Kashmir's famous Dal Lake froze on Thursday as the cold wave in the valley continued unabated with Srinagar recording the coldest night in at least three decades.
Srinagar city recorded its coldest night on Thursday as the minimum temperature plummeted to minus 8.4 degrees Celsius, a record broken after 25 years.
There was no let-up in the intense cold conditions in the north and northwestern parts of the country on Wednesday as Srinagar recorded its lowest temperature in eight years, while some places reported traffic disruptions as fog reduced visibility.
A Delhi-bound IndiGo plane hit a snow mound at Srinagar airport, following which the flight was held back. The latest reports suggested that all passengers were safe.
The Jammu-Srinagar National Highway has been closed due to a bridge on the road. No vehicular movement will be allowed on the highway from Jammu towards Srinagar and vice versa.
After remaining closed for five days, the strategic Jammu-Srinagar highway was restored for traffic on Friday, but authorities said only stranded vehicles will be allowed to move.
The Jammu-Srinagar National Highway will remain closed on Friday due to landslides and shooting stones triggered by snow and incessant rains, officials said on Thursday.
Himachal Pradesh and Kashmir received fresh snowfall on Sunday, leading to suspension of traffic on the Srinagar-Jammu national highway. The air traffic to and fro Srinagar also suffered disruption.
The USBRL (Udhampur Srinagar Baramulla Rail Link) is a National project undertaken by the Indian Railways for construction of broad-gauge railway line through the Himalayas with the aim of connecting the Kashmir region with the rest of the country.
Militants had opened fire on security forces during a cordon and search operation in Parimpora area on Tuesday evening. The cordon was strengthened after and the two sides exchanged fire intermittently throughout the night.
Students from the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Srinagar will get direct admission to PhD programme at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, according to an MoU signed on Friday.
Aditya Narayan and Shweta Agarwal got married on December 1 in Mumbai. Now they are honeymooning in Kashmir and sharing beautiful pictures on social media.
Water taps in Srinagar city and other towns of the Kashmir Division were frozen on Saturday morning and locals were seen lighting small fires around to de-freeze them.
Srinagar will get its first floating ambulance soon. Equipped with health facilities, the ambulance service will start operation in the Dal Lake soon.
With minus 6.4°C, Srinagar recorded the season's lowest temperature this year on Thursday.
Jammu and Srinagar will soon get metro services. Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Monday chaired a meeting at Civil Secretariat to steer Light Metro Rail Projects for Jammu and Srinagar.
The Srinagar Police has refuted claims floating on social media about arson at a temple in Srinagar. It said that an unknown anti-social miscreant had put with criminal intention a "baseless" post regarding an alleged act of arson at Arya Samaj Temple at Motiyar Rainawari. The Srinagar Police said that the temple was safe and intact. No act of arson occurred at the said temple, the city police said.
Terrorists have attacked a joint party of the Jammu and Kashmir Police and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) on Sunday. The incident took place at Sazgaripora, Hawal in Srinagar. The area has been cordoned off and a search operation have been launched to nab the terrorists.
Indian Army on Friday paid tribute to Sepoy Rattan Singh and Sepoy Deshmukh Yash who were martyred in a terrorist attack on November 26, 2020 in Srinagar.
At least two security personnel were martyred in a terror attack in a busy Srinagar market on Thursday. Three terrorists travelling in a Maruti car opened indiscriminate fire at a Quick Reaction Team of the Indian Army in general area Aban Shah Chowk, HMT, Khushipora, this afternoon, the Army said.
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