A bibliophile’s paradise: remote Kashmiri village popular with book lovers

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Just two kilometers away from Ural, Asia’s second largest freshwater lake, a remote village in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district has been transformed into a unique book village in the Himalayan valley. Nearly 60 to 70 percent of the village’s population is engaged in agriculture and horticulture, and literacy rates have increased over the past two … Read more

Corbett’s latest attraction: Kota tourist precinct welcomes wildlife lovers

The project was launched from the Corbett National 1714643276148 1714643291780

A new tourist area has been opened in the Ram Nagar forest area where tourists can see all the wildlife such as tigers, leopards and elephants that the Corbett landscape is famous for. Ramnagar DFO Diganth Nayak told PTI in Rishikesh on Thursday that the area has been named as Kota tourist area as it … Read more