The Srinagar Airport announced on X; "Due to bad weather conditions, all flights at Srinagar Airport have been cancelled. Passengers are advised to contact their airlines for updates. We regret the inconvenience and appreciate your understanding".
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday announced a compensation of Rs 4 Lakhs each for the bereaved families of 4 people who died due to lightning in Siwan, Supaul and Rohtas.
The Jammu-Srinagar highway was also shut for vehicular traffic due to snow, shooting stones, landslides and mudslides at several places.
Murmu was scheduled to attend the golden jubilee celebrations of the Karbi Youth Festival (KYF) here.
The vice-president was scheduled to attend the 8th Convocation of Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (SKUAST), Jammu as chief guest.
A news agency quoting an airport official said that around 20 flights were diverted to different airports including Jaipur, Chandigarh, Amritsar, Ahmedabad and Lucknow, due to the bad weather.
Jammu and Kashmir Traffic Police also issued an advisory and urged the general public not to travel on the NH-44, Mughal Road, and the SSG Roads that were blocked due to the occurrence of two landslides.
The Union home minister was scheduled to kick off the BJP's poll campaign in MP by flagging off the first of several Gaurav yatras at 4 pm and address a public meeting too.
However, local media reports stated that the plane subsequently returned to Indian airspace at 8:01 pm.
ESA's JUICE mission postponed to Friday due to bad weather (Lead) The European Space Agency's (ESA) first-ever mission to find alien life on the icy worlds of Jupiter has been postponed to Friday due to bad weather, team officials announced on Twitter on Thursday.
