Temperatures in Delhi climbed a little giving some respite to the Delhiites even as rest of North India continued to battle with severe cold conditions. Uttar Pradesh remained worst affected with 23 more people succumbing to the winter chill, raising the state's death toll to 249. ...
08:27 AM, Jan 11, 2013
From the Rocky Mountains to New England, hospitals are swamped with people with flu symptoms. Some medical centers are turning away visitors or making them wear face masks, and one Pennsylvania hospital set up a tent outside its ER to deal with the feverish patients. Flu season in the US has struck early and, in many places, hard. While flu normally doesn't blanket the country until late January or February,...
01:23 AM, Jan 11, 2013
The temperature dropped to nine degree Celsius in Kolkata on Wednesday, the coldest day for the City of Joy in over 100 years. "Temperatures are not likely to fall any further," they said and forecast a rise in temperature to 10 degrees on January 11. The official said that skies would remain hazy for the next few days. ...
10:21 AM, Jan 10, 2013
The temperature dropped to nine degree Celsius in the metropolis on Wednesday, the coldest day in a decade. "It is the coldest day in 10 years, it is going to remain at around 9 degrees in the next 24 hours," Met department officials said. ...
08:22 AM, Jan 10, 2013
At least 34 more deaths have been reported from Uttar Pradesh as the unabated cold wave continued in North India, taking the death toll to 233 people. Meanwhile, the minimum temperature in New Delhi rose to 4.4 degree Celsius from its previous 3.3 degree Celsius on Wednesday, but the Met department says mercury dipped to sub-zero levels in some parts of Uttar Pradesh. ...
07:39 AM, Jan 10, 2013
Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed the government of the national capital to take necessary steps to built temporary night shelters for the homeless in the city. The court also asked the government to utilise closed government buildings as temporary night shelters. ...
01:05 AM, Jan 10, 2013
Residents of Kashmir got much needed respite from the intense cold wave as the night temperature rose by five degrees even as some areas of the Valley received fresh snowfall. The night temperature in Srinagar was recorded at minus 0.3 degrees Celsius, an increase of 5.2 degrees compared to last night which was the coldest of this winter, a MET official said on January 9. ...
11:42 AM, Jan 09, 2013
The capital continues to shiver at three degree Celsius on Wednesday as there seems no respite from the cold wave. 29 more deaths were reported across North India and the death toll is now well over 170 as temperatures dropped to sub-zero levels at many places in the region. ...
08:12 AM, Jan 09, 2013
The biting cold wave sweeping through Uttar Pradesh has claimed the life of more than people in the last 24 hours. The minimum temperature dropped below zero degree in Lucknow and was recorded at 0.2 degree Celsius at 8.30 am on Tuesday. ...
01:33 PM, Jan 08, 2013
No respite for Delhiites from cold as the national capital is freezing at 3 degrees Celsius. The severe cold conditions have claimed lives of 24 more people in Uttar Pradesh, taking total death toll to over 170. ...
06:58 AM, Jan 08, 2013
The Dal Lake in Kashmir is completely frozen. Poonch has witnessed the lowest recorded temperature in 35 years. And across north India, the weather became bone-chilling. In Chandigarh, the mercury dipped to -2.1, Delhi shivered at 1.9 and Hissar in Haryana was cold at -0.8 degree centigrade. ...
07:26 PM, Jan 07, 2013
As the cold wave grip North India, even a monkey couldn't resist a warm bonfire in Barabanki in Uttar Pradesh. ...
10:57 AM, Jan 07, 2013
The national capital continued to shiver as cold wave intensified in North India. While the visibility was normal with no fog, minimum temperature in the morning was recorded at 2.4 degree Celsius. ...
09:06 AM, Jan 07, 2013
With no respite from cold, Delhi saw it's coldest day yet this season, with a new low of 1.9 degrees Celsius. This is the lowest minimum for January in the past five years. In 2008, the minimum had plummeted to 1.9 degree Celsius. ...
06:39 AM, Jan 07, 2013
North India is still caught in the grip of the harsh cold wave which claimed 11 more lives in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday, taking this winter's death toll to 140. ...
06:34 AM, Jan 06, 2013
The capital got no respite from the bitter cold as the minimum temperature Saturday settled at 2.9 degrees Celsius - four notches below average. The Met office has forecast a clear day ahead. ...
10:41 AM, Jan 05, 2013
It has been a particularly harsh winter for North India this time. Nearly 22 people have died in the past 24 hours increasing the overall death toll to 129. ...
10:21 AM, Jan 05, 2013
Even as North India shivers due to extreme cold conditions, there is no respite for the poor who are taking night shelters to protect themselves against the harsh weather. Most of them allege that basic amenities like blankets and firewood exist only on papers and never reach them. ...
11:00 AM, Jan 04, 2013
Delhiites on Friday pulled out more woollens from their winter wardrobe as morning temperature plummeted to the season's lowest of 2.7 degree Celsius. Friday's minimum is four degree Celsius below normal and down from Thursday's 4.4 degrees Celsius. Thursday's maximum was 12.7 degree Celsius. ...
10:04 AM, Jan 04, 2013
The Delhi government Thursday directed all private and government schools to remain closed till January 12 in view of the intense cold in the capital. ...
02:43 AM, Jan 04, 2013
