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Kashmir: During cold wave, tourists visiting, feeling safe after Pahalgam
Updated : 6 months, 1 week ago IST
Cold wave has gripped the Kashmir Valley, with a foggy morning over Dal Lake in Srinagar, and the temperature has dipped to minus. Tourists from different places are reported to enjoy the chilly morning and feel safe visiting various tourist destinations after the Pahalgam attack. Accordi
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"Hard work paid off…": Boatman on Mahakumbh “success story” after praise f
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Inspired by the earnings of boat operators during the 2019 Ardh Kumbh, a boatman's family in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj took a bold entrepreneurial step during the recently concluded Mahakumbh Mela 2025, generating a staggering profit of Rs 30 crore.
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UP CM Yogi shares success story of boatman earning Rs 30 crores during Mah
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Refuting the Samajwadi Party's claims of boatmen being exploited during Mahakumbh Mela, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath shared a success story of a boatman's family who earned Rs 30 crore in 45 days during the congregation in Prayagraj from January 13 to February 26.
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Odisha: Boat capsizes in Chilika Lake due to heavy westerly winds; 11 save
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Khurda (Odisha) [India], May 6 (ANI): A boat carrying 12 persons, including nine tourists from Balasore, two small shopkeepers and a boatman, sank in Chilika lake in the Khurda district in Odisha due to heavy westerly winds, said District Magistrate Sangramjeet Mohapatra.
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Varanasi's boatmen say business booming with implementation of PM Modi's i
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], March 1 (ANI): Boatmen in Varanasi, the parliamentary constituency represented by Prime Minister Narendra Modi say they have seen a rise in their incomes by almost 10 times in the last few years since the BJP came to power in the Centre and in the state.&
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Man refusing COVID jab climbs tree, another attacks healthcare worker in U
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Ballia (Uttar Pradesh) [India], January 20 (ANI): In separate viral videos from Uttar Pradesh's Ballia, two men can be seen taking desperate measures to avoid COVID-19 jabs - while one climbed a tree, the other mishandled a healthcare worker.
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Hope PM's appreciation will benefit our community, says Kashmiri boatman w
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], June 27 (ANI): Expressing happiness after Prime Minister Narendra Modi appreciated his efforts for running a floating ambulance service in Srinagar's Dal Lake amid COVID-19, houseboat owner Tariq Ahmad Patloo said his community was ignored for a long tim
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Priyanka Gandhi to visit Prayagraj to help boatman who accompanied her at
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 21 (ANI): Congress party's general secretary in-charge of Uttar Pradesh, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will visit Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday to support boatmen who were allegedly harassed by local police.
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Dhawan feeds birds amid bird flu, Varanasi DM says action to be taken agai
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], January 24 (ANI): Kaushal Raj Sharma, District Magistrate, Varanasi, has said that action will be taken against boatmen who did not follow the administration's guidelines and allowed tourists on their boats to feed the birds amid the bird flu.
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Boatman ferries essential commodities to families stranded on Kerala islan
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Alappuzha (Kerala) [India], April 3 (ANI): In the Kerala backwaters in Kuttanad, a 50-year-old boatman is ferrying essential commodities including rice and grains, to around 60 families on an island here, who have been left with no mode of transportation after the coronavirus lockdown.
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