Leh in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday recorded the lowest temperature of the season at minus 22.2 degrees Celsius as intense cold wave conditions continued across the Kashmir Valley and the Ladakh region

An opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) worker, missing for the last two days, was on Monday found dead in Chadoora area of central Kashmir's Budgam district, officials said.
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The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Saturday began airlifting passengers stranded after heavy snowfalls that caused the blockage of Srinagar-Jammu highway, the vital road-link connecting the Kashmir Valley with rest of the country.

The Srinagar-Jammu highway will remain open for one-way traffic on Sunday, but only trucks and government-run buses will move from the summer capital to the winter capital.

Inspector General of Polic

The Jammu and Kashmir government organised special Indian Air Force (IAF) sorties between summer capital Srinagar and winter capital Jammu to airlift stranded passengers as the Jammu-Srinagar highway remained closed on Saturday morning due to highly slippery road conditions.

Police on Saturday used batons to disperse a group of protesters in this Jammu and Kashmir summer capital.

The protesters were marching towards the Gaw Kadal Bridge here when the police used batons t

Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday frankly accepted the title of Lakhpati. As the long list of followers is inching closer to 1 lakh mark, Mr Abdullah wrote on the micro blogging site, “I am almost a Lakhpati”.
He is likely to touch the milestone shortly. The list of his followers have already crossed 99,900 mark.

While Kashmiri women (above) play with snowballs, and at a time when the Jammu and Kashmir police is making use of its workforce and gear to supplement the government’s endeavour to cope with the tough conditions created by the heavy snowfall the Valley has been receiving for the past couple of days, its officials overseeing a training school were caught napping, resulting in the death of a trainee and injuries to 38 others on Monday.

With heavy snowfall restricting their movements, making a snowman has become the favourite pastime for residents of this city.

The snowmen have propped up across the city here as residents were left

The Kashmir Valley is reeling under harsh winter. Though temperatures have climbed following fresh heavy snowfall on Sunday, the communications have been disrupted almost all over the scenic region. The power situation is better than it was in the wake of snowfall received earlier this month when even summer capital Srinagar was deprived of electricity between 48 to 64 hours at a stretch following reported technical snag.