After plentiful rains in June, the Met department expects less than normal precipitation over the next two months and has advised the agriculture ministry to keep a contingency plan ready.

Incessant rain on Thursday created a flood-like situation in southern and central Kashmir and disrupted the Char Dham Yatra in Uttarakhand as landslides blocked routes to the Himalayan shrines.

Indian Air Force helicopters rescued over 100 people from various parts of Amreli, with four helicopters pressed into service.

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Global climatic conditions have turbocharged the monsoon and given it the momentum to take it up to Kashmir in three to four days, a week ahead of schedule, and accelerate agricultural activity in

The monsoon is likely to remain strong through the month of June, the India Meteorological Department said on Thursday, as another storm system developed over the Bay of Bengal, promising widesprea

The agriculture ministry has tied up with leading cellular operators to send decision-critical information to farmers through SMS

Marathwada, which has the second largest storage capacity in dams after the Pune region, has left with the lowest water storage of 5% across all regions of the state on Tuesday.

PUNE: Less rainfall in July, August and September seems more likely now, as a fresh forecast by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has indicated that El Nino will get stronger during this pe

The monsoon has got off to a good start after a slightly delayed onset, with widespread showers over the past five days taking the countrywide rain tally to 13% above normal so far this month.