Everything you need to know about Lake Town: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Lake Town: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Hong Kong, May 21 (IANS) The Royal Trophy Golf Tournament will be held for the first time in China Dec 20-22 at Dragon Lake Golf Club in Guangzhou, Royal Trophy co-managing director Ivan Ballesteros said Tuesday.
Washington, May 21 (IANS) The World Bank President, Jim Yong Kim, and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will make a joint visit to Africa's Great Lakes region, a World Bank statement said Monday.
Srinagar May 19 (ANI): Around 50 Shikara boats in Jammu and Kashmir lined up in the renowned Dal Lake on Sunday to participate in a race, which was organised to showcase the culture of the state and promote tourism in the valley.
Srinagar, May 14 (IANS) A fortnight-long tourism festival kicked off here Tuesday to attract visitors to the Kashmir Valley.
New York, May 14 (ANI): A brewer from Bolivia has created a beer that is based on the same leaf, which is used to make cocaine.
Johannesburg, May 14 (ANI): Retiring Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has said that the celebrations for United's Premier League victory had surpassed even those of 1999 when the club completed an unprecedented trophy treble of Premier League, FA Cup and European Champions League all in one season.
Washington, May 11 (ANI): Baylor University researchers have found the earliest archaeological evidence of human hunting and scavenging.
Washington, May 10 (ANI): The Arctic was very warm during a period roughly 3.5 to 2 million years ago, a new study suggests.
Washington, May 10 (ANI): Analyses of the longest continental sediment core ever collected in the Arctic has provided "absolutely new knowledge" of Arctic climate from 2.2 to 3.6 million years ago.
Gulmag/Srinagar, May 9 (IANS) With snow falling as late as May, Kashmir's Gulmarg resort remains an attractive tourist destination, especially for winter sports, even as summer capital Srinagar, where the nearest airport is located, worries over security.
Srinagar, May 8 (IANS) As the temperatures rise in the plains so do the tourist arrivals in Kashmir, with people associated with the industry praying for another record season this summer.
Chennai, May 7 (IANS) City-based Oriental Cuisines Pvt Ltd, owning a varied chain of restaurants, plans to double its outlet numbers in two years time, said a top company official.
Tbilisi (Georgia), May 3 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Georgia will not boycott next year's Winter Olympics in the Russian city of Sochi after the country's National Olympic Committee voted unanimously in favour of taking part.
Sydney, May 2 (ANI): A Chinese boy will become the youngest player in European Tour history when he tees off on Thursday at the Volvo China Open.
Cape Town, April 30 (IANS) The South African Football Association (SAFA) has unveiled a development programme with the aim of reviving the country's national team.
Washington, Apr 30 (ANI): Tiny 1,900 million-year-old fossils from rocks around Lake Superior, Canada, has given the first ever snapshot of organisms eating each other and suggest what the ancient Earth would have smelled like.
Cape Town, April 30 (IANS) The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) Monday showed rare footage of former president Nelson Mandela sitting in a chair with a blanket over his legs, flanked by President Jacob Zuma, his medical team and several senior members of the ruling African National Congress (ANC).
Washington, Apr. 30 (ANI): The boxing coach of Boston Marathon bomber has said his one-time pupil may have been dispirited by boxing setbacks, but that's no reason for the attacks that killed three people and injured more than 200.
Kolkata, April 25 (ANI): A Kolkata sub-divisional magistrate's court on Thursday placed Ponzi king Sudipto Sen and two other accused in 14 days police custody for their role in the perpetrating the Saradha Chit Fund scam.
Borno (Nigeria), April 22 (IANS) At least 185 people were confirmed dead in a weekend crossfire between the military and Boko Haram sect in Baga, a fishing community located in Nigeria's northeastern Borno State, according to military authorities.
Srinagar, April 21 (ANI): Kashmir University has organised a 26-day-long health awareness camp for houseboat owners at the idyllic Dal Lake here.
New Delhi, April 14 (ANI): Telly actor Husaain Kuwajerwala is all set to make his B-Town debut, after a successful stint on the small screen, with director Rajesh Bachchani's small budget movie 'Shree'.
New York, April 13 (ANI): Gisele Bundchen has joined the Instagram community by posting a photo of herself wrapped in her native Brazilian flag, on Monday
New York, April 13 (ANI): Gisele Bundchen has joined the Instagram community by posting a photo of herself wrapped in her native Brazilian flag, on Monday
Washington, April 13 (ANI): Robert Pattinson and on-off girlfriend Kristen Stewart were seen celebrating her birthday with 40 other pals at a margarita-fueled dinner at Malo, a Mexican eatery in Silver Lake, California.
Guatemala City, April 9 (IANS/EFE) Guatemala will advertise the country as a destination for foreign visitors with the aim of boosting the economy.
Srinagar, Apr 7 (ANI): In a startling revelation on Sunday, a local houseboat owner in Srinagar revealed that the person who killed the British tourist was also a tourist and not a Kashmiri.
Srinagar, April 6 (IANS) A 24-year-old British woman was found murdered Saturday in a houseboat on Dal Lake here and the alleged murderer - a Dutch national, living on the same boat - has been arrested and has confessed to the crime, police said.
Srinagar, Apr 6 (ANI): The state interior minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Sajjad Ahmad Kichloo, said on Saturday that police are investigating the mysterious death of a 24 year-old British national. Sarah Groves, was found in a pool of blood on a houseboat on Saturday in Dal Lake in Srinagar.
Srinagar, April 6 (IANS) A 24-year-old British woman was found murdered Saturday in a houseboat on Dal Lake in Srinagar. A Dutch national who had also been living in the same houseboat has been arrested, police said.
Srinagar, Apr. 6 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir Police on Saturday informed that a British woman had been found murdered inside a houseboat on the Dal Lake here.
Srinagar, Apr 4 (ANI): Heavy snowfall coupled with rain and hailstorms destroyed crops, causing huge losses to farmers and locals in Kashmir on Thursday.
Kolkata, April 3 (IANS) With the iconic Eden Gardens hosting the opening battle between holders Kolkata Knight Riders and Delhi Daredevils Wednesday, Kolkata uncorked the fizz of the Indian Premier League (IPL) with a host of beverages on offer, especially for cricket fans.
Los Angeles, April 3 (IANS) Singer Tina Turner is set to marry music producer Erwin Bach.
Kolkata, April 2 (IANS) Though the eastern metropolis hosted a gala opening ceremony of the Indian Premier League (IPL) Tuesday evening, most Bengal industry captains skipped the Salt Lake Stadium.
Kolkata, April 2 (IANS) Waving gold and purple flags and banners, frenzied fans of defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders descended onto the Salt Lake stadium here, the inaugural venue of the sixth Indian Premier League, to witness a star-studded spectacle Tuesday.
Kolkata, April 2 (IANS) Breaking the stereotype of stories that showcase mainly male bonding, new Bengali film "Ami Aar Amar Girlfriends", set for release later this month, focuses on female bonding, with the director calling it biographical.
Kolkata, April 1 (IANS) Promising to give a spectacular opening ceremony of the Indian Premier League in Kolkata Tuesday, Bollywood megastar Shahrukh Khan said it would be an unprecedented experience for the country.
Kolkata, April 1 (IANS) The Indian Premier League T20 tourney - synonymising cricket, cash, controversies and dollops of glamour - opens its sixth edition Tuesday with a cultural gala marrying the rhythm of American rap music with Bollywood dhamaka, but ironically at a iconic soccer venue where the likes of Lionel Messi have mesmerised tens of thousands of spectators in the past.
Kolkata, April 1 (IANS) As the curtains go up on a mix of cricket and culture at the opening ceremony of the sixth edition of Indian Premier League (IPL) Tuesday, fans of cricket and Bollywood lined up at the Salt Lake Stadium's gates since early morning Monday to claim their share of tickets of the inaugural event.
Kolkata, April 1 (IANS) Fans of Indian Premier League (IPL) can breathe easy with the weatherman predicting a 'partly cloudy sky' and a rain-free day Tuesday, when the cash-rich tournament begins with a gala opening programme at the Salt Lake Stadium here.
Kolkata, March 30 (IANS) Known as a foodie's favourite, Kolkata will tickle the taste buds with lip-smacking Tandoori delights as a special treat for cricket enthusiasts during the sixth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) matches that begins here April 3.
Mumbai, March 29 (IANS) Despite a jam-packed shooting schedule, Deepika Padukone has taken time out to perform at the opening ceremony of the sixth season of Indian Premier League (IPL) in Kolkata.
London, March 28 (ANI): One in four British children think that Easter is celebrated as the date chocolate was invented, while a similar number of kids reckon the annual Christian festival marks the birthday of the Easter bunny, a survey has revealed.
London, March 28 (ANI): Channing Tatum has admitted to a man crush on George Clooney and called him "the sexiest man alive".
Los Angeles, March 28 (IANS) Brazilian model Gisele Bundchen, known for her ability to get into shape after giving birth, lives up to her name. She has shed baby weight after giving birth to daughter Vivian Lake in December last year.
Srinagar, Mar.27 (ANI): Asia's largest Tulip garden on the banks of Srinagar's Dal Lake opened on Wednesday for both tourists and local residents.
Beijing, March 27 (IANS) China has set up six feeding stations for migratory birds near a lake straddling the Sino-Russian border, officials said Wednesday.
Srinagar, Mar 24 (ANI): With the arrival of summer, authorities in Kashmir are working to clean Dal Lake, to make it a pleasurable sight for tourists who would enter the valley in the coming months.
Srinagar, Mar 24 (ANI): With the arrival of summer, authorities in Kashmir are working on war-footing to clean the Dal Lake, to make it a pleasurable sight for the surging tourists that would descend in the valley in the coming months.
London, Mar 22 (ANI): Ace Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel has revealed he drives a very humble Volkswagen people carrier and even does his own shopping when he is at home in Switzerland.
Beijing, March 22 (IANS) IMG Worldwide, the global sports, fashion and media company, in partnership with the Fengtai Sports Bureau of Beijing, will host the 2013 Beijing International Triathlon Sep 21, at Qinglong Lake Park, in the Fengtai District of Beijing.
Washington, Mar 19 (ANI): Scientists have looked at glaciers which behave independently from the ice sheet, despite having some physical connection to it, and those which are not connected at all to help them improve the predictions of the future contribution of Greenland's ice to sea-level rise.
Washington, March 16 (ANI): Tooele police arrested a husband and wife duo after they allegedly robbed a bank and brought their two small children along in the getaway car on Monday.
Los Angeles, March 13 (IANS) Actor James Franco's neighbours have accused him of disrupting a residential area in California by running a film production company out of his home.
Moscow, March 12 (IANS) Russia would build a system to protect the Earth from meteors and other space debris, Russian federal space agency Roscosmos said Tuesday.
Poonch (Jammu and Kashmir), Mar.12 (ANI): Authorities in Kashmir are taking steps to restore the glory of the famous Mansabal Lake by building a four-kilometer-long see through fence to regulate the movement of tourists, restrict cattle movement and reduce pollution.
Kolkata, March 12 (IANS) The Indian Premier League (IPL) has signed Shah Rukh Khan owned Red Chillies Entertainments Pvt. Ltd. as promoters for the Opening Ceremony to be held on the evening of April 2 at the Salt Lake Stadium here.
Washington, Mar 10 (ANI): The search for a cure for deadly infectious disease like Tuberculosis has led a researcher for the US deep underwater.
Los Angeles, March 9 (IANS) Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa wrote a letter expressing "enthusiastic interest" in bidding for the 2024 Olympics, the US Olympic Committee (USOC) revealed.
London, Mar 8 (ANI): Russian scientists claim to have discovered a new type of bacterial life in water from a buried Antarctic lake.
Kolkata, March 7 (IANS) Unable to bear the shock of her father's death from cancer, a 20-year-old woman jumped to her death from the sixth floor of a private hospital Thursday, hospital officials said.
London, Mar 5 (ANI): Former Miss UK Kirsty Bertarelli is now launching a singing career with an album of songs detailing her observations of "real life."
Moscow, Mar 1 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Police in Russia said Friday they were looking into the death of a boy thought to have been killed by wild dogs or wolves in Siberia.
Geneva, Ma Mar 1 (IANS) Four people have been killed and six injured in a shooting incident at a wood-processing factory in central Switzerland, police said Thursday.
London, February 27 (ANI): A team of astronomers from Colombia has traced the origin of the meteor that struck central Russia earlier this month injuring about 1,000 people.
Los Angeles, Feb 26 (IANS) Actress Stacy Keibler, who has been dating actor George Clooney, loves his thick beard.
Moscow, Feb 26 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Scientists from Russia's Urals Federal University have discovered a meteorite fragment weighing more than one kg, the largest found so far from the meteorite strike that hit the Urals region Feb 15.
Bhubaneswar, Feb 23 (IANS) The Odisha government has alerted all its district authorities after a swab sample collected from a migratory bird tested positive for bird flu, an official said here Saturday.
Islamabad, Feb. 21 (ANI): Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan has threatened to attack Pakistan Printing Press and over a dozen police stations in District Malir and District West.
London, Feb 19 (ANI): Paris Hilton, who turned 32 on Sunday, proved that age isn't slowing her down, as she didn't fail to put on a good show at the opening of Peek Nightclub inside Harrah's Casino Lake Tahoe on Saturday night.
Los Angeles, Feb 19 (IANS) Socialite Paris Hilton spent her birthday in hospital with her boyfriend after he was injured in a skiing accident.
London, Feb 18 (ANI): Meteorite fragments have been discovered around a frozen lake near Chebarkul in Russia's Urals region, Russian scientists have revealed.
London, Feb 17 (ANI): The meteor that exploded in Russia on Friday had an impact 30 times greater than the Hiroshima bomb, NASA scientists have said.
Moscow, Feb 17 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A day after meteorite fragment reported to have fallen in Russia's Chelyabinsk region, the government said divers examining the Lake Chebarkul found no trace of the celestial body.
Mexico City, Feb 14 (IANS/EFE) The Russian Ballet of St. Petersburg is in Mexico for an 18-city tour that will feature "Sleeping Beauty", organizers said.
Kolkata, Feb 13 (IANS) The BCIM (Bangladesh, China, India and Myanmar) Car Rally will set out on an epic 3,000-km odyssey from Helipad Ground in the mammoth Salt Lake Stadium complex here Feb 22 to Kunming in China.
Los Angeles, Feb 13 (IANS) Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen has been roped in as the new face of luxury brand Chanel's make-up line.
Los Angeles, Feb 13 (IANS/EFE) Christopher Dorner, the former Los Angeles police officer being sought by police for murdering three people, opened fire Tuesday on sheriff's deputies pursuing him near Big Bear Lake, California, wounding two of them, media said.
Kolkata, Feb 12 (IANS) Facing annual losses of Rs.200 crore, the 132-year-old Calcutta Tramways Company, which runs the fleet of heritage vehicles long identified with the metropolis, is mulling a host of new proposals including leasing out its land and setting up banquet and cafeteria trams to revive its fortunes.
New York, Feb 12 (ANI): Syrian rebels have captured the country's largest dam and iconic industrial symbol of President Bashar al-Assad family's four-decade rule.
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) Aiming at the holistic conservation and restoration of lakes and wetlands to enhance water quality and improve biodiversity, the cabinet Thursday approved a Rs.900 crore scheme for a new integrated National Plan for Conservation of Aquatic Eco-systems (NPCA).
New York, Feb 6 (ANI): A couple from Arkansas got double lucky when they won the state lottery with two separate tickets bought the same day at the same store.
London, Feb 6 (ANI): American PC manufacturer Dell has announced that it will take itself private in a 24.4 billion dollars deal.
London, Feb 5 (IANS) Michael Dell has said he will buy back for $24.4 billion the personal computer manufacturer that he founded and that carries his name, BBC reported.
New Delhi/Amritsar/Srinagar, Feb 5 (ANI): Wet spell in northern India brought back the chill on Tuesday, as temperatures plunged several notches below normal, forcing people to stay within the confines of their homes.
London, Feb 5 (ANI): Russian scientists claim to have spotted the "jaws and skeleton" of a mystery creature which could be "the Siberian Loch Ness monster."
London, Feb 2 (ANI): Scientists have claimed to have found the first tantalising signs of life to be detected in waters from a subglacial lake, half a mile beneath the snowy wastes of the Antarctic.
London, Jan 31 (ANI): Bill Gates has said that 13 is the appropriate age for a child's first cell phone, adding that he has applied the rule to his family.
Srinagar, Jan 30 (IANS) As shallow water bodies within the migratory birds' reserves in the Kashmir Valley remain frozen, flocks of geese, mallards, teals, gadwalls and pochards have started looking for alternate feeding grounds.
Srinagar, Jan 30 (IANS) As shallow waterbodies of the migratory bird's reserves in the Kashmir Valley remain frozen, flocks of geese, mallards, teals, gadwalls and pochards have started looking for alternate feeding grounds.
London, Jan. 29 (ANI): An American attempt to bore down into Lake Whillans, buried almost one kilometer under the Antarctic ice, has achieved its aim.
Washington, Jan 26 (ANI): As rumours swirl that the Olympic skier Lindsey Vonn is in a serious relationship with the divorced golf pro Tiger Woods, both sports stars are staying tight-lipped on the subject and refusing to discuss any personal matters whatsoever.
Melbourne, Jan.16 (ANI): A row has sparked in Melbourne over the planned renovation of a mosque in the vicinity of Monash University, in the eastern suburbs of the city, after a prominent member of the local Uniting Church gave a statement that religious extremists and fanatics may be trained in mosques.
Wellington, Jan. 13 (ANI): New Zealand Cricket chief executive David White has said NZC needs a change of culture for the Black Caps to perform consistently at the top level.
Moscow, Jan 11 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian researchers have obtained the first sample of transparent ice from the water of a unique sub-glacial lake in Antarctica during drilling operations, the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute said.
Los Angeles, Jan 7 (IANS) Teen sensation Justin Bieber paid a surprise visit to seven-year-old fan Millie Flamm, who is suffering from cancer, ahead of his concert in Utah.
Islamabad, Jan 7 (IANS) The Pakistani capital will soon develop an aviary over 15,000 square metres of land that would feature common as well as rare birds like pheasants, parrots, doves, partridges and water fowls.
Johannesburg, Jan. 7 (Xinhua-ANI): South Africa's former president Nelson Mandela, who was hospitalized for almost three weeks last month, has recovered from his surgical procedure and the lung infection, the Presidency said on Sunday.
Srinagar, Jan 5 (IANS) At minus 5.4 degrees Celsius, summer capital Srinagar Saturday recorded Friday night as the coldest of the season so far. The weatherman has forecast further fall in night temperatures across Jammu and Kashmir over the next few days.
