Cold wave continued to sweep most parts of northern and eastern India as 24 more people succumbed to the extreme weather, taking the nationwide death toll to 114.

The biting cold claimed 13 lives in Uttar Pradesh, eight in West Bengal, two in Punjab and one in Haryana as fog blanketed several parts of the region disrupting rail and road traffic.

National capital Delhi witnessed a sunny day yesterday with minimum temperature at six deg Celsius.

In Uttar Pradesh, cold wave and dense fog continued uninterrupted claiming 13 more lives, taking the toll in the state to 74. Kanpur city with a minimum of 2.6 deg C was the coldest place in the state.

In Punjab and Haryana, three more persons died due to severe cold conditions in the region in the past 24 hours. Officials said, the combined death toll in the two states now stands at 14.

In West Bengal, eight people died in Milki gram panchayat area under Englishbazar block of Malda district.
In Jammu and Kashmir, the ski resort of Gulmarg witnessed one of the season's coldest nights as the mercury slipped to a low of minus 11.4 degrees Celsius.

A Met Department official said, the minimum temperature at the tourist resort of Pahalgam plunged to minus 7.4 degrees Celsius. Both the resorts witnessed moderate snowfall over the last two days.