The temperature in Srinagar dipped to minus 5.6 degrees on Saturday night, the lowest recorded this winter so far, and a thin sheet of ice has formed on Dal Lake as the cold wave continued in Kashmir on Sunday.
Aditya-L1 reached Lagrange Point L1 on Saturday which is about 1.5 million km from earth. The PSLV-C57.1 rocket carrying the Aditya-L1 orbiter lifted off successfully from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, in September.
Thonadaman who hails from Tamil Nadu's Sivagangai district and in charge of organising the event said that Pongal is one of the popular festivals celebrated by the Tamil community worldwide.
Officials of the state fisheries department and BJP cadre organised a warm reception at Tamil Nadu's Chennai airport on Friday for the 21 fishermen repatriated by Sri Lanka.
Hindu activist Srikanth Pujari, whose arrest triggered a political controversy in Karnataka, was granted bail by a court in Hubballi on Friday, with BJP claiming that there was no case and Pujari was arrested in accordance with the "anti-Hindu policies" of the Congress.
Amid a war of words in Karnataka between the Congress and the BJP over the arrest of activist Shrikanth Pujari for his alleged involvement in the 1992 riots following the demolition of the Babri Masjid in Uttar Pradesh, the leader of the ruling party, Jagadish Shettar, on Friday hit out a
Senthil Thonadaman, the Governor of Sri Lanka's Eastern Province, who has roots in Tamil Nadu's Sivagangai district, is in charge of organising the event. A week-long Pongal festival has been organised from Saturday.
As many as 21 Indian fishermen were repatriated from Sri Lanka to Chennai on Friday, the Indian High Commission in Sri Lanka informed through a statement.
India's High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Santosh Jha met Sri Lankan Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ali Sabry and agreed to expedite various projects that will provide positive momentum to the India-Sri Lanka partnership.