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With the cold wave prevailing over North India, government hospitals in Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow are witnessing a surge in patients with respiratory illnesses.
With slight rains in several parts of the national capital, Delhites had some respite from the chilling cold on Friday morning with the temperature recorded at 12 degrees Celcius and moderate fog conditions.
Two men were arrested for allegedly robbing an e-rickshaw driver and passengers after offering them cold drinks laced with sedatives in Rohini, police said on Thursday.
Former Karnataka Minister Gali Janardhana Reddy said that he is not afraid of confiscation of his property in connection with the mining case after the High Court expressed deep regret over the state government's failure to take any action to confiscate 219 additional properties belonging hi
The hill state of Himachal Pradesh has received fresh snowfall during the past 24 hours, and the higher mountain regions have received moderate snowfall and rainfall, said India Meteorological Department (IMD) officials on Thursday.
"We are getting approx 10-15 per cent more patients of heart attacks, brain strokes and high blood pressure especially during early hours because of the cold waves since 12 days and the most affected age group is between 50-70 yr old," the LNJP doctor said.
Even as Thursday saw a rise in temperature, the weather department has predicted that cold wave conditions will re-emerge over the entire North-West India and peak between January 15 and 16.
Amid reports of rising cases of brain stroke and brain haemorrhage in the ongoing bitter cold in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur, a senior neurologist at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital said high blood pressure is common during winters and can, at times, lead to a brain stroke.