Pune The city on Wednesday saw a lot of wind activity in most places, along with incessant rains.

Even as the wind velocity in the city on Tuesday was five nautical miles per hour (knots), it was low on Wednesday but could continue to scale up with the monsoon activity increasing in central Maharashtra.

Shreekant Sambrani / July 16, 2009, 0:18 IST

Since it does not take into account new abnormalities like the MJO, it is hardly surprising that the Met has got it wrong once again.

New Delhi: Parched north India got the season

The rainfall situation in parts of north and northwest India does not look good. Deficient rains threaten agriculture in States like Punjab, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, and Himachal Pradesh, although there is still some hope of a recovery. The India Meteorological Department reports that the country as a whole received

Pravda Godbole / Pune July 15, 2009, 0:35 IST

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) today maintained there would be a normal monsoon in the country this year.

Mumbai For over 15 hours ending Tuesday evening, Mumbai

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The Prime Minister has asked Union Cabinet secretary K.M. Chandrashekhar to monitor the situation on a daily basis
Concerned over continuing rain distress in Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh, heartland of the green revolution, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh took stock of the situation in a meeting with agriculture minister Sharad Pawar

NEW DELHI: With the overall rainfall continuing to be below normal, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday reviewed the crop situation and directed officials to be ready for any contingency.

Dr. Singh met with senior officials of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) and the Agriculture Ministry, just before leaving for a five-day visit to France and Egypt.

With deficient rainfall in many parts of the country raising the spectre of a dip in agricultural production, a concerned Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday took stock of the monsoon situation and instructed officials to be ready with contingency measures to meet any eventuality.

Everything depends on rains in the next seven days, says India Meteorological Department

A presentation on the progress of monsoon by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has made the government confident this year will be a good crop year, but everything depends on rains in the next seven days.