As Srinagar shivered at a minimum of minus six degree Celsius and a maximum of minus one, the harshest so far, on Monday, residents have found hotspots to charge their mobile phones and work on laptops: hospitals and restaurants.
The prevailing cold conditions in north India worsened on Monday as heavy rain and snow lashed several parts of Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, bringing temperatures below freezing point and taking the nationwide death toll to 139.
Kashmir's leading religious group, Jamaat-e-Islami (JeM), on Thursday criticised chief minister Omar Abdullah for defending author Salaman Rushdie's visit to India saying "the writer's crime is heinous and unpardonable".
The first ever winter festival in Kashmir provided some warmth to people in Srinagar, braving harshest spell of winter, on Wednesday evening.
The maximum temperature remained below the freezing point for the fifth day today in Srinagar and the weather office forecast another major snowfall on Sunday and Monday.
The Srinagar-Jammu national highway was reopened to traffic on Saturday and over a thousand vehicles moved towards their destinations on the road.
The way things are, very soon, Kashmiris might have to go without their daily diet of news with the first cup of kehwa. A growing population of canines with a penchant for a violent game of chase has created panic among newspaper hawkers, affecting circulation. Ashiq Hussain reports.
Fresh snowfall in Kashmir valley today broke a week long freezing cold conditions but added to woes of people living in Kashmir with depleted essential stocks and road blockades.
Life across Kashmir was hit for the second consecutive day Monday as moderate to heavy snowfall continued, cutting off the valley from the rest of the country.
Ruling National Conference and coalition partner Congress on Monday issued a party whip asking MLAs and ministers to stay in Kashmir valley, facing crisis due to heavy snowfall.
The Kashmir Valley remained cut off from the rest of the country for the third day today even as snowfall has stopped after 60 hours.
Kashmir Valley continued to reel under extreme cold today as minimum temperatures across the region remained below freezing point.
An earthquake measuring 4.0 on the Richter Scale jolted the Kashmir Valley on Wednesday but there were no reports of any casualties or damage to properties.
One person was killed and two others were injured today when CISF troopers allegedly opened fire at people protesting power shortage at a Jammu and Kashmir village. The state government has promised action against the CISF men responsible.
Sidelined for quite a time now, sepratists on Monday condemned the civilian killing during a demonstration against power crisis in north Kashmir saying "Kashmir is being ruled by the police and the army and the act is nothing but state terrorism".