Capital remains in the grip of cold wave

NEW DELHI: It was another chilly day in the capital with the mercury remaining below 5 degree Celsius in the morning hours.

The minimum was recorded at 4.4 degrees as against the minimum of 4.8 degrees yesterday.

Bone chilling cold and icy winds had yesterday left Delhiites shivering with the maximum temperature plummeting to 9.8 deg C, the lowest in 44 years.

After being affected by dense fog for four consecutive days, flight operations at the Indira Gandhi International Airport here remained largely normal today even as airport witnessed fog.