GS WEBZONE: “IRCTC to launch special tour packages for Holy places” plus 2 more

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Posted: 09 Aug 2011 03:03 AM PDT

The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) will soon be launching special tour packages for the Holy places in India like, Shani Singhnapur, Shirdi Dham, Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine and Dhakshin Bharat Yatra.

The Dakshin Bharat Yatra will be beginning on the 31st August 2011 and will end on 11th September 2011. Those who are interested to visit the Mata Vaishni Devi Shrine in Jammu can start planning on 30th September till 3rd October 2011.

While the Shirdi Dham and Shani Singhnapur Yatra will begin on 21st September and will end in three days. Those who are interested in talking the benefits of the tor packages can start planning now.

The three tour packages will be commencing from the Kanpur Central Railway Station and will also culminate in Kanpur. The Shani Singhnapur, Mata Vaishno Devi and Shirdi Dham shrine packages are available at Rs. 2,052 per person, while the Dakshin Bharat package is available at Rs. 6,156 which will cover Rameshwaram, Tirupathi, Kanyakumari and Madurai. The passengers will be provided with accommodation, vegetarian meal three times a day and confirmed reservation. The passenger can also book their tickets online at www.railtourismindia.com.

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Gold price in India reaches new high over Rs. 25,000

Posted: 09 Aug 2011 02:38 AM PDT

In some good news for the investors and bad news for the purchasers of gold, the price of the yellow metal has crossed the Rs. 25,000 mark per 10 gms in India. In Chennai the price of gold is Rs 25,150, In Mumbai Rs. 24,930, in Kolkata Rs. 25,295 and in Delhi the price is Rs. 25,120 per 10 gms.

The prices have risen due to the increasing inflations as well as the hazy global economy. Since the last one year the price of gold has risen by 34 percent.

According to the experts, such a trend is seen due to the weakening of the US dollar against the other major currencies like Japanese Yen, Euro and Swiss Franc. A lot was contributed towards the rise of the gold due to the weakness of the US economy, which is considered as the world's largest economy.

The experts have suggested for the investors that they could buy the gold at current level. And those who are planning to buy gold jewellery in future can pay their jewelers so that they can lock the current price.

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Samacheer Kalvi to be implemented by TN government from current academic year

Posted: 09 Aug 2011 02:00 AM PDT

The Tamil Nadu Government on Tuesday announced that they would implement the uniform education system known as the 'Samacheer Kalvi'. After the Supreme Court's verdict, the government has said that they would implement the system from the current academic year itself.

Chief Minister Jayalalitha had after the verdict of the Apex Court, had announced at the state assembly that her government would be implementing the Samacheer Kalvi. The AIADMK has said that they would have to bring some changes in the textbooks that were prepared for the system.

The implementation came after some of the parents had filed a plea to implement the system from this academic year itself. The Apex Court had then accepted the plea and of the petitioners and had directed the state government to implement the new system from this year itself.

Meanwhile, the DMK chief M Karunanidhi too had welcomed the decision of the Apex Court. Karunanidhi added that if such an order had come during the DMK regime then Jayalalitha would have asked for his resignation. But the DMK chief said that he would not take such a step now.