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Parts of north India shiver in cold spell

9:08 pm January 20, 2020

New Delhi: Large swathes of north India reeled under below normal temperatures on Monday, resulting in fog blanketing parts of Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh and a layer of frost covering roads in the Kashmir Valley. Bone-chilling cold swept Himachal Pradesh, which experienced sub-zero temperatures. The national capital, however, saw a slight increase in the […]

Day after rains, icy winds from hills cause mercury to fall across north India

9:22 pm January 9, 2020

New Delhi : The mercury took a dip across north India on Thursday, a day after rains lashed the region, and fog led to reduced visibility at many places, including in Rajasthan’s Churu, where eight people died when a van collided with a bus. Pahalgam was the coldest in the Kashmir Valley at minus 13.7 […]

No let up in freezing cold in Haryana, Punjab

2:53 pm December 29, 2019

Chandigarh: There was no let up in the freezing cold sweeping Haryana and Punjab where Hisar was shivering at 0.2 degrees Celsius and Bathinda at 0.5 degrees. Hisar in Haryana and Bathinda in Punjab were the coldest places as night temperatures dropped seven notches below normal limits. As the cold wave further tightened its grip, […]

Minimum temperatures rise in Punjab and Haryana

4:09 pm December 12, 2019

Chandigarh: The minimum temperatures, which had been hovering below normal at most places during the past few days, rose by a few notches across Punjab and Haryana on Thursday, the meteorological department said. Many parts in the two states including their common capital Chandigarh received light to moderate rain, an official of the Met department […]

Adampur coldest in Punjab at 3.4 deg C

3:45 pm December 11, 2019

Chandigarh: Adampur and Ludhiana in Punjab shivered on Wednesday recording below normal minimum temperatures as cold weather continued to prevail in the state and neighbouring Haryana. Adampur and Ludhiana recorded a low of 3.4 degrees and 3.8 degrees Celsius respectively. Among other places in Punjab, Amritsar recorded a minimum of 5 degrees Celsius, a Meteorological […]