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Amritsar colder than Shimla
Shimla: Shimla and the areas close to it were ‘warmer’ Monday compared to places in the neighbouring plains.
Shimla, located around 7,000 feet above sea level, recorded a low of 3.1 degrees Celsius while Chandigarh, located in the foothills, experienced similar temperature. Amritsar in Punjab was the coldest in the region at a freezing zero degree.
On the other hand, Haryana’s Karnal (2.6) was also colder than Shimla. Hisar’s night temperature, too, was similar to Shimla’s 3.1 degrees.
Manmohan Singh, director of Shimla’s meteorological department, told that Shimla and its nearby locations experienced “cosy nights” due to the prevailing dry weather and long, sunny days.
“Most of the hill stations are experiencing pleasant weather owing to more sunshine compared with the plains, which has been enduring long, foggy days,” he said.
A humidity level of 70 percent or more causes fog, he said. In the plains, he added, it is almost 100 percent.
In the hills it is between 30 and 40 percent.
The weather in Himachal’s popular destinations like and Manali is also sunny.
“It’s pleasant here (in Shimla). As we entered the hills, the mellow sunshine greeted us. What a relief,” said Abhishek Nayyar, a tourist from Chandigarh. “The chill in the plains is literally sending shivers down your spine,” his wife Shallu added.
Shimla recorded a maximum temperature of 14.6 degrees Celsius Sunday, 4.1 degrees above normal.
But in the plains, the met official said, the day temperatures were 2-8 degrees below the season’s average.
He said dry weather conditions would continue in Himachal Pradesh till Jan 3 when the western disturbances – storm systems originating from the Caspian Sea and moving across the Afghanistan-Pakistan region – would be active in the region.
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What monkey fled with a bag containing evidence in it: Read full story
The court, generally, considers a person who commit a crime and the one who destroys the evidence, as criminals in the eyes of law. But what if an animal destroys the evidence of a crime committed by a human.
In a peculiar incident in Rajasthan, a monkey fled away with the evidence collected by the police in a murder case. The stolen evidence included the murder weapon (a blood-stained knife).
The incident came to light when the police appeared before the court and they had to provide the evidence in the hearing.
The hearing was about the crime which took place in September 2016, in which a person named Shashikant Sharma died at a primary health center under Chandwaji police station. After the body was found, the deceased’s relatives blocked the Jaipur-Delhi highway, demanding an inquiry into the matter.
Following the investigation, the police had arrested Rahul Kandera and Mohanlal Kandera, residents of Chandwaji in relation to the murder. But, when the time came to produce the evidence related to the case, it was found that the police had no evidence with them because a monkey had stolen it from them.
In the court, the police said that the knife, which was the primary evidence, was also taken by the monkey. The cops informed that the evidence of the case was kept in a bag, which was being taken to the court.
The evidence bag contained the knife and 15 other important evidences. However, due to the lack of space in the malkhana, a bag full of evidence was kept under a tree, which led to the incident.