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Maharashtra bags 9 honours in the National Tourism Award Ceremony 2022, wins runner-up for comprehensive tourism development
Maharashtra has received a total number of 9 awards during the event.
The ministry of tourism held its annual National Tourism Award ceremony where the state of Maharashtra was Awarded with the runner-up award in the category of the best state for Comprehensive Tourism Development along with 9 more honours in various other categories on 27th September. The award marked a pivotal moment in history as it became Maharashtra’s first-ever award for the category of Comprehensive Tourism Development.
The award was collected by the Joint Director of Maharashtra Tourism, Dr. Dhananjay Sawalkar, and was given by Vice President of India, Jagdeep Dhankar, at Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi. The Tourism Minister, G. Kishan Reddy, and Ministry of Tourism secretary, Arvind Singh, were also present during the ceremony.
The ministry of tourism organizes a National tourism Award annually where different states are honoured with awards for different categories. For various other categories, the State Tourism Dept. had encouraged and recommended our stakeholders to fill application in respective categories, based on their specialty. To filter the applications and file the final nominations, the department had formed a committee of Expert stakeholders. Due to their efforts and determination of the stakeholders, 8 stakeholders in different categories received the prestigious national awards. Maharashtra has received a total number of 9 awards during the event.
The categories include Hotels, Tours Operators, Tour Guides, Niche Tourism, Rural as well as responsible tourism, and more. The awards for best performing States as well as civic management bodies are also given. Aside from becoming the second best state for Comprehensive Tourism Development, Maharashtra was honoured with more awards.
The State of Maharashtra won Civic Management of tourism destination for Panchgani Municipal Council. The award was received by the collector of Satar, Ruchesh Jaywanshi.
The Taj Mahal Palace in Mumbai received an honour in the 5 stars Delux category.
The Atmantan Wellness resort in Pune was awarded tourism under Niche Tourism which was received by Sharmilee Agrawal Kapur. The award for Rural Tourism was given to Saguna Baug Agri Tourism and was received by Chandan Bhadaswale.
Western Routes, Pune won Best Responsible Tourism Project Initiative which was received by Mr. Jayesh Paranjape. Geetee Travels won Tourist Transporters category which was collected by Mr. Manmohan Goyal. Orix India Auto Infrastructure Services Limited in category 1 won Transport which received by Ms. Sawati M. Prabhudesai.
Dala Rooster, Panchgani won Best B&B which was received by Captain Vikas Gokhale
On receiving the award J.D. Dhananjay Sawalkar expressed his pleasure, I’d like to thank India Tourism for presenting these awards to us. He added that Since several years Maharashtra is being recognized on the industrial front due to the industrial progress the state has been making. However, now a new sun has risen upon the state and a new era has begun where Maharashtra will also be known to lead in the Tourism sector. This award has encouraged the state to do better in future, considering the immense potential the State holds. He added the the state have unlimited attractions, superior connectivity, huge networks of stakeholders and what not and remarked that Maharashtra will soon receive the limelight it deserves.
This truly is a new beginning for Maharashtra and all the stakeholders.
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ODI World Cup trophy arrives in New Delhi; Arun Jaitley Stadium gears up for ICC event
The DDCA has upgraded the stadium seats from the old ones, which is a substantial improvement over the prior seating configurations.
The Arun Jaitley Stadium was significantly renovated after the ODI World Cup trophy was brought onsite. The valued trophy was unveiled by the Delhi & District Cricket Association (DDCA). With the expectation of high attendance during the World Cup matches, the DDCA has made a number of improvements within the stadium to improve the overall spectator experience.
After experiencing a number of problems with seating arrangements and amenities, this cricket venue came under attack earlier this year during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy and the Indian Premier League (IPL).
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The DDCA has upgraded the stadium seats from the old ones, which is a substantial improvement over the prior seating configurations.
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Amul gives shout out to SRK’s Jawan in a creative post after it crossed Rs 1000 crore | See here
The Amul mascot is pictured in the image sporting Shah Rukh Khan’s famous half-mask look from the movie and chowing down on some butter-covered bread.
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s film Jawan is creating an uproar at the box office. Over Rs. 576 crore have already been earned by this action-packed movie in India alone. Within its third week of release, the movie reached the coveted Rs 1,000 crore milestone overseas.
The Indian dairy company Amul has honoured the movie with a clever and humorous topical post in honour of this incredible accomplishment. The Amul mascot is pictured in the image sporting Shah Rukh Khan’s famous half-mask look from the movie and chowing down on some butter-covered bread.
The caption, which includes the name of the film’s director Atlee, cleverly reads, JaWan Thousand Crores, followed by Atlee Butterly Delicious, a beautiful play on words.
Pooja Dadlani, Shah Rukh Khan’s manager, shared the post on Instagram and thanked Amul India for the awesome artwork.
Amul is renowned for its original and creative ways of honouring India’s accomplishments. Today also Amul made a creative post to celebrated India’s success in Asian Games.
They had previously created a unique poster for Rajnikanth’s movie Jailer. The movie’s poster featured cartoon representations of Rajnikanth and Tamannaah Bhatia and included the captivative statement.
The cast of the September 7, 2023 film Jawan, which features Nayanthara, Deepika Padukone, Vijay Sethupathi, Sanya Malhotra, and Priyamani among others in the film. Shah Rukh Khan’s fame as an international superstar has been strengthened by the film’s ability to enthral audiences everywhere.
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On December 21, the Dunki crew will deliver a complete day of content, not just late-night premieres. The goal is to increase word-of-mouth and arouse interest in the audience for the typical weekend, which runs from Friday to Sunday.
Additionally, Shah Rukh Khan will make an appearance in the upcoming, action-packed thriller directed by Sujoy Ghosh. In the movie, he will co-star with his daughter Suhana Khan for the first time. However, at this moment, no official announcement has been made.
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Ranbir Kapoor uses secret Instagram account, Alia Bhatt reveals on his birthday
Sharing the photos on Instagram, Alia captioned the post in which she called her husband her love, her bestfriend and her happiest place.
Actor Alia Bhatt gave her husband, actor Ranbir Kapoor, an adorable note and a collection of never-before-seen images on his 41st birthday. Alia uploaded several images from their vacations and wedding on Instagram on Thursday.
The first photo which Alia shared showcased her getting a kiss while closing eyes from husband Ranbir Kapoor on the cheek in the blurry picture. While taking the selfie, he stuck out his tongue. The couple appeared to have travelled to New York, where the photo was apparently taken at night.
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Sharing the photos on Instagram, Alia captioned the post in which she called her husband her love, her bestfriend and her happiest place. She further revealed in her caption that as he is reading this caption from his secret account sitting right next to her, all she wanted to say Happy birthday to him.
The actor added, he make it all magical and added infinity symbol, sparkles and heart suit emojis in her caption. As soon as the Alia shared the images revealing about Ranbir’s secret Instgram accout, fans went crazy. Taking to comment section one user urged Alia to reveal the user name of his secret account, another wished Ranbir on her post and said to make it official so that they can connect more. Others also wished Ranbir and dropped heart emojis in the comment section.
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