attacks.
Soni was to inaugurate a mountaineering institute in the state in June, but the plan has been put on hold for now given the volatile situation in the state that has been on the boil over allocation of a 40-hectare plot to the Amarnath shrine board.
Ambika Soni says Indian film industry is popular worldwide.
THE TOURISM and Culture minister Ambika Soni has said that tourism industry needs to guard itself against volatile economic trends and unforeseen natural disasters to maintain high growth rates in the sector.
Ambika Soni is a Christian and not a Hindu by religion.
Soni has been assigned the difficult task of enforcing discipline in the faction-ridden Congress in Kerala.
Tourism minister Ambika Soni has asked the empowered committee of state finance ministers to have a uniform state-level tax structure and allow free movement of inter-state tourist vehicles to attract foreign tourists.
CHENNAI: Funds for constructing a Chamber Hall in Chennai will be sanctioned if the State Government sends a proposal within seven weeks, Union Tourism Minister Ambika Soni said here on Saturday.
Speaking on the occasion Soni said the opening of the CNTA office is in conformity with the Action Plan adopted by the two countries in February during the launch of 'India-China Year of Friendship Through Tourism.
Soni said it is also an indication of the importance that Beijing attaches to expanding people to people links with India through tourism.
On who was responsible for the omission, Soni said an inquiry was on, which would find out who made the slip-up, but added "I will not allow anyone to become a scapegoat.
Soni said she had submitted all the relevant papers in the matter to the Prime Minister and to the Congress chief.
Elaborating on the action taken against two ASI officials, Soni said one of them was in charge of the duty of carrying out the suggested amendments in the affidavit and incorporating them in the final draft that was sent to the ASG, adding he has accepted his oversight.
TROUBLE OVER RAM SETU: Ambika Soni has cancelled her September 23 trip to New York.
Soni had sought an appointment with the Prime Minister on the Ram Sethu affidavit row but has not been able to meet him so far.
Pointing out that the Indian government could not be 'officially'' associated with the project as it was a private campaign and not recognised by the UNESCO, Ms Soni said Indians must vote for the Taj Mahal in huge numbers.
Transport industry is an integral part of tourism: Ambika SoniUnion Minister of Tourism and Culture Ambika Soni said that the onus of making India a successful tourist destination lies not only with the Ministry of Tourism but also on the entire tourism industry, which includes transport industry.
New Delhi, Sept 26 : Union Minister of Tourism and Culture Ambika Soni said that the onus of making India a successful tourist destination lies not only with the Ministry of Tourism but also on the entire tourism industry, which includes transport industry.
Soni was speaking at the Convention of the Indian Tourist Transporters Association (ITTA) at Ashoka Hotel, New Delhi today.
New Delhi, Aug 26 : Tourism and Culture Minister Ambika Soni has said that the Indian film industry is growing at a fast pace and attracting attention not only from South-East Asia and Asia, but also from Europe and the West.
Speaking at the Today's Traveller Diamond and Platinum Awards function here last night, Soni said India has not only emerged as one of the biggest film industry in the world but also has quality films coming from it.
Union Minister for Tourism and Culture Ambika Soni has said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, in his speech to the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) on May 24, was ``touching the conscience of the rich'' and telling ``those who have benefited from the first three years now please look at the others also.
Soni said the time had come for the Prime Minister to tell the beneficiaries of government policies over the last three years to do something for the aam aadmi.
Soni said he was "touching the conscience of the rich.
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New Delhi: Culture Minister Ambika Soni sounded despondent after meeting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday to brief him about a government affidavit that has sparked a huge row by questioning the existence of Lord Ram.
Although Soni had been trying to meet the Prime Minister for the last few days to explain her position, she could not do so as Manmohan Singh was advised rest after his prostate surgery last weekend.
Ambika Soni says terrorism a major obstacle to tourism in Asia.
Hyderabad, Sept 17: Tourism and Culture Minister Ambika Soni inaugurated the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) mart here today.
Soni said terrorism is causing concerns globally.
I have been thinking of doing a nose job for quite some years, so that I can get rid of my big nose,' Soni said in the capital Tuesday.
India is progressing and is in the focus for economic growth,' Soni said adding that the country needed more hospitals, doctors, nurses and hotel accommodations to capture a large pie of the world health tourism market.
I have been thinking of doing a nose job for quite some years, so that I can get rid of my big nose,' Soni said Tuesday.
Soni was addressing the India Health Summit, organised by the industry lobby Confederation of India Industries (CII) and India Healthcare Federation (ICHF.
The statement comes a day after Soni met the Prime Minister to explain the role of the Culture Ministry in the issue regarding Lord Ram.
Soni had earlier met the Congress President and she submitted documents pertaining to the issue to both Gandhi and Singh.
After her meeting with the Prime Minister, Soni had said she was "very satisfied" with the interaction.
Ms Soni had earlier said that the Indian government could not be 'officially'' associated with the project as it was a private campaign and not recognised by the UNESCO.