India, Dec. 9 -- Cold conditions swept through Delhi, parts of Himachal Pradesh and Kashmir as the India Meteorological Department (IMD)'s cold and dense fog warnings for parts of north India came into force on Monday. Shopian in south Kashmir recorded a temperature of 4.2 degrees Celsius, becoming the coldest place.

The IMD had predicted cold wave conditions over central, eastern and northern peninsular India from December 9, and they are expected to start in northwest and western India from December 10 and continue until December 12.

According to the latest bulletin by the agency, cold wave conditions are very likely at isolated places in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Odisha from December 10 to 13. Punjab may see similar conditions...