Kokernag

Two more soldiers have been injured today in the encounter, which is underway in the dense forests of Kokernag in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district.

The sinkhole emerged on the Bringi nullah at Wandevalgam in the Kokernag area of the south Kashmir district on February 11 at around 4 pm. It disrupted the entire flow of the stream.

Kashmir valley received fresh snowfall as the cold wave subsided. While the temperature in Srinagar settled at minus 0.6 degrees Celsius, Kokernag in south recorded minus 1.3 degrees Celsius.

Srinagar on Monday received first snowfall of this year as the night temperature across Kashmir improved due to fresh downpour.

The BJP emerged victorious in the urban local body elections in four districts of south Kashmir today, winning 53 of the 132 wards, where voting was held in four phases earlier this month, election officials said.

Two jawans of the CRPF were run over by a para-military force vehicle when its driver lost control after coming under attack by stone throwers in south Kashmir's Kokernag this evening.

Leh in Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir experienced the coldest night this winter as the minimum temperature there settled over 13 degrees Celsius below the freezing point.

Mercury nosedived across Kashmir last night as minimum temperature settled several degrees below freezing point at all places in the Valley.

Mercury stayed above the freezing point across Kashmir, barring Gulmarg and Pahalgam towns, while the weather is expected to remain mainly dry for the next few days.

Snowfall swept the higher reaches of Kashmir while rain lashed the plains of the Valley for the second straight day today even as the weatherman predicted another spell of wet weather over 48 hours beginning Friday.

The 40-day period of harshest winter, known as "Chillai-Kalan", ended today as Kashmir Valley witnessed the driest winter in the last three decades with the lowest ever precipitation in January.

Three policemen and a civilian have been detained for questioning following death of an elderly woman during a raid in Kokernag area of south Kashmir Anantnag district, police said today.

Two more soldiers have been injured today in the encounter, which is underway in the dense forests of Kokernag in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district.

The sinkhole emerged on the Bringi nullah at Wandevalgam in the Kokernag area of the south Kashmir district on February 11 at around 4 pm. It disrupted the entire flow of the stream.

Kashmir valley received fresh snowfall as the cold wave subsided. While the temperature in Srinagar settled at minus 0.6 degrees Celsius, Kokernag in south recorded minus 1.3 degrees Celsius.

Srinagar on Monday received first snowfall of this year as the night temperature across Kashmir improved due to fresh downpour.

The BJP emerged victorious in the urban local body elections in four districts of south Kashmir today, winning 53 of the 132 wards, where voting was held in four phases earlier this month, election officials said.

Two jawans of the CRPF were run over by a para-military force vehicle when its driver lost control after coming under attack by stone throwers in south Kashmir's Kokernag this evening.

Leh in Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir experienced the coldest night this winter as the minimum temperature there settled over 13 degrees Celsius below the freezing point.

Mercury nosedived across Kashmir last night as minimum temperature settled several degrees below freezing point at all places in the Valley.

Mercury stayed above the freezing point across Kashmir, barring Gulmarg and Pahalgam towns, while the weather is expected to remain mainly dry for the next few days.

Snowfall swept the higher reaches of Kashmir while rain lashed the plains of the Valley for the second straight day today even as the weatherman predicted another spell of wet weather over 48 hours beginning Friday.

The 40-day period of harshest winter, known as "Chillai-Kalan", ended today as Kashmir Valley witnessed the driest winter in the last three decades with the lowest ever precipitation in January.

Three policemen and a civilian have been detained for questioning following death of an elderly woman during a raid in Kokernag area of south Kashmir Anantnag district, police said today.