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IIFA ​ ​ WILL NOT BE CARRYING MONIES IN THEIR POSSESSION FROM THE SALE OF IIFA TICKETS OUT OF THE US: New York Supreme Court favors Florida TRAVEL AGENT AKARSH KOLAPRATH

Judge Melvin L. Schweitzer of New York State Supreme Court last week ordered the organizers of IIFA, held recently in Tampa, not to transfer or cause to be transferred any monies in their possession from the sale of IIFA tickets out of the US and appoint a receiver. An Orlando Travel Company has sued the Mumbai-based organizers of the Bollywood film awards Wizcraft and US partners, complained it was frozen out of the

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gala’s business after helping bring the event to Tampa.
Akarsh Kolaprath and his family’s company, 7M Tours, contend they worked for three years to bring the International Indian Film Academy’s awards to the United States, spending $265,000 along the way. The suit contends that Patel and Wizcraft International Entertainment shoved Kolaprath aside when it appeared that the April 26 awards show and related events would
make more money than organizers first expected It seeks more than $7 million in damages.”They need to pay these bills,” Kolaprath, 37, said “They cannot just take us for a ride. It is not fair.” Kolaparth said he started thinking of trying to bring the IIFA awards to the United States after watching the televised awards ceremony held in Macau, China, in 2009. After making contact with a Wizcraft subsidiary at a travel industry event in London, he said talks eventually started with Wizcraft executives.
The lawsuit asserts Timmins and other Wizcraft representatives promised Kolaprath, as compensation for his help, 3 percent of the first $17.5 million in IIFA revenue, and all revenues above $17.5 million. But Timmins wrote to Shah in 2013 that the 3 percent commission was to be split be- tween him and Kolaprath. And in a Jan. 20 email included as an exhibit, Timmins wrote Kolaprath that “no deal materialized between Wizcraft and Chetan Shah or Go Bollywood Tampa Bay.””Subsequently,” Timmins added, “this leaves no understanding between Wizcraft and 7M Tours on any kind of fees or payment due towards you.” Kolaprath’s suit also says that pursuant to a hotel, travel and tour booking contract that the Go Bollywood host committee signed with his company, 7M booked 1,800 rooms at 45 hotels in the Tampa Bay area and Orlando. A copy of the August 2013 contract is an exhibit to the suit, though Shah’s signature notes that it was “subject to final approval from Wizcraft.” But 7M’s reservations were for IIFA’s originally announced dates in mid June. In December, after high demand for tickets prompted organizers to move the show from the Tampa Bay Times Forum to the larger Raymond James Stadium, the awards were rescheduled for April 23-26. After that happened, the suit says, Kolaprath and 7M were excluded from preparations, and Wizcraft refused to help it re-book the rooms it had reserved or reduce its $1 million liability for the rooms it booked in June. The suit includes letters to 7M from the Sheraton Tampa East Hotel, St. Petersburg Marriott and Westin Harbor Island — all demanding tens of thousands of dollars owed despite the cancellations.

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A dedicated 24x7 Helpline launched for Amarnath Pilgrims

Amarnath Yatra will start on June 28, 2014

To ease the problems faced by pilgrims of annual Amarnath Yatra, which is slated to start on June 28, 2014, a religious web portal has launched a dedicated helpline for the pilgrims.

This helpline, launched by www.templeyatri.com will be functional throughout day and night and a dedicated team of professionals will be available to answer questions at  08287083800. You can also log on to  www.templeyatri.com to post your queries related to the yatra.

 “While planning a yatra, a pilgrim has a lot of queries regarding various things. If anybody gets stuck during the yatra or needs any aid, the templeyatri helpline will come to his/her rescue,” says Ranjan Srivastava, CEO, Templeyatri.

According to Mr. Ranjan Srivastava, this helpline will assist the pilgrims to plan the yatra, get you the best deal for the yatra besides helping you with the registration process. The procedures do not end here. Making you aware of the yatra routes, informing about the cheapest mode of travelling modes, helping you get the best accommodation and food to help you provide the helicopter services is what the helpline does. Furthermore, the helpline facilitates you with suitable yatra dates and health advisory to avoid untoward incident.

The annual yatra of the holy shrine of Amarnath in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district will commence on June 28, 2014 and the first batch of Yatris will be flagged off from the Yatri Niwas at Bhagwati Nagar near Jammu on June 27. Annual Amarnath Yatra is one of the most sacred and popular pilgrimages to the holy snow-clad cave shrine of Lord Shiva in the northern Indian state of Jammu & Kashmir. Of all Hindu pilgrimages, Amarnath — situated at an altitude of 3,880 meters in the southern Kashmir Himalayas — is considered one of the holiest. 

for more information, please feel free to contact : 

 Ranjan Srivastava

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www.templeyatri.com का संचालन करने वाले टेम्पलयात्री के सीईओ रंजन श्रीवास्तव कहते हैं, ‘‘किसी भी तीर्थयात्रा की योजना बनाते समय तीर्थयात्रियों के समक्ष कई सवाल होते हैं। अमरनाथ कठिनतम तीर्थयात्राओं में से एक है और ऐसे में इस यात्रा की योजना बनाते समय कई बातों का ध्यान रखना होता है। यही नहीं इस यात्रा से जुड़ी कई तरह की समस्यायें एवं चुनौतियां भी है। इसे ध्यान में रखकर टेम्पलयात्री ने अमरनाथ यात्रियों की मदद के लिये हेल्पलाइन की शुरूआत की है। अगर कोई इस यात्रा के बीच में फंस जाये या उसे कोई दिक्कत हो तो टेम्पलयात्री की हेल्पलाइन मददगार साबित हो सकती है।’’
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हर साल होने वाली जम्मू-कश्मीर के अनंतनाग जिले में स्थित पवित्र अमरनाथ गुफा की यात्रा इस साल 28 जून से शुरू हो रही है। यात्रियों के पहले जत्थे को 27 जून को जम्मू के पास भगवती नगर स्थित यात्री निवास से रवाना किया जायेगा। अमरनाथ यात्रा को हिन्दुओं की अत्यंत पवित्र तीर्थ यात्रा मानी जाती है। अमरनाथ समुद्रतल से 3880 मीटर की ऊँचाई पर स्थित है। अमरनाथ गुफा की प्रमुख विशेषता बर्फ से प्राकृतिक शिवलिंग का निर्मित होना है। आषाढ़ पूर्णिमा से शुरू होकर रक्षाबंधन तक पूरे सावन महीने में होने वाले पवित्र हिमलिंग दर्शन के लिए लाखो लोग यहां आते है।

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