Srinagar, Dec 28 (IANS) Due to nightlong cloud cover, the minimum temperature in Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar city rose above zero on Sunday as the Meteorological (MeT) Department forecast light rain/snow from December 30 to January 1.Srinagar city had 0.8 degrees Celsius, Gulmarg minus 2.2 and Pahalgam minus 1.8 as the minimum temperature.Jammu city had 8.1 degrees Celsius, Katra 8.2, Batote 6.9, Banihal 4.5 and Bhaderwah 1.6 as the minimum temperature.The MeT Department has forecast cloudy w…
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Srinagar, Dec 27 (IANS) Tourists have arrived in appreciable numbers in the Kashmir Valley these days to welcome the New Year. Minimum temperature dropped notches below the freezing point in the Valley on Saturday as the Pahalgam hill station recorded minus 4.8 as the night’s lowest temperature.After many months, hotels in Srinagar, Gulmarg and Pahalgam are reporting full occupancy these days.Altaf Ahmad, general manager of a hotel in Gulmarg, told IANS, “We are completely sold out this time.”Th…
Srinagar, Dec 26 (IANS) For the first time in decades, the story of Jammu and Kashmir is no longer dominated by guns, bullets, dead bodies, or government buildings gutted in separatist fires. As the year 2025 draws to a close, the dominant narrative is one of roads and railways, classrooms and connectivity, opportunity and aspiration.Headlines this year were largely free from the routine cycle of insurgency and counter-insurgency.The lone exception was the brutal terror attack in Pahalgam on Apr…
Srinagar, Dec 26 (IANS) The minimum temperature in Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar city rose above the freezing point, while at Gulmarg ski resort and Pahalgam hill station it remained below the freezing point on Friday.The Meteorological (MeT) Department officials said, “Seasonal precipitation (October 1- December 25) remained -44 per cent (Kashmir Division) departure from normal, which is a deficit and -9 per cent (Jammu Division), which is normal. A spell of light snow (higher reaches) and lig…
Srinagar, Dec 25 (IANS) Night temperature across Kashmir Valley dropped below the freezing point on Thursday due to a clear night sky as the Meteorological (MeT) Department forecast generally dry weather till the year-end in J&K.Srinagar city had minus 2.2 degrees Celsius as the minimum temperature, while Gulmarg ski resort and Pahalgam hill station had minus 5.8 and minus 4.4 as the minimum temperature, respectively.Jammu city had 8.1 degrees Celsius, Katra town 8.4, Batote 4.7, Banihal 4.8…
Srinagar, Dec 24 (IANS) The night temperature remained above the freezing point in Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar city on Wednesday, as it dropped notches below the zero degrees Celsius in Gulmarg and Pahalgam hill stations.The Meteorological (MeT) Department said the minimum temperature was 3 degrees Celsius in Srinagar, while it was minus 4.2 and minus 2.2 degrees in Gulmarg and Pahalgam, respectively.Jammu city had 8.2 degrees Celsius, Katra town 9.4, Batote 4.2, Banihal 6.4 and Bhaderwah 0.6 d…