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Ganesh Visarjan in Dal Lake: The celebration of faith and unity

September 07, 2025 9:54 pm

More recently, Pune’s prominent Ganesh mandal led by the Shrimant Bhausaheb Rangari Ganesh Mandal had also taken the festival beyond Lal Chowk. Formally from 2023 onwards, Pune’s mandal has organised Ganeshotsav in Srinagar, Kulgam, and Anantnag, with plans to reach Kupwara and Baramulla next year.

Meet Ellis Hubertina, the 69-year-old Dutch woman cleaning Kashmir’s Dal Lake on her own for last 5 years

July 01, 2025 5:43 pm

Ellis Hubertina Spaanderman documents her cleanup drives around various parts of Kashmir and posts the videos on Instagram.

With Kashmir attracting tourists again, pollution of the iconic Dal Lake is a concern

November 11, 2024 6:02 pm

Sewage treatment plants are dumping waste into the lake. Efforts should be made to delink them from Dal Lake

Video of ‘tourists having alcohol on Dal lake’ sparks outrage in Srinagar: ‘Un-Islamic, unethical’

June 09, 2024 8:35 am

Political parties, religious outfits ask police to take action, urge tourists to ‘respect moral and religious ethos of Kashmir’.

Three tourists from Bangladesh dead as fire guts houseboats in Srinagar’s Dal Lake

November 11, 2023 11:35 pm

The fire is believed to have begun in one houseboat before it engulfed surrounding houseboats as well. The cause of the fire has not yet been established.

Amazon India announces first-ever floating store on Srinagar's Dal Lake

July 27, 2023 9:49 pm

Murtaza Khan Kashi, owner of houseboat Selec Town, will deliver packages every day to customers at the doorstep of their houseboats as part of the onboarding.

Large-scale fish deaths in Dal Lake raise alarm among residents, authorities call it 'annual' affair

May 25, 2023 10:16 pm

However, lake dwellers contradicted the official claim saying they had never seen such large-scale fish deaths there.

Shenaz Treasury visits world's only floating post office in Srinagar; know more about it

December 22, 2022 3:30 pm

The 200-year-old office is "floating on the western edge of Dal Lake". Interestingly, people from all over the world come here to "collect special stamps"

Jammu and Kashmir: 'Shikara Post' service for people living on Dal Lake

October 09, 2022 9:32 pm

Tulip Garden in J-K reverberates with music as six-day festival begins

April 04, 2021 4:11 pm

The 30 hectare-garden presented a colourful look as 15 lakh tulip bulbs of various colours and 62 varieties captivated visitors

Dal Lake freezes, Srinagar records coldest night since 1991

January 14, 2021 5:21 pm

A major portion of Kashmir's famous Dal Lake and several other water bodies froze on Thursday as the cold wave in the valley continued with Srinagar recording the coldest night in 30 years.

Frozen Dal lake, shivering people in Capital: North India prepares for frosty New Year

December 31, 2019 8:40 am

Cold wave swept across North India, with Delhi witnessing its coldest December day in a century, and Kashmir enveloped in snow.

Culture on cruise: Experience Kashmir through shikara ride on Dal Lake

July 20, 2017 9:04 am

Tourists enjoy a Shikara ride in the waters of Dal Lake in Srinagar. The footfall of tourists visiting Kashmir has decreased due to a spate of militant attacks including a recent attack on Amarnath yatris in which seven yatris were killed and around 20 injured.