Chillai Kalan

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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'.

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.

Intense cold persisted in Kashmir on Friday, with Pahalgam recording its night temperature at minus 14.3 degrees Celsius, a meteorological department official said.

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 ...

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.

As Kashmir shivers amid the harshest winter spell, locally known as 'Chillai Kalan,' a blanket drive by NGO Uday foundation, in collaboration with Jammu and Kashmir Police, is underway for the needy in hospitals and orphanages in the valley. Officers of the Jammu and Kashmir Police are distributing the blankets.

With 15 more days left for Chillai-Kalan, surviving the winter chill has become a challenge for Kashmiris. Chillai-Kalan is a 40-day harsh winter period that started on December 21 and this year has seen the temperature dipping to as low as minus 6.8 degrees Celsius. Most deaths of elderly take place during this biting weather, frost bites are c...

'Chillai-Kalan', the harshest 40-day period of winter in Kashmir, marked its beginning today with mercury dipping to the season's record low at several places. Srinagar witnessed a six-year-low night temperature in the month of December and settled at minus 6.5 degrees Celsius.

Cold wave continued across the Kashmir Valley and the Ladakh region today, with the Met Office forecasting a further dip in the night temperatures till Saturday.

The traditional 40-day period of extreme cold, known as 'chillai kalan', began in Kashmir today as mercury dipped several degrees across the state.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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'.

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.

Intense cold persisted in Kashmir on Friday, with Pahalgam recording its night temperature at minus 14.3 degrees Celsius, a meteorological department official said.

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 ...

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.

As Kashmir shivers amid the harshest winter spell, locally known as 'Chillai Kalan,' a blanket drive by NGO Uday foundation, in collaboration with Jammu and Kashmir Police, is underway for the needy in hospitals and orphanages in the valley. Officers of the Jammu and Kashmir Police are distributing the blankets.

With 15 more days left for Chillai-Kalan, surviving the winter chill has become a challenge for Kashmiris. Chillai-Kalan is a 40-day harsh winter period that started on December 21 and this year has seen the temperature dipping to as low as minus 6.8 degrees Celsius. Most deaths of elderly take place during this biting weather, frost bites are c...

'Chillai-Kalan', the harshest 40-day period of winter in Kashmir, marked its beginning today with mercury dipping to the season's record low at several places. Srinagar witnessed a six-year-low night temperature in the month of December and settled at minus 6.5 degrees Celsius.

Cold wave continued across the Kashmir Valley and the Ladakh region today, with the Met Office forecasting a further dip in the night temperatures till Saturday.

The traditional 40-day period of extreme cold, known as 'chillai kalan', began in Kashmir today as mercury dipped several degrees across the state.