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Chasing Snow? 5 Indian Places That Are Experiencing Snowfall Currently
- Thursday January 8, 2026
- Travel | Written by Nikita Nikhil, Edited by Neha Grover
If you want to experience the magic of snow in India, check out these places in Northern India that are currently covered in a white blanket.
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www.ndtv.com/travel
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'Winter No Shield for Terror': Army's Ops In J&K To Flush Out Terrorists
- Saturday December 27, 2025
- India News | Reported by Aditya Raj Kaul
As the harsh grip of Chillai Kalan tightens across Jammu and Kashmir, the Indian Army has significantly intensified counter-terrorism operations in the remote and snowbound districts of Kishtwar and Doda
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www.ndtv.com
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Gulmarg Turns Dreamy As Chillai Kalan Begins: A Seasonal Guide For Travellers
- Tuesday December 23, 2025
- Travel | Written by Toshita Sahni, Edited by Shubham Bhatnagar
Chillai Kalan has begun in Kashmir: Gulmarg is now at its most visually dramatic, but it also demands more planning and preparedness.
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www.ndtv.com/travel
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Videos: Kashmir Sees Season's First Snowfall As Harsh Winter Begins
- Sunday December 21, 2025
- India News | Indo-Asian News Service
The higher reaches of Kashmir received its first snowfall of the season, and rain lashed the plains of the Valley, heralding the first day of the 40 days of harsh winter cold, locally known as 'Chillai Kalan'.
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www.ndtv.com
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Chillai Kalan Begins In Kashmir, Srinagar Sees Coldest December Night In 50 Years
- Sunday December 22, 2024
- India News | Press Trust of India
Chillai Kalan, the 40-day period of harshest winter, commenced in Kashmir on Saturday with Srinagar experiencing its coldest December night in five decades at minus 8.5 degrees Celsius.
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www.ndtv.com
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Srinagar Shivers At -5.3 Degrees, Records Season's Coldest Night
- Wednesday December 13, 2023
- India News | Reported by Nazir Masoodi
Srinagar recorded the season's coldest night on Tuesday as a cold wave continues to grip Kashmir. Mercury dropped to minus 5.3 degrees Celsius in the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, days after recording a low of minus 4.8 degrees Celsius.
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www.ndtv.com
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Caught On Camera: Avalanche In Kashmir's Sonamarg; 2 Labourer Killed
- Thursday January 12, 2023
- India News | Reported by Nazir Masoodi
Two labourers was killed and another is missing after asnow avalanche was reportedin the popular hill station of Sonamarg in Jammu and Kashmir today, a video of which has been widely shared online.
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www.ndtv.com
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Srinagar Receives 1st Snowfall Of The Season As Cold Wave Intensifies In Kashmir
- Thursday December 29, 2022
- India News | NDTV News Desk
Temperatures are dropping in Kashmir as the cold wave intensifies in this phase of winter called 'Chillai Kalan', which is a forty day period of extreme cold.
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www.ndtv.com
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Sinthal Pass Remains Open To Promote Winter Tourism In Jammu And Kashmir
- Thursday December 22, 2022
- India News | Press Trust of India
In a first, Sinthan Pass-- connecting Kashmir to Chenab valley in Jammu region, has been kept open for tourists as well as locals on the first day of Chillai Kalan, which began on Wednesday, officials said.
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www.ndtv.com
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Jammu And Kashmir Polls This Year? Odds Against It, Officials Say
- Thursday July 21, 2022
- India News | Written by Neeta Sharma
The much-awaited assembly election in Jammu and Kashmir - expected to be held by the end of this year - may face a logjam, officials in the Union home ministry indicated after a minister told parliament that the revision of electoral rolls has to be
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www.ndtv.com
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Jammu And Kashmir Braces For Harsh Winter As 'Chillai Kalan' Begins
- Tuesday December 21, 2021
- India News | Asian News International
Cold wave has gripped Kashmir with the onset of 'Chillai Kalan', 40 days of harsh winter. 'Chillai Kalan' is a Persian term that means 'major cold'.
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www.ndtv.com
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Kashmir Freezes As Minimum Temperature Dips To Minus 8.2 Degrees Celsius
- Saturday January 16, 2021
- India News | Edited by Debjani Chatterjee
Kashmir weather update: A thick layer of snow was seen on most roads in Srinagar and elsewhere in the valley, making it difficult for people to drive. Kashmir is now undergoing the ''Chillai-Kalan'' or the 40-day harshwinter period when the temperature drops drastically.
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www.ndtv.com
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Kashmir's Pahalgam Records Minus 14.3 Degrees Celsius Amid Persisting Cold Wave
- Friday January 10, 2020
- India News | Press Trust of India
Intense cold persisted in Kashmir on Friday, with Pahalgam recording its night temperature at minus 14.3 degrees Celsius, a meteorological department official said.
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www.ndtv.com
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Srinagar Witnesses Coldest Night Of Season, Shivers At Minus 6.2 Degrees
- Sunday December 29, 2019
- India News | Press Trust of India
The fringes of the famous Dal Lake froze on Sunday as the mercury continued its freefall in Srinagar which experienced the coldest night of the season at minus 6.2 degrees Celsius, the MET Office said. The minimum temperature across the Kashmir Valley and Ladakh Union Territory stayed several degrees below the freezing point, intensifying the cold ...
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www.ndtv.com
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Sub-Zero Temperatures In Kashmir As 'Chillai-Kalan' Sets In
- Friday December 21, 2018
- India News | Press Trust of India
The 40-day harshest winter period in Kashmir, known in the local parlance as 'Chillai-Kalan', began on a dry note on Friday, even. As cold wave conditions continue to prevail in the Valley and Ladakh region the minimum temperature settled several notches below the freezing point.
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www.ndtv.com
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Chasing Snow? 5 Indian Places That Are Experiencing Snowfall Currently
- Thursday January 8, 2026
- Travel | Written by Nikita Nikhil, Edited by Neha Grover
If you want to experience the magic of snow in India, check out these places in Northern India that are currently covered in a white blanket.
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www.ndtv.com/travel
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'Winter No Shield for Terror': Army's Ops In J&K To Flush Out Terrorists
- Saturday December 27, 2025
- India News | Reported by Aditya Raj Kaul
As the harsh grip of Chillai Kalan tightens across Jammu and Kashmir, the Indian Army has significantly intensified counter-terrorism operations in the remote and snowbound districts of Kishtwar and Doda
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www.ndtv.com
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Gulmarg Turns Dreamy As Chillai Kalan Begins: A Seasonal Guide For Travellers
- Tuesday December 23, 2025
- Travel | Written by Toshita Sahni, Edited by Shubham Bhatnagar
Chillai Kalan has begun in Kashmir: Gulmarg is now at its most visually dramatic, but it also demands more planning and preparedness.
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www.ndtv.com/travel
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Videos: Kashmir Sees Season's First Snowfall As Harsh Winter Begins
- Sunday December 21, 2025
- India News | Indo-Asian News Service
The higher reaches of Kashmir received its first snowfall of the season, and rain lashed the plains of the Valley, heralding the first day of the 40 days of harsh winter cold, locally known as 'Chillai Kalan'.
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www.ndtv.com
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Chillai Kalan Begins In Kashmir, Srinagar Sees Coldest December Night In 50 Years
- Sunday December 22, 2024
- India News | Press Trust of India
Chillai Kalan, the 40-day period of harshest winter, commenced in Kashmir on Saturday with Srinagar experiencing its coldest December night in five decades at minus 8.5 degrees Celsius.
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www.ndtv.com
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Srinagar Shivers At -5.3 Degrees, Records Season's Coldest Night
- Wednesday December 13, 2023
- India News | Reported by Nazir Masoodi
Srinagar recorded the season's coldest night on Tuesday as a cold wave continues to grip Kashmir. Mercury dropped to minus 5.3 degrees Celsius in the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, days after recording a low of minus 4.8 degrees Celsius.
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www.ndtv.com
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Caught On Camera: Avalanche In Kashmir's Sonamarg; 2 Labourer Killed
- Thursday January 12, 2023
- India News | Reported by Nazir Masoodi
Two labourers was killed and another is missing after asnow avalanche was reportedin the popular hill station of Sonamarg in Jammu and Kashmir today, a video of which has been widely shared online.
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www.ndtv.com
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Srinagar Receives 1st Snowfall Of The Season As Cold Wave Intensifies In Kashmir
- Thursday December 29, 2022
- India News | NDTV News Desk
Temperatures are dropping in Kashmir as the cold wave intensifies in this phase of winter called 'Chillai Kalan', which is a forty day period of extreme cold.
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www.ndtv.com
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Sinthal Pass Remains Open To Promote Winter Tourism In Jammu And Kashmir
- Thursday December 22, 2022
- India News | Press Trust of India
In a first, Sinthan Pass-- connecting Kashmir to Chenab valley in Jammu region, has been kept open for tourists as well as locals on the first day of Chillai Kalan, which began on Wednesday, officials said.
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www.ndtv.com
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Jammu And Kashmir Polls This Year? Odds Against It, Officials Say
- Thursday July 21, 2022
- India News | Written by Neeta Sharma
The much-awaited assembly election in Jammu and Kashmir - expected to be held by the end of this year - may face a logjam, officials in the Union home ministry indicated after a minister told parliament that the revision of electoral rolls has to be
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www.ndtv.com
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Jammu And Kashmir Braces For Harsh Winter As 'Chillai Kalan' Begins
- Tuesday December 21, 2021
- India News | Asian News International
Cold wave has gripped Kashmir with the onset of 'Chillai Kalan', 40 days of harsh winter. 'Chillai Kalan' is a Persian term that means 'major cold'.
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www.ndtv.com
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Kashmir Freezes As Minimum Temperature Dips To Minus 8.2 Degrees Celsius
- Saturday January 16, 2021
- India News | Edited by Debjani Chatterjee
Kashmir weather update: A thick layer of snow was seen on most roads in Srinagar and elsewhere in the valley, making it difficult for people to drive. Kashmir is now undergoing the ''Chillai-Kalan'' or the 40-day harshwinter period when the temperature drops drastically.
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www.ndtv.com
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Kashmir's Pahalgam Records Minus 14.3 Degrees Celsius Amid Persisting Cold Wave
- Friday January 10, 2020
- India News | Press Trust of India
Intense cold persisted in Kashmir on Friday, with Pahalgam recording its night temperature at minus 14.3 degrees Celsius, a meteorological department official said.
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www.ndtv.com
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Srinagar Witnesses Coldest Night Of Season, Shivers At Minus 6.2 Degrees
- Sunday December 29, 2019
- India News | Press Trust of India
The fringes of the famous Dal Lake froze on Sunday as the mercury continued its freefall in Srinagar which experienced the coldest night of the season at minus 6.2 degrees Celsius, the MET Office said. The minimum temperature across the Kashmir Valley and Ladakh Union Territory stayed several degrees below the freezing point, intensifying the cold ...
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www.ndtv.com
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Sub-Zero Temperatures In Kashmir As 'Chillai-Kalan' Sets In
- Friday December 21, 2018
- India News | Press Trust of India
The 40-day harshest winter period in Kashmir, known in the local parlance as 'Chillai-Kalan', began on a dry note on Friday, even. As cold wave conditions continue to prevail in the Valley and Ladakh region the minimum temperature settled several notches below the freezing point.
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www.ndtv.com