Delhi bans diesel gensets as pollution plan kicks in

The national capital banned generator sets, barring those being used in essential and emergency services, on Tuesday, as the air quality in several places in the city and adjoining areas slipped to......

Monsoon's back! Mumbaikars reel under heavy rains

Light to heavy rains after nearly a month-long dry spell brought relief to Mumbai from the sultry weather conditions even as suburban train services on western and central lines were hit due to the......

PHOTOS: White winter in North India

The high hills of Himachal Pradesh received snowfall on Sunday keeping locals indoors and leaving tourists delighted.   Rain brought some relief to other parts of north India from the......

Nepal quake: PM directs immediate dispatch of rescue, relief teams

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday directed immediate dispatch of relief and rescue teams to earthquake-affected areas of the country as well as Nepal and ordered proper arrangements for......

Monsoon eludes half of India

The metereological department says that the monsoons will soon revive and the country may still get normal rainfall, but nearly half of the country's 524 districts have received below normal......

Poor monsoon due to El Nino winds from Pacific

When the World Metereological Organisation warned our weather experts in June that a poor monsoon was coming , and also told them why, the latter wouldn't agree. Now they do. In June, WMO had......