New Delhi: Delivering his 2010-11 Budget speech, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee had sought Lord Indra

KOCHI: The monsoon is likely to hit Kerala earlier than usual, most probably by the last week of May. With the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) predicting a normal southwest monsoon this year, everybody is waiting for the weathermen to release their forecast on when it would start raining.

Ahmedabad: Thursday could be the hottest day of the season in the city with prevailing heat wave conditions making life even more difficult for denizens.

The south west monsoon is likely to hit the Kerala coast on June 1. According to preliminary observations made by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) here, there is nothing to indicate that the monsoon will arrive before or after the scheduled date.

If the rain gods play truant, the much-awaited decline in food inflation is unlikely to happen
N Chandra Mohan / May 8, 2010, 1:05 IST

Current trends show India does look set for a timely onset of the crucial southwest monsoons on its shores this year, the country

Goa Meteorological Department will be installing eight Automatic Rain Gauge (ARG) stations across the State to ensure there is real time mapping of the rainfall.

The Union government proposes to have a National Mission on Monsoon in the hope that a concerted effort will improve monsoon prediction.

The dry bed of the Korampallam tank, used for irrigation in Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu in October 2009.

Given IMD?s past record on forecasts, the latest one could also go wrong
Surinder Sud / New Delhi May 6, 2010, 0:03 IST

Agartala, May 5: Weather forecasting in India is all set to get more accurate with the met office setting up China-made Doppler radars across the country that can track and predict fast-evolving weather systems such as thunderstorms, cyclones and cloudbursts.