Winter arrives in Wonderland: Ending a long wait, the first snow of this year finally falls in the world-famous Gulmarg skiing station in Jammu and Kashmir, ending cold-draught-like conditions... This is the first time in many decades years that the Kashmir region has been devoid of snow for such a long period.

CM Banerjee, who has always asserted that she will do everything in her ambit to support the local people of the state, distributed blankets to those involved in the cleaning process, including those leaving on the streets. The sanitation workers and others who got the blankets were happy with the gesture shown by the chief minister.

The national capital on Friday recorded its lowest minimum temperature of the season so far at 4.9 degrees Celsius, which was even below Shimla's minimum temperature at 6.8 degrees Celsius, officials said.

Srinagar experienced its coldest night of the season, with the minimum temperature settling below the freezing point at minus 4.6 degrees Celsius, officials said on Saturday.