Night temperatures rose across much of the Kashmir Valley as the 40-day harsh winter period of Chillai Kalan concluded, bringing relief from intense cold. Several areas, including Srinagar, recorded minimum temperatures above freezing, while Sonamarg remained the coldest spot. The region now enters Chillai Khurd, with another western disturbance likely to bring fresh wet weather (PICS/PTI)

A Mumbai special court on Monday sent Videocon group's founder Venugopal Dhoot in CBI custody till December 28 and extended the remand of former ICICI Bank CEO and MD Chanda Kochhar and her husband Deepak Kochhar till the same date in the loan fraud case. Pics/Ashish Raje