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January 12, 1999
ELECTIONS '98
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Cold wave kills 13 in BiharThirteen people died Monday in the cold wave sweeping Barh, taking the toll in this division of Bihar to 24 this winter. Official sources said three people each died in Mokameh and Barh. In Srinagar and adjoining areas, normal life was hit due to snowfall since early Tuesday. The Srinagar-Jammu national highway, which witnessed snowfall between Qazigund to Banihal, was, however, open to traffic. Reports of heavy snowfall were also received from Charar-e-Sharief. Severe snowing was also seen in the Ladakh region, including Drass, Kargil, Zojila Pass, Kharbu, Matayan and Mulbekh. Cold wave conditions also prevailed in parts of Orissa, plains of Uttar Pradesh, south Madhya Pradesh, north Gujarat region, north central Maharashtra and Marathwada. Night temperatures were appreciably below normal in parts of Telangana and north interior Karnataka, and were below normal in Assam, Sikkim, north Madhya Pradesh, Rayalaseema and in parts of Tamil Nadu. They were appreciably above normal in parts of Punjab and coastal Andhra Pradesh, and were above normal in parts of northwest Rajasthan. They were normal over the rest of the country outside Arunachal Pradesh from where the data were sparse. Rain or thundershowers occurred at isolated places in sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim. Mainly dry weather prevailed over the rest of the country. Rain or snow is likely at a few places in Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir and at isolated places in the hills of west Uttar Pradesh. Rain or thundershowers are likely at isolated places in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Haryana, Punjab and north Rajasthan. Mainly dry weather will prevail over the rest of the country.
Temperatures (deg C) Max Min Agartala 23(-3) 11(+1) Ahmedabad 26(-3) 7(-5) Allahabad 21(-3) 9 Amritsar 13(-6) 8(+4) Aurangabad 25(-4) 7(-3) Bangalore 28(+1) 15 Bhopal 22(-4) 7(-3) Bareilly 13(-9) 5(-4) Bhubaneshwar 26(-2) 12(-4) Bombay 31(+2) 19 Calcutta 22(-5) 11(-3) Dehra Dun 11(-8) 4(-2) Dibrugarh 21(-2) 8(-1) Gadag 28(-2) 17 Gangtok 15(+1) 4 Guwahati 22(-1) 9(-1) Hyderabad 28 13(-1) Indore 26 7(-3) Jaipur 20(-2) 7(-1) Jabalpur 21(-4) 7(-2) Jodhpur 26(+1) 5(-4) Kanyakumari 31 24(+1) Lucknow 17(-5) 5(-3) Ahmedabad 26(-3) 7(-5) Madurai 29(-1) 20(-1) Mahabaleshwar 27(+3) 12(-2) Mangalore 34(+2) 22(+1) Minicoy 30 25(+2) Nagpur 25(-3) 7(-6) New Delhi 17(-4) 7 Patna 17(-6) 7(-3) Panaji 33(+1) 21(+2) Pune 29 9(-2) Port Blair 30(+1) 22(-1) Rajkot 28 10(-1) Raipur 25(-3) 8(-5) Shillong 14(-1) 4 Shimla 14(+5) 3(+1) Srinagar 5(+1) 0(+2) Thiruvananthapuram 32(+1) 23(+1) Tiruchirapalli 30 19(-2) Varanasi 19(-4) 7(-2) Vishakhapatnam 32(+4) 20(+3) |
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