India Wethar

North India, on Thursday, continued to reel under a severe cold wave, which claimed the lives of seven persons bringing the total number of people who succumbed to the extreme weather this season to 142.

The maximum temperature remained below the freezing point for the fifth day on Thursday in Srinagar and the weather office forecast another major snowfall here on Sunday and Monday.

North India, on Thursday, continued to reel under a severe cold wave, which claimed the lives of seven persons bringing the total number of people who succumbed to the extreme weather this season to 142.

The maximum temperature remained below the freezing point for the fifth day on Thursday in Srinagar and the weather office forecast another major snowfall here on Sunday and Monday.