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Several houseboats were gutted after a massive fire broke out on a houseboat in Dal Lake on the outskirts of Srinagar.
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'The Pahalgam terror attacks and the conflict that followed were a big blow to local tourism.' 'And just when things were starting to go back to normal, the floods, caused by heavy rain, spoiled all chances of a bounce-back this season.'
Three tourists from Bangladesh were charred to death in a major blaze in a houseboat on the famous Dal Lake on Saturday, officials in Srinagar said.
'Most of Tagore's important correspondence is held in institutional archives. So offerings like this in the public domain are few and far between.'
Sports Minister V Abdurahiman said 20 deaths were confirmed on the basis of information from various hospitals where those pulled out from the water and inside the boat were admitted.
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The four are said to be belonging to the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist's union outfit -- CITU, one of the 10 trade unions, which were on strike on Wednesday.
Houseboat owners in summer capital Srinagar on Monday staged a floating protest in river Jhelum against the government decision disallowing repair of the damaged houseboats parked at the Dal Lake, the Nagin Lake and the Jhelum River. Mukhtar Ahmed reports
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A group of rescuers and divers today entered a flooded Chinese mine where 153 workers have been trapped for almost a week, but found no signs of life.
With its fleet of black-hulled houseboats, the backwaters of Kerala entice the tourists, both domestic and international, to God's Own Country.
The Dutch national, who was arrested on Saturday on charges on murdering a British woman inside a houseboat in Srinagar, was on Sunday remanded to 10-day police custody by a local court. De-Wit Richard was produced before a magistrate at his official residence by the police, which sought his custody.
In a bid to conserve the world famous Dal Lake in Srinagar, which has been facing serious dangers from pollution and encroachments, the Jammu and Kashmir government has decided to relocate houseboats from their present locations.
A British tourist was murdered on Friday night allegedly by a tourist from Holland in a houseboat on Dal Lake were both of them were staying. A senior police officer said that the Dutch tourist David Richard, who tried to flee the valley, was nabbed early on Saturday from Qazigund in south Kashmir, 80 km from Srinagar, on the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway.
Enchanting glimpses from the Shikara Festival on Dal Lake in Srinagar.
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'Sheikh Abdullah ruled the state with secular values. Post 1953, when he was sacked, corruption took over governance.'
The reasons are too private to be discussed at a round table, listed out during a seminar, or uncovered in an academic course. A proud but insomniac connoisseur murmuring in his sleep may do a better job of explaining the phenomenon than an expert on a podium. Sreehari Nair airs his thoughts.
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While there was unrest in the rest of the Kashmir valley, the Dal Lake was serene and peaceful.
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'My son says I am a coward for not going out to protest. He is not afraid. He is a typical Kashmiri youth.'
'The beautiful valleys dotted by standing trees, white rocks and gushing streams were an instant respite for our sleep-deprived eyes.'
The lowest temperature ever recorded in Srinagar was minus 14.4 degrees Celsius in 1893.
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'Kashmir came out as a theme that appealed to her and instantly it also hit a home run with all of us.'
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