Kashmir Valley continues to reel under intense cold wave even as fringes of Dal Lake freeze for the first time this winter

North India was gripped by bone chilling cold on Thursday as temperatures nosedived across the region claiming nine more lives. Delhi recorded a maximum temperature of 12.7 degrees Celsius, eight less than normal, and a minimum of 4.4 degrees Celsius, three less than the usual. The cold wave continued unabated in Uttar Pradesh as nine more persons succumbed to the chill in the State, raising the death toll this winter to 116.