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Police said the couple and their three children were found unconscious at their rented accommodation, doctors say the cause of death appears to be suffocation.

Kashmir's recent snowfall brought both joy and hardship as tourists and locals experienced freezing temperatures and frozen pipes. Tragedy struck when a family died from suffocation while trying to stay warm. The harsh winter has also caused unreliable electricity and the loss of traditional homes to costly concrete structures.

First conceived in 1994, at height of militancy, it is set to fructify five years after the abrogation of Article 370 – marking a complete arc in the region's history and politics

Z-Morh has acquired its name for the Z-shaped road stretch that was previously at the place where the tunnel is being constructed.

The strategic infrastructural project will be key to all-weather connectivity to Ladakh and provite round-the-year access to Sonamarg.

The tunnel, previously known as the Z-Morh tunnel due to its shape, was inaugurated on Monday by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who also paid tribute to the seven people killed in a militant attack in October last year at a camp for those working on the tunnel.

CM Omar Abdullah's initial defence of the same over “security concerns” draws fire, he backtracks, says “no change of trains will be supported by us”

The Mirwaiz on Friday led a delegation of the MMU – an amalgam of over 45 J&K religious organisations – which told the committee during their meeting to “engage in meaningful talks with the Muslim community" to address their apprehension and concerns.

Chinar, also known as Oriental plane tree, is a maple-like tree with a huge canopy and is found in cool climate regions with sufficient water

Besides the regular features of the vande Bharat trains, the J-K special trains will have advanced heating systems for operations in the sub-zero temperatures of the winters.