Tuesday coldest day in Delhi with 5.3°C ; Kanpur and Agra go down to 1°C

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As the bone-chilling cold wave continued to sweep Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and elsewhere across the North Indian belt, people struggled to keep warm...

In the national capital, homeless people were seen huddling in government-run night shelters...

The night shelters in Delhi are aimed at providing a refuge to homeless people, who live on the streets and have nowhere else to go in the cold..

A caretaker from one such night shelter home in Delhi's Anand Vihar told that not only do these homes provide sanctuary to the people, amid the biting cold outside, they also have a rescue team that brings people lying on roadsides to the shelter...

I wish to express my gratitude to the Delhi government and (CM Arvind) Kejriwal-ji for taking good care of us," a man, seeking refuge at the Anand Vihar shelter, told ANI..