India, Oct. 6 -- Rain lashed parts of Delhi and adjoining cities in the early hours of Monday, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issuing an orange alert for all districts of the national capital.

Delhi's adjoining cities of Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad and Noida were placed under a yellow alert, while Haryana's Gurugram was also in an orange alert for the early hours of Monday, September 6.

The alert was in Delhi was in effect till 3:42 am, while Gurugram's warning was in place till 2:8 am, according to the nowcast viewed on IMD website at around 1:20 am on Monday.

The yellow alerts in Ghaziabad and Noida were in place till 1:55 am.

Delhi on Sunday recorded maximum temperature of 34.1 degrees Celsius, 0.2 notch below the sea...