Cold Waves

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding sinking of Liberian ship off the Kochi coast, Kerala, 27/05/2025

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Containers from sunken ship likely to drift towards Alappuzha, Kollam Coasts in 48 hours: INCOIS" appearing in The Hindu dated 25.05.2025 dated 27/05/2025. The original application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled …

Cold wave continues in North India; Kashmir freezes

North India continues to face an unrelenting cold wave as temperatures in most parts of the region on Sunday stayed low and water bodies in the Kashmir Valley remained frozen. It was a sunny but chilly Sunday in Delhi, with the minimum temperature taking a slight dip from the normal …

North continues to shiver

The chill showed no signs of ebbing in North India, buffeted by icy winds, with the mercury continuing to hover below normal in most parts on Thursday. The minimum temperature recorded in Delhi was 5.6 degrees Celsius, two degrees below normal, although it was an improvement on Wednesday’s 4.4 degrees. …

Cold wave toll rises further

Two more deaths in U.P.; temperatures below normal at most places The cold wave continued to affect normal life in most parts of North India on Tuesday as more two persons lost their lives due to extreme cold in Uttar Pradesh. Residents of the national Capital had a taste of …

Mercury plunges further, Mt Abu shivers at 1.4°C

Jaipur: Mercury continued to take a dip across the state as cold wave conditions continued. Mount Abu in hills while Sriganganagar in plains remained coldest in the state and recorded a minimum temperature of 1.4 and 2.3 degrees Celsius, respectively, the Met reports said on Tuesday. Jaipurites woke up to …

Cold weather kills 17 in Afghan camps

Severe cold weather sweeping through camps for people displaced by the Afghan war has killed 17 people, mostly children, Amnesty International said Tuesday. The deaths occurred in the first two weeks of January in Kabul and Herat provinces, which host most of the country’s half a million internally displaced people. …

Mercury falls further in North

No relief from the cold wave as skies stay dry and clear There was no relief from the bitter cold in North India on Monday with the mercury sliding further under mainly dry conditions as skies stayed clear following the brief spell of rain and snowfall this past week. Although …

Cold wave persists in North India

Cold wave conditions persisted in North India on Sunday, where temperatures remained variably below normal in most parts of the region. In Himachal, five persons were killed in an avalanche in Kinnau district on Saturday night, officials said, adding upper reaches of the State remained cut off for the fifth …

Extreme cold claims six lives

Six people died of cold-related diseases in Kurigram and Bogra districts in the last few days till Sunday. In Bogra, two children, Jihad, 6, and another unidentified, sons of Fakir Mahmud, resident of Domkandi village of Sariakandi upazila, died of pneumonia on Sunday. In Kurigram, four people died in the …

Dipping mercury affects hilly districts too as three die of cold in Rukum

Cold wave coupled with sudden drop in temperature has not only caused havoc in the Terai region of the country (by taking dozens of lives in the past one month alone), but has affected the hilly districts too as three people have succumbed to winter cold in Rukum so far. …

Cold claims four more

Four more persons succumbed to biting cold in Rautahat and Bara districts on Sunday. According to the District Police Office, Rautahat, Suresh Prasad Kalwar, 45, of Gaur, Sirsiya and Amma Hajari, 81, of Jhunkhunawa died of cold in Rautahat. With this the death toll has reached 38 in Rautahat alone. …

Cold wave toll shoots up

23 die in U.P, Uttarakhand; temperature up in most North India At least 23 lives were lost due to severe cold in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand on Thursday even as temperatures rose in parts of North India, a trend that the weatherman says will persist. People in the national Capital …

Cold claims 8 more, Mercury dips further; northern region worst-hit

As mercury hit 45-year low yesterday with the minimum temperature recorded at 3 degrees Celsius in Saidpur, the cold snap claimed at least eight more lives. Cold-related complications left four people dead in Lalmonirhat, one each in Jamalpur and Madaripur and two in Moulvibazar from Wednesday night till yesterday, officials …

Cold, fog disrupt road-river-air links: Cost 85 lives

The coldest winter in decades intensified further on Thursday with low pressure over Siberian region pushing chilly winds towards Bangladesh forcing the mercury to dip bellower level. The bone-chilling weather for the last three consecutive days has almost paralysed the normal life in urban and rural areas in the country, …

80 dead as temperature hits record low in Bangladesh

A cold snap which saw temperatures drop on Thursday to their lowest point in Bangladesh’s post-independence history has killed around 80 people, officials said. The weather office said the lowest temperature was recorded at three degrees Celsius (37.4 Fahrenheit) in the northern town of Syedpur and the Red Crescent said …

Cold claims 8 more in 24 hours as illnesses stalk people in Tarai

Cold wave sweeping across the country continued to wreck havoc, particularly in the Tarai districts, with eight more deaths reported on Wednesday and Thursday. With the fresh deaths, the toll has gone up to 66 across the country so far this year. Police said extreme cold killed five persons, including …

Cold wave claims five lives in Rautahat

The day-to-day increasing cold wave claimed five lives in Rautahat district on Thursday. Among those died of cold snap were eight-year-old Shila Kumari Baitha, a daughter of Rama Shankar Baitha of Banjaraha VDC, Sahodar Devi, 70, of Briyapur VDC-2, Dular Sahani, 75, of Dharampur VDC-7, Batihawa Devi, 60, of Bairiya-6, …

4 die of cold in Saptari and Kanchanpur

Two more people succumbed to the cold in Saptari on Thursday. The victims have been identified as 60-year-old Asarfi Yadav of Pakari VDC-5 and 12-year-old Chandrika Sada of Fattehpur-7. According to family sources, both died at their respective homes. With the latest deaths, the death toll so far in the …

Cold wave claims two in Jhapa

Two people died of cold wave in Jhapa on Wednesday. Shanker Chaudhary, 60, who has been residing in a rented house of Gopal Sitaula in Bhadrapur-8, breathed his last due to biting cold , confirmed the District Police Office, Jhapa. Likewise, a person, who was found unconscious in front of …

Unabated cold wave kills 16 more in UP

The mercury remained at sub-zero levels in at least five districts of Uttar Pradesh claiming 16 more lives over the past 24 hours taking the death toll due to the bitter cold to 249. According to reports from the metrological office, Gorakhpur and Ghazipur clocked -1°C and remained the coldest …

Weak western disturbances caused the freeze

The weather has turned around for the better with temperatures returning to normal levels in the northwest, which has been struggling under prolonged and intense cold wave this winter. The extended and intense cold and dry weather, not so good for agricultural point of view, has been because of feeble …

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