The Indian Meteorological Department has warned that heavy to very heavy rainfall will be witnessed in southwest Madhya Pradesh, north-central Maharashtra, north Konkan and south Rajasthan in the next 24 hours. At some places, the rainfall can be extremely heavy crossing the 25-cm mark.

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.

Cities are managing to get more water while the majority of people live in villages

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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Thiruvananthapuram, July 12 The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said that the monsoon trough across the plains of northwest India has shifted north (of normal), which signals a weakening of rain-enabling conditions.