NEW DELHI: Fresh snowfall in the higher reaches of Garhwal and Kumaon regions intensified the cold wave in many parts of the North today forcing people indoors and pushing mercury to below normal levels.

While Muzaffarnagar in western Uttar Pradesh recorded the lowest temperature of four degrees Celsius in the state, Chandigarh recorded three degrees below normal. Biting cold conditions prevailed in several districts of UP where 13 people have so far died due to cold wave, official sources said.

Pak riots

PESHAWAR: The army was deployed to quell rioting in the Pakistani city of Bannu today after three people were killed and 18 injured in clashes with police, officials said. Sources said riots broke out after the death of a 14-year-old school boy who was shot by a policeman.

US warns Iraq

WASHINGTON/BAGHDAD: The United States today warned Baghdad against violating the no-fly zones in northern and southern Iraq. A US official said Americanplanes overseeing the no-fly ban would return fire if attacked.

IGNOU alert

NEW DELHI: Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) today said no institution or individual has been authorised to open new Internet Access Points for its computer courses.

Certain institutions had issued advertisements in newspapers claiming to be the authorised IGNOU agency for opening these access points, IGNOU said in a statement. The university clarified that no middleman has been authorised for the job.