Delhi: Flights, trains delayed, cancelled amid dense fog, cold wave conditions in north India

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Most parts of North India have been reeling under chilling cold wave conditions with dense fog lowering the visibility and disrupting rail and air traffic in the national capital...

Very dense fog was observed in isolated pockets in Delhi, north Haryana, West Uttar Pradesh, and West Madhya Pradesh while dense fog was reported in isolated pockets of Punjab, northwest Haryana, West Rajasthan, East Madhya Pradesh and Bihar...

Cold day to severe cold day conditions are likely to continue to prevail over North India during the next 2 days and decrease in intensity thereafter, IMD's latest bulletin read...

Similarly, cold wave conditions are likely to prevail over Bihar and north Madhya Pradesh today and expand to more parts of north India during January 21-22, it added..

According to the weather department, minimum temperatures are in the range of 6-10C over most parts of Punjab, Haryana-Chandigarh-Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Bihar, Jharkhand, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim and Madhya Pradesh...

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