13012026-CT-01.qxd 13-01-2026 00:19 Page 1 c m y b Chandigarh tribune » MC TELLS SCHOOLS TO SEGREGATE WASTE INSIDE » BJP SEEKS PROBE INTO ARREST OF COUNCILLOR’S KIN INSIDE TUESDAY | 13 JANUARY 2026 | CHANDIGARH AIR QUALITY INDEX CHANDIGARH 401-500 301-400 201-300 101-200 51-100 0-50 183 SEVERE VERY POOR POOR MODERATE SATISFACTORY GOOD WHAT’S ON CHANDIGARH LOHRI CELEBRATIONS: Tagore Theatre Society to celebrate Lohri; Tagore Theatre, Sector 18; 11 am APNI MANDI Chandigarh: Sectors 29 and 56, and Dhanas Panchkula: Sector 15 Mohali: Sectors 68 and 71 Please send information about events in tricity at: whatson@tribunemail.com Chill tightens grip on Tricity, red alert issued for dense fog today Tribune News Service Chandigarh, January 12 Cold wave tightened its grip on the Tricity region today, bringing dense to very dense fog, cold to severe cold wave conditions, and ground frost at a few places. Compared to nearby hills, the Tricity felt the deeper chill — Chandigarh’s 3.3 degrees Celsius minimum undercut Shimla’s minimum and maximum readings of 8.8 and 17.2 degrees Celsius on Monday. Night temperatures plunged further by 1.7 degrees Celsius to a season-low of 3.3 degrees Celsius at Chandigarh, 3.6 degrees below normal. Day temperatures edged up slightly by 0.3 degrees to 14.3 degrees Celsius, still 4.1 degrees below normal, as the sun appeared briefly amid haze and mist that persisted from shallow fog early Sunday to dense fog Monday morning. Relative humidity stayed high, reaching 95 per cent at 8:30 am and maximum around 100 per cent, adding to the chill People brave intense cold in Chandigarh on Monday morning. TRIBUNE PHOTO: PARDEEP TEWARI factor across the Tricity. Weather remained dry and winds blew lightly for most of the day. In the broader region, the lowest minimum temperature hit 0.6 degrees Celsius at Bathinda in Punjab and 1.2 degrees at Narnaul in Haryana, marking the harshest cold spell this season. A red alert has been issued, warning of dense to very dense fog, cold to severe cold wave and ground frost at isolated places on Tuesday. After Tuesday, a yellow alert kicks in for dense fog at isolated places through Saturday, as per IMD forecast. Weather will stay dry all week with no rain expected, though scattered show- ers may occur at isolated places on Sunday. Tricity forecasts predict minimums of 3 degrees Celsius on Tuesday and Thursday, rising gradually to 6 degrees by Friday and Saturday, with maximums between 13-16 degrees Celsius under partly to mostly cloudy sky and dense fog spells. Youth gets 20-year jail for sexually assaulting minor Panchkula, January 12 A fast-track court has sentenced a resident of Abheypur, who was minor when he perpetrated the crime, to 20-year imprisonment and fined Rs 50,000 for sexually assaulting a seven-year-old girl in 2021. A case of sexual assault was registered at the Women’s Police Station, Panchkula, on April 6, 2021. The girl’s mother reported that she and her husband both worked as dai- ly wage labourers and had three children. On April 5, when she returned home from work around 8:30 pm, she found her children scared. Her younger son told her that two days ago, their neighbour entered the house and sexually assaulted his seven-year-old sister. The girl told her mother that the accused had forced himself on her, assaulted her, tried to silence her with a cloth and c m y b threatened to kill her. The girl was terrified and mentally broken after the incident. The girl’s mother had informed the police control room, after which a team visited her house. — TNS PARTLY CLOUDY MAX 15°C | MIN 3°C YESTERDAY MAX 14.3°C | MIN 3.3°C SUNSET TUESDAY 5.44 PM SUNRISE WEDNESDAY 7.20 AM » OWEN COOPER YOUNGEST GLOBE WINNER INSIDE /THETRIBUNECHD At 3.3°C, UT colder than Shimla FORECAST FACEBOOK/CHANDIGARHTRIBUNE