Updated - January 13, 2026 08:13 am IST - New Delhi A man covers his face and wears blankets and gloves to shield himself from the cold as he drives a tractor on a foggy winter morning in Gurugram, on January 10, 2026. | Photo Credit: PTI As fog floated across cityscapes and open grounds in northern states, the winter weighed much heavier, pushing mercury down to near-freezing temperatures in many areas which experienced the coldest night of the season. Haryana’s Gurugram and Punjab’s Bathinda recorded a low of 0.6°C, while Fatehpur in Rajasthan’s Sikar district crossed the freezing point threshold to reach minus 0.4°, the local meteorological departments said on Monday (January 12, 2026).
