Chilai Kalam, or the great chill, is the start of the harshest winter in Kashmir. In Srinagar, the minimum temperature has dipped to minus 5.6 degrees, but it is the long unscheduled power cuts that's ...

The 40-day harshest winter period in Kashmir, known in the local parlance as 'Chillai-Kalan', began today with the upper reaches of the valley receiving snowfall, Meteorological Department officials ...

SRINAGAR: 'Chilai Kalan', the coldest and harshest winter period in the Valley with high chances of snow and rains to begin in Srinagar, Kashmir from Wednesday. The ‘Chilai Kalan’ goes on for 40 days ...

SRINAGAR: Barring upper reaches, Jammu and Kashmir has remained largely snowless during the Chilai Kalan—the Valley’s harshest 40-day winter spell when chances of snowfall are maximum—recording an ...

SRINAGAR: The 40-day harshest winter period, known as “Chilai Kalan”, began in Kashmir on Sunday amid snowfall in the upper reaches, including the tourist resorts of Gulmarg and Sonamarg, and rain in ...

The 40-day harshest winter period in Kashmir commenced on Tuesday. The minimum temperatures settled well below the freezing point across the valley. The UT’s capital city Srinagar recorded a low of ...