Srinagar, Jan. 18 -- Kashmir continued to be in the grip of cold wave conditions as the minimum temperature stayed below the freezing point with Pahalgam tourist resort being the coldest recorded place in the valley, a weather department official said Friday.

The minimum temperature in Srinagar rose last night from minus 1.3 degrees Celsius to settle at minus 0.7 degree Celsius, the official said.

He said Qazigund - the gateway town to the valley - in south Kashmir recorded a low of minus 0.7 degree Celsius - down from minus 0.2 degree Celsius the previous night.

The nearby Kokernag town registered a low of minus 2.0 degrees Celsius last night - same as the previous night.

The mercury in Kupwara town in north Kashmir settled at a low ...