Snowfall in Srinagar claims two lives

Due to season's first snowfall on Sunday, two women named Dilshada Banu (15) and Sahfiqa Bano (18) were buried under a snow avalanche in Kupwara district of north Kashmir. The incident happened when both of them were getting drinking water from Kishanganga river. The body of Dilshada was recovered from the snow, while search for Sahfiqa was still on.