Heat scorches North, 4 dead
The North felt the onslaught of the blistering heat on Saturday as Delhi recorded a season's high of 41 degree Celsius and the mercury hovered near the 45-degree mark in Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh while it claimed two lives each in Jharkhand and West Bengal. There were also reports of another seven deaths due to sunstroke in Orissa which were sent to the central control room at Bhubaneswar. The weather office declared a