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Monday, April 6, 2026
TopicDal Lake

Topic: Dal Lake

Kashmir has a dream. An Olympic gold in water sports

A shikarawala just became a kayak champion. Dal Lake is making waves with waterskiing and kayaking.

Drinking on Dal Lake isn’t just unethical—it snatches freedom, safety from Kashmiri women

Dal Lake is more than a tourist attraction. Kashmiris share a pious and intimate relationship with it.

As Kashmir marks 10-year tourist boom, selfies, shikaras & pherans help make memories

J&K tourism department data says over 3.5 lakh tourists have visited Kashmir in the last three months. This number is expected to go up in the coming months.

How a Srinagar father-daughter team is doing their bit to save Dal Lake

Tariq Ahmad Patloo runs an Ambulance Shikara in Srinagar's Dal lake. Last month, he found a mention on PM Modi's 'Mann Ki Baat'.

Held captive in Srinagar for 2 months in 2004, raped, forced to read Quran: Australian surfer

In a new book, surfer Carmen Greentree, who had travelled to India in 2004 to meet the Dalai Lama, revealed how she instead ended up trapped on a houseboat in Srinagar.

J&K to build 3-km-long road on Dal Lake’s western shore to stop encroachment

Officials of the J&K administration say many attempts to stop encroachment on Dal Lake were stopped by politicians, but now is an ‘opportune moment’.

Violence-hit Kashmir in need of tourism’s ‘healing touch’ for its own good

With the number of visitors to Jammu and Kashmir falling severely, the recent killing of tourist Thirumani may have derailed the state’s most crucial industry.

Kashmir’s kayaking star Bilquis Mir is India’s only water sports judge at the Asian Games

Bilquis Mir, the first water sports coach from the Valley, is the only Indian among 20 Asians to get the post.

On Camera

US pilot rescue in Iran must be seen more than war cost. Nation protects its warriors

A live American pilot paraded on Iranian state television would have been an intelligence windfall and a propaganda coup of historic proportions.

What to expect from China’s new 5-year plan—trade innovation, tensions with partners

ASEAN is struggling against a flood of 'underpriced Chinese goods', while Brazil has imposed anti-dumping duties on Chinese steel.

UAE walks away from financing Rafale F5 due to restricted access to technology, reports French media

French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.