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Maha Kumbh 2025: Mela administration hikes boat fare by 50 per cent; details here

Ahead of the Maha Kumbh in January 2025, the Kumbh Mela Administration has approved a 50 per cent increase in the fares for boatmen. According to Additional District Magistrate Mahakumbh Vivek Chaturvedi, this decision follows long-standing requests from the boatmen and a productive discussion between the Prayagraj District Boatmen Association and the Mela administration, PTI reported. Welcoming the move, Pappu …

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3 days, 19 hours ago

Maha Kumbh 2025: Boat Fares Soar by 50%, devotees brace for costlier rides

India Today

In preparation for the upcoming Maha Kumbh in January, the Kumbh Mela Administration has approved a 50% increase in boat fares. The move was finalised after constructive discussions between the Prayagraj District Boatmen Association and the Mela administration. Pappu Lal Nishad, President of the Prayagraj District Boatmen Association, welcomed the hike, noting that fares had remained stagnant for years despite …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Streamlining Liquor Sales, Free Sand Supply: State Govt Makes Bold Moves

Deccan Chronicle

Excise and Mines Minister Kollu Ravindra has announced a number of measures to streamline liquor sales and free sand supply in Andhra Pradesh. The minister highlighted the exploitation of sand mining by mafia over the past five years, leading to violence and undermining of construction industry. However, after the NDA alliance government brought in the free sand policy and streamlined …

Visakhapatnam

4 months ago

Mahakumbh-2025: Tourism dept training boatmen as river guides in Praygaraj, other cities

Hindustan Times

In order to exhibit best hospitality to both domestic and international tourists during the Mahakumbh-2025, the state tourism department has started training boatmen of Prayagraj, Ayodhya and Chitrakoot as river guides. “The state tourism department has penned a memorandum of understanding with Manyawar Kanshiram Institute of Tourism Management, Lucknow and an NGO “Bewajah Society” for this mission of empowering the …

Tourism Training Prayagraj Given Chitrakoot Boatmen River Guides

5 months, 2 weeks ago

Bye-bye diesel, hello CNG: Conversion complete, ‘green’ boats on Ganga to cut down on pollution

Hindustan Times

Over 800 diesel engine-operated boats have been converted to CNG-powered craft in Varanasi by GAIL in order to end pollution caused by the diesel engines. GAIL, Varanasi, chief manager, marketing, Praveen Gautam said, “GAIL funded the entire project as part of its corporate social responsibility.” He said that the CNG boats will help get rid of air pollution, noise pollution …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

From ghats to tea stalls, it’s a kaleidoscope of poll moods in Kashi

Hindustan Times

As the number of visitors at Assi Ghat starts to recede around 10.30pm, Siya Ram Yadav, 56, takes one last round, hoping to get another customer for his masala lemon tea. “In the past three years, I have seen tourists/locals only increasing in number after the Assi Ghat was renovated with a pucca staircase and proper cleaning,” says Siya Ram, …

Tea Work Varanasi Voters Vote Modi Narendra Modi

6 months, 3 weeks ago

Opening a door to a timeless world

China Daily

Sketche of performers of pingtan, an art form that blends several narrative musical traditions. LIU CHEN/CHINA DAILY Also in the summer, Hu, the little girl, would be taken by the hand by her father to one of Old Town's little ports to buy watermelons from the boatmen. Where Jiang's bookstore is standing, a little canal once ran alongside the Niujia …

Jiang Timeless World

7 months, 3 weeks ago

Three T.N. fishermen released by Sri Lankan court; fishermen leader says eight more are in prison

The Hindu

In what came as a major relief to fishers in Rameswaram, three boatmen, who were jailed in Sri Lanka and were to undergo six months of imprisonment, were released by a court in the island nation, fishermen association leader P. Jesu Raja said, on Friday, April 26, 2024. Thanking the Union government, the Indian High Commission officials, the judiciary in …

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8 months ago

‘Children of the Ganges’ - the boatmen of India’s Varanasi

Al Jazeera

Varanasi, India - “Hum paani ke jeev hain. Sahni belongs to Varanasi’s community of approximately 8,000 mallah, the boatmen whose lives are deeply intertwined with the Ganges - a river considered sacred in India and which they hold in profound reverence. Varanasi has long fascinated historians, anthropologists, artists and storytellers and is often celebrated as one of the world’s oldest …

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8 months ago

Mahanadi boat tragedy: 5 more bodies recovered, death toll rises to 7

Hindustan Times

The death toll in the boat tragedy in the upper streams of Mahanadi river in Odisha’s Jharsuguda district on Friday afternoon rose to seven after divers and rescue personnel fished out five more bodies even as one person went missing. Jharsuguda superintendent of police Smit S Parmar said on Saturday that the bodies of five more persons were fished out …

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8 months ago

Odisha: Boat carrying over 57 capsizes, seven dead bodies recovered after hours of rescue operation

India TV News

In a tragic incident, at least seven persons died, including four women and three children after a boat capsized in the Mahanadi River in Odisha's Jharsuguda district on Friday. Since yesterday, the rescue operation has been underway and till today seven dead bodies have been recovered.Doctors have been called to the site as well.Efforts to rescue one more dead body …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

FACT CHECK: PM Modi's hand wave clarified - not to fish, but to waiting boatmen | Here's the truth

India TV News

A video circulating on social media purportedly showing Prime Minister Narendra Modi waving at the sea during the inauguration of the Sudarshan Setu bridge in Gujarat has sparked misleading claims. Image Source : INDIA TVScreenshot of a video circulating on social media purportedly showing PM Modi waving at the sea. The India TV Fact Check team investigation revealed that PM …

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10 months, 1 week ago

20 arrested T.N. fishermen released by Sri Lanka, three others sentenced to prison terms

The Hindu

In a major relief to the fishing community in Tamil Nadu, 20 fishermen from Rameswaram were released, while two boatmen and a fisherman were directed to undergo a jail term of six months and one year respectively, for repeating the offence of poaching, a court in Sri Lanka has ruled. According to fishermen leader Jesu Raja, 42 fishermen were arrested, …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Laser show, fireworks to add grandeur to Dev Deepawali in Varanasi

Hindustan Times

Ganga ghats in Varanasi are being spruced up for the upcoming festival of Dev Deepawali to be celebrated on November 27. Devotees will be greeted with laser show at Kashi Vishwanath Dham’s Ganga gate and Chet Singh Ghat to add grandeur and colours to the celebration. Dev Deepawali draws lakhs of people, including thousands of foreign tourists, to the city …

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1 year, 2 months ago

TS cops roll up their sleeves for polls, tight vigil along border

Deccan Chronicle

Adilabad: Adilabad district administration and police have started measures in the district from Monday afternoon for the effective implementation of code of conduct for the Assembly elections to be held on November 30 in the state. As the state government considers the erstwhile Adilabad district as a key area which shares the longest border with Maharashtra, the police have set …

Maharashtra District Seized Cash Border Adilabad

1 year, 6 months ago

World’s hardest dish? Stir-fried stones are China’s latest street food fad

CNN

Hong Kong CNN — Dubbed “the world’s hardest dish” – literally – a traditional stir-fry featuring stones as its key ingredient has sparked culinary curiosity on Chinese social media. They are instructed to suck off the flavors, then spit out the rocks – hence the dish’s name suodiu, meaning “suck and dispose.” Videos of internet users sampling suodiu have sprung …

Chinese Dish

1 year, 8 months ago

15 tourists trapped on rocks rescued from Narmada river in MP's Khandwa. Video

Hindustan Times

At least 15 tourists were rescued from a rock they were on after water was released from a dam on Narmada river in Madhya Pradesh's Khandwa district on Sunday, an official said. The incident occurred at Nagar Ghat of Omkareshwar when water was released from the dam, sub-divisional magistrate Chandar Singh Solanki said. Some videos of the incident have also …

Water Narmada

2 years, 2 months ago

In Mexico, locals try to save traditional 'Mexican caviar'

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. For Juan Hernández, a farmer from San Cristóbal Nezquipayac, …

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2 years, 5 months ago

From the NE, an Actress in Search of Her Cult, a Swachh Bharat Star, a Wrecker of Taboos - News18

News 18

Independent India turns 75 this year and no celebration would be complete without honouring the women whose work and passion take the nation to greater heights every day. Today, we meet talented actress and content creator Merenla Imsong and Varanasi sanitation champion Temsutula Imsong, both originally from Nagaland, as well as Manipur native Angel Konthoujam, who has for long fought …

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3 years, 6 months ago

How lockdown-hit Kashmir is trying to revive tourism

India Today

It’s been a terrible two years for the tourism sector in Jammu and Kashmir—already hit by militancy, then the political upheaval in 2019 and now the Covid pandemic. We are trying to create conditions that aid safe tourism.” The tourism department has roped in the Institute of Hotel Management in Srinagar, Kashmir University and health experts to run capacity-building programmes. …

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3 years, 8 months ago

Boatmen on song

China Daily

Wu Xiulan displays how to pull a boat while singing the Chuanjiang work song. "When I sing the songs and perform on stage, it is my happiest time," said Wu, who can easily sing dozens of such work songs and chants at will. "There are many people who want to learn the work songs, but few can persist in the …

Work Song Songs Sing Boatmen Chuanjiang

3 years, 8 months ago

Boatmen on song

China Daily

Trackers pull a boat on the riverfront in Anju Ancient Town, Chongqing in 2001. With the help of Tao, Wu then began to frequently perform and sing the Chuanjiang work songs on CCTV and local television stations starting in 2003. In 2009, Wu was awarded the title of inheritor of the project of Chuanjiang boatmen work songs and began to …

Work Song Songs Zhang Sing Chuanjiang

3 years, 8 months ago

Boatmen on song

China Daily

Wu Xiulan displays how to pull a boat while singing the Chuanjiang work song. "When I sing the songs and perform on stage, it is my happiest time," said Wu, who can easily sing dozens of such work songs and chants at will. "There are many people who want to learn the work songs, but few can persist in the …

Work Song Songs Sing Boatmen Chuanjiang

3 years, 8 months ago

Boatmen on song

China Daily

Wu Xiulan displays how to pull a boat while singing the Chuanjiang work song. "When I sing the songs and perform on stage, it is my happiest time," said Wu, who can easily sing dozens of such work songs and chants at will. "There are many people who want to learn the work songs, but few can persist in the …

Work Song Songs Sing Chuanjiang Boatmen

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Maha Kumbh 2025: Mela administration hikes boat fare by 50 per cent; details here

Maha Kumbh 2025: Boat Fares Soar by 50%, devotees brace for costlier rides

Streamlining Liquor Sales, Free Sand Supply: State Govt Makes Bold Moves

Mahakumbh-2025: Tourism dept training boatmen as river guides in Praygaraj, other cities

Bye-bye diesel, hello CNG: Conversion complete, ‘green’ boats on Ganga to cut down on pollution

From ghats to tea stalls, it’s a kaleidoscope of poll moods in Kashi

Opening a door to a timeless world

Three T.N. fishermen released by Sri Lankan court; fishermen leader says eight more are in prison

‘Children of the Ganges’ - the boatmen of India’s Varanasi

Mahanadi boat tragedy: 5 more bodies recovered, death toll rises to 7

Odisha: Boat carrying over 57 capsizes, seven dead bodies recovered after hours of rescue operation

FACT CHECK: PM Modi's hand wave clarified - not to fish, but to waiting boatmen | Here's the truth

20 arrested T.N. fishermen released by Sri Lanka, three others sentenced to prison terms

Laser show, fireworks to add grandeur to Dev Deepawali in Varanasi

TS cops roll up their sleeves for polls, tight vigil along border

World’s hardest dish? Stir-fried stones are China’s latest street food fad

15 tourists trapped on rocks rescued from Narmada river in MP's Khandwa. Video

In Mexico, locals try to save traditional 'Mexican caviar'

From the NE, an Actress in Search of Her Cult, a Swachh Bharat Star, a Wrecker of Taboos - News18

How lockdown-hit Kashmir is trying to revive tourism

Boatmen on song

Boatmen on song

Boatmen on song

Boatmen on song