Millions of people in the Indian capital woke up to the coldest weather in 70 years, as the death toll from northern India's cold spell rose to 116. The temperature dipped to 0.2C in New Delhi, the lowest recorded in the past 70 years and seven degrees below normal, the Meteorology Department said. The previous lowest temperature was minus 0.6C in 1935.
The Big Chill in Delhi
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