Temperature fell in Uttarakhand after fresh snowfall in the hill state and neighbouring areas, the Met office said today. The Met official said that rains are also likely at some places in Uttarakhand. The official added that while the upper ranges of Uttarakhand were witnessing heavy snowfall, the plains were in the grip of cold and fog.

A magnitude 7.1 quake struck in the southern Pacific Ocean, close to the South Sandwich Islands north of Antarctica, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The quake, initially reported as a magnitude 7.5, was in a remote area and fairly deep underground. The U.S. Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said in an advisory that it did not cause a tsunami threat.

The ruling BJP lagged behind the Congress as votes were counted in Chhattisgarh on Tuesday. Three-term CM Raman Singh of the BJP was trailing in his constituency. As the Congress widened the gap with the BJP in Chhattisgarh, Raman Singh was locked in a tough fight in Rajnandgaon seat, where his rival is Congress's Karuna Shukla, the niece of former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee.