The white ghost of the Himalayas: A vision in the snow
Some days ago, on a wind-swept, desolate mountainside in Jammu and Kashmir's Kargil district, infra-red cameras captured a shape moving about in the cold winter night. To the naked, untrained eye, it
Swede rescued after months in snow-covered car: Police
A man was pulled alive from a snowed-in car on a deserted forest road in northern Sweden where he had been stranded and without food for at least two months in freezing temperatures, police said on Sa
Army rescues 11 people trapped in snow-bound JK
Army on Monday rescued 11 people from snow-bound areas of Jammu and Kashmir's Doda district.
Acting on an information that 11 Public Health Engineering department employees who had gone for repair o
Arctic conditions in Himachal
Shimla: Tribal regions of Himachal Pradesh reeled under arctic conditions as mercury plummeted well below zero degree Celsius, freezing water pipelines and lakes. Keylong, the headquarters of Lahaul a
It's -23 degree C in Leh, Kashmir freezes
Srinagar: The mercury in Ladakh's Leh town nosedived to minus 23.6 degrees celsius as the Kashmir division was again gripped by an intense cold wave, officials said here.
"Leh recorded a minimum tem
Cold winds sweep Delhi, mercury drops
New Delhi: It was a relatively clear morning as cold winds swept Delhi on the last day of the year on Friday and the weather office warned that the city would get colder in the days to come.
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Himachal snow traps over 100 tourists
Shimla: Over 100 tourists, mostly from West Bengal, have been stranded in Himachal Pradesh's Kinnaur district after roads were closed due to heavy snowfall, an official said here on Friday.
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US struggles during 'Snowpocalypse'
New York: More travel chaos was expected on Wednesday in the US northeast after hundreds of flights were canceled and the region dug out from what what some are calling 'Snowpocalypse'.
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Blizzard howls into NY, Boston
Washington: The first blizzard of winter howled into New York and the northeastern US, shutting down train service, forcing flight cancellations and tying up traffic on one of the busiest travel days
US braces for big winter storm
Washington: The US East Coast braced for a major winter storm on Sunday, just as millions of Americans prepared to travel back home after visiting friends and families for Christmas celebrations.
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