Jammu Lohri

Traffic on the 270-kilometre Jammu-Srinagar national highway was suspended on Monday afternoon after torrential rains lashed most parts of Jammu region and played spoilsport in the Lohri and Makar Sankranti celebrations.

As the sun set on the horizon, people in the border villages in Jammu's Suchetgarh headed out for a very special celebration of Lohri with jawans from the Border Security Force or BSF.

The annual Lohri festival began in Jammu on Monday, the winter capital of Jammu and Kashmir.

As India celebrates Lohri today, it's the old-style of celebrations in Jammu, with kids hopping from house to house for gifts.''We go from house to house for Lohri gifts. We get money and gifts from everybody,'' says Priyanka, a Jammu student.Whether it's civilian areas of Jammu or the high-security border, the festivities around Lohri leave no sou...

Traffic on the 270-kilometre Jammu-Srinagar national highway was suspended on Monday afternoon after torrential rains lashed most parts of Jammu region and played spoilsport in the Lohri and Makar Sankranti celebrations.

As the sun set on the horizon, people in the border villages in Jammu's Suchetgarh headed out for a very special celebration of Lohri with jawans from the Border Security Force or BSF.

The annual Lohri festival began in Jammu on Monday, the winter capital of Jammu and Kashmir.

As India celebrates Lohri today, it's the old-style of celebrations in Jammu, with kids hopping from house to house for gifts.''We go from house to house for Lohri gifts. We get money and gifts from everybody,'' says Priyanka, a Jammu student.Whether it's civilian areas of Jammu or the high-security border, the festivities around Lohri leave no sou...