Foggy start to day, but Delhiites saved from delays

September 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Delhiites will be given lessons in civic sense and etiquettes ahead of the Commonwealth Games here next year. The Delhi government is preparing to act on Home Minister P.

July 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Indian capital will switch off non-essential lights for one hour Friday in a copy of the Earth Hour celebration March 28 that saved a whopping 1,000 MW of power. Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said: You did it for an hour in March, saved 1,000 MW, a world record.

June 10th, 2009 Vehicles pile up in foggy Calif mountain passSAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — Dozens of vehicles have piled up on a fog-shrouded stretch of Interstate 15 near the summit of Southern California's Cajon (kuh-HOHN) Pass.

June 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - After days of hot, humid weather, Delhiites can heave a sigh of relief as the weatherman has forecast temperatures lower than average Monday and the humidity levels have dropped too. There would be mainly clear skies today (Monday).

May 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Delhiites woke up to a pleasant morning Sunday as rains led to a drop in temperatures. The capital recorded 43.4 mm rain, and the met department predicted more showers.

May 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Delhiites did not get any respite from the heat Thursday -- the maximum temperature was recorded at 41 degrees Celsius and humidity at 61 percent. The skies will mainly remain clear Friday and the weather will be dry over the region with no rain, an official at the meteorological office at Safdarjung here told IANS.

May 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Delhiites will have to face scorching heat till the weekend with no signs of rainfall, the meteorological department forecast Monday. The maximum temperature recorded Monday was 41 degrees Celsius and minimum was 30.2 degrees Celsius.

May 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Delhiites can expect some respite from the humid weather Friday as the weatherman has forecast thunderstorm and a dip in the average day temperature. 'There is a possibility of dust storm and thunderstorm towards afternoon, which is likely to bring down the temperature,' an official at the Safdarjung Meteorological Department told IANS.

May 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Delhiites will continue to enjoy pleasant weather over the weekend, the weather office said Friday. The minimum temperature in the national capital Thursday settled at 23.2 degrees Celsius, two notches below normal for this time of the summer.

May 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Sunday morning brought some relief for Delhiites as there was a dip in temperature and weather officials predicted a dust storm or thunderstorm during the day. 'The dust particles suspended in the sky will prevent sunlight from reaching the earth and heating it, so there will be a fall in day temperatures over the next two days,' an official at Safdarjung Met office said.

April 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Delhiites heaved a sigh of relief Saturday as according to the weatherman temperatures dropped slightly below average, bringing some respite from the heat. An official of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said that the maximum temperature Saturday dropped a degree below average, to 37.2 degree Celsius.

February 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Delhiites woke up to a pleasant, misty morning Saturday. But the clouds soon lifted, giving way to a warm and sunny day.

January 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Delhiites woke up to a dense fog cover Monday morning, but the weatherman said the sky would clear by forenoon and the rest of the day would be warm and sunny. General visibility plunged to zero at 6.30 a.m., stirring fears that this may affect the Indian Air Force flypast at the end of the Republic Day celebrations that started at 9.30 a.m.

December 30th, 2008 CHANDIGARH - Chandigarh experienced the coldest day of the season so far Wednesday and shivered under a thick blanket of fog that enveloped the union territory and the neighbouring states of Punjab and Haryana throughout the day. Dense fog reduced the visibility to below 1,000 metres even during the daytime.

December 23rd, 2008 NEW DELHI - An under-staffed aviation regulator is finding it difficult to crack down on airlines guilty of not doing enough to avoid flight delays due to dense winter fog, officials say. There are 170 officials in the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), the body that regulates the aviation sector in country.