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summer capital news

At 35.3°C, Srinagar records hottest day of season

Labourers from the Jammu and Kashmir Lakes and Waterways Development Authority remove weeds from the waters of Dal Lake on a summer hot day, in Srinagar on Monday. (Basit Zargar)
Published on Jun 30, 2026 07:58 am IST

Preparations for Lok Sabha polls begin in Srinagar

Resource availability, including manpower and EVMs, is being reviewed in Srinagar. (HT File)
Published on Feb 12, 2024 11:07 am IST

Rain lash Kashmir, snowfall in Gulmarg

Higher reaches in Kashmir received fresh snowfall on Friday. The tourist resort of Gulmarg and other mountainous areas were covered with overnight snowfall and widespread rains lashed the plains. (HT Photo)
Updated on Apr 28, 2023 10:55 pm IST

Congress hits out at BJP for seeking votes only in name of Modi

Chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu welcomes Himachal Pradesh Congress state in-charge Rajiv Shukla on his arrival in Shimla on Friday. (HT Photo)
Updated on Apr 28, 2023 10:51 pm IST

Congress ruled Shimla MC for 25 years, but did nothing: Ex-speaker

Former speaker of the Himachal Pradesh assembly Vipin Singh Parmar during a press conference in Shimla. (HT Photo)
Updated on Apr 28, 2023 10:44 pm IST

Day temperature up in Jammu and Kashmir, MeT predicts dry weather for eight days

Tourists enjoying the snow-covered slopes in Sonamarg on Sunday. The day temperature has climbed above normal substantially as the weather continues to improve in Jammu and Kashmir with fair weather prediction by MeT on Sunday for the next eight days. (Waseem Andrabi/HT)
Updated on Apr 09, 2023 10:04 pm IST

Gulmarg gets snow, rains lash plains in Jammu and Kashmir

Gulmarg received snowfall and rains lashed plains during the night while the weather remained largely dry during the day except light rains at a few places on Thursday. Jammu and Kashmir has been receiving intermittent light rains since the last week of March with rains bringing down temperatures in most parts of the union territory. (PTI File Photo)
Updated on Apr 07, 2023 12:43 am IST

Met predicts more rains in Jammu and Kashmir from Monday

Women walk amid light showers of rain in Srinagar. After widespread rains, the weather improved in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday though meteorological department predicted more rains from Monday. (ANI)
Updated on Apr 03, 2023 12:57 am IST

Uttarakhand commission recommends masterplan for summer capital Gairsain

The state legislative assembly building in Gairsain, the recently announced summer capital of Uttarakhand.
Published on Aug 15, 2020 01:01 pm IST

Dal Lake freezes as Kashmir records coldest night in 11 years at -6.8 degress

A boatman makes his way through partially frozen water of Dal Lake on a cold morning in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. (Photo by Waseem Andrabi/ Hindustan Times)
Updated on Dec 25, 2018 06:40 pm IST

Shimla toy train to host literary symposium on the go today

The event will commemorate Baba Bhalku, an illiterate shepherd who guided and helped the British in construction of the train’s track.
Updated on Aug 19, 2018 05:31 pm IST

Integrated township project, step towards Gairsain as summer capital

Ahead of the 2017 assembly polls, the BJP had promised that Gairsain, a town and nagar panchayat in Chamoli district, would be made the summer capital.
Published on Jul 25, 2018 10:17 pm IST

Kranti Dal wants Garisain as permanent, not summer capital

Uttarakhand Kranti Dal president Diwakar Bhatt in Haridwar.
Updated on Apr 29, 2018 10:14 pm IST

‘They came here for picnic... will never declare Gairsain as capital’

Most people in this picturesque valley in Chamoli have lost hope that Gairsain will ever be declared permanent capital.
Published on Mar 30, 2018 10:30 pm IST

Congress, BJP speak the same words: ‘We never promised permanent capital at Gairsain’

A view of Uttarakhand assembly building in Gairsain.
Published on Mar 30, 2018 10:16 pm IST