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Cold wave claims first victim in Rajasthan

The cold wave claimed its first victim in Rajasthan with the death of a 25-year-old man in Chittorgarh district.

Reports said the death occurred in the Nai Aabadi locality of Begod town Sunday.

The citadel town of Chittorgarh remained the coldest place with the mercury dipping to three degree celsius Sunday morning.

Meanwhile, Churu recorded a minimum of five degree celsius Monday followed by Ganganagar and Dabok (Udaipur), both at eight degrees, Phalodi and Bikaner (nine degrees) and Ajmer at 10 degree celsius.

In Jaipur, the mercury stayed at eight degree celsius for the second consecutive day.

Meanwhile, heavy rains likely at isolated places in Tamil Nadu during the next 48 hours.

Cold wave conditions prevailed in Kashmir.

Night temperatures were appreciably below normal in parts of Marathwada, Vidarbha and Telangana, and below normal in parts of coastal Andhra Pradesh.

They were appreciably above normal in parts of Gujarat, Konkan and Goa, central Maharashtra and interior Karnataka, and above normal in parts of West Bengal, Sikkim, Bihar, east Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.

They were normal over the rest of the country outside Arunachal Pradesh from where the data were sparse.

The Northeast monsoon has been active in Tamil Nadu.

Rain or thundershowers occurred at many places in Lakshadweep and at a few places in coastal Karnataka and Kerala, and at isolated places in the Andaman and Nicobar islands.

Mainly dry weather prevailed over the rest of the country.

Rain or thundershowers are likely at many places in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Lakshadweep and at a few places in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and coastal Karnataka, and at isolated places in south coastal Andhra Pradesh, Rayalaseema and south interior Karnataka.

Mainly dry weather will prevail over the rest of the country.

 
 
                        Temperatures (deg C)

		         Max 	      Min

Ahmedabad                29(-1)       16(+3)
Agartala                 28(+1)       15(+3)
Allahabad                25           12(+)
Amritsar                 15(-7)       5
Aurangabad               27(-2)       12(+2)
Bangalore                24(-2)       18(+3)
Bareilly                 25(+1)       11(+1)
Bhopal                   24(-2)  '    12(+1)
Bhubaneshwar             28           16
Bombay                   33(+2)       24(+3)
Calcutta                 27           17(+3)
Dehra Dun                25(24)       8(+1)
Dibrugarh                27(+3)       11(+1)
Gadag                    28(-1)       20(+3)
Gangtok                  18(+2)       9(+3)
Guwahati                 27(+2)       12
Hyderabad                27(-1)       12(-1)
Indore                   25(-2)       13(+3)
Jaipur                   26(+1)       8(-1)
Jabalpur                 25           11(+2)
Jodhpur                  30(+3)       11
Kanyakumari              27(-3)       24
Lucknow                  25(+1)       9(+1)
Madras                   30(+2)       25(+4)
Madurai                  27(-3)       23(+1)
Mangalore                33(+1)       22(+1)
Minicoy                  29(-1)       24(+1)
Nagpur                   27(-2)       8(-4)
New Delhi                25(+1)       6(-2)
Panaji                   32(-1)       24(+3)
Patna                    27(+2)       12(+2)
Pune                     27(-2)       14(+4)
Port Blair               30(+1)       24(+1)
Rajkot                   30           18(+6)
Raipur                   26(-1)       12(-1)
Shimla                   19(+7)       7(+3)
Srinagar                 8(-1)        -7(-5)
Thiruvananthapuram       28(-3)       22(-1)
Tiruchirapalli           27(-2)     23(+2)
Varanasi                 26(+1)       11(+1)
Vishakapatnam            29(+1)       21(+3)

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