Rajasthan's popular hill station, Mount Abu is experiencing freezing conditions as the minimum temperature dipped to 2.8°C on Thursday, with a maximum of 15.8°C.
China's Beijing recorded the longest cold wave since records began in 1951 as the freezing temperature and snowfall experienced in the Chinese capital and elsewhere began to ease, CNN reported.
The northern parts of India froze under the cold spell as Rajasthan's Sikar recorded a minimum temperature of -1.5 degrees Celsius while Churu recorded a minimum temperature of minus 1.2 degrees. Narnaul in Haryana recorded a minimum temperature of 0.5 degrees while Hisar recorded a minimum
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.
New Delhi [India], January 6 (ANI): With rain lashing several parts of Delhi and the temperature dipping further, homeless people are taking refuge in night shelters.
Gopalganj (Bihar) [India], Jan 12 (ANI): In an unusual incident, Gopalganj District Magistrate (DM) issued a 'heatwave' order by mistake instead of a 'coldwave' order to close all private and government schools from January 13 up to January 14.