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Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha flags off 1st batch of Amarnath pilgrims from Jammu

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Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha flags off 1st batch of Amarnath pilgrims from Jammu

Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Wednesday flagged off the first batch of 4,890 pilgrims for the annual Amarnath yatra from the Bhagwati Nagar base camp in Jammu city for their onward journey to the Pahalgam and Baltal base camps in Kashmir. The 43-day pilgrimage to the cave shrine will begin from twin base camps in … Read more

Mercury plunges below freezing point across Kashmir

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Pahalgam in south Kashmir Anantnag district, which serves as the base camp for the annual Amarnath yatra, recorded a low of minus 11.6 degrees Celsius, they said. Mercury plunged several degrees below freezing point across Kashmir, with Pahalgam and Gulmarg resorts witnessing record low minimum temperature this winter, officials said on Wednesday. Pahalgam in south … Read more