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Taj number three global landmark

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New Delhi, Dec. 28 -- India's biggest tourism grosser the Taj Mahal is number three favourite landmark for global tourists, according to a survey. The Taj receives about 15 per cent of the total foreign tourist visitors to India. A poll survey done recently by hotels.com has shown Eiffel Tower in Paris to be the most favourite landmark for the global trotting crowd. Ten thousand travelers from all parts of the world participated in the poll. The second position has gone to St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican city, Rome considered to be one of the holiest Chrisitian site claiming to have the largest Church interior which can hold over 50,000 people. The finest example of Mughal architecture and one of the wonders of the world the white domed marble mausoleum Taj Mahal has got the third position. According to the survey 16 per cent of travelers gave a thumbs up for Eiffel Tower as number one, while 9 per cent voted for St.Peter's Basilica and 8 per cent voted for the...

AP loses property worth over Rs 250 cr over Telangana issue

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As Andhra Pradesh boils over the Telangana issue, public and private properties worth over Rs 250 crore were destroyed by protesters in all the three regions of the state so far, government sources said. Adding the loss caused to businesses because of the seemingly unending spate of shutdowns in Telangana, the figure could be a few hundred crores of rupees more. Of the total loss to properties, about 80 per cent was caused in Telangana region alone where people demanding a separate state have been more "violent," the sources said. As many as 52 public and 28 private properties were burnt while 62 public and 114 private properties were damaged in the violence that broke out in Telangana region from November 29 to December 9, after TRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao began his indefinite fast demanding separate statehood for Telanagana. The agitations supporting a united state recorded 37 public properties and 11 private properties being burnt and 46 public and 47 private propert...

Pune to have first open jail system for women inmates in the country

Pune, Dec.27 (ANI): Having received a go ahead from the Central Government, the historical Yerawada Central Jail in Maharashtra's Pune city is all set to have first open jail for women inmates in the country. This Open Jail will be inaugurated on the occasion of Republic Day, January 26, 2010. The objective behind the introducing the open prison system is to inculcate a sense of self-confidence among chosen women inmates and improve their living condition. In this, the women inmates will be given training in farming, painting, weaving and other skills. The women prisoners will also earn remuneration for their work. It is expected once skilled, these women on release will be able to take up a paying vocation and put behind the sad chapter of imprisonment in their life. The State Home Minister Ramesh Bagwe said that the idea to have women's open prison system after observing that in men's prison, the prisoners raised ample remuneration for their work besides develo...