At 120 kmph, cyclonic storm may hit Odisha-WB coasts by Oct 24: IMD

A cyclonic circulation over the North Andaman Sea is likely to intensify into a cyclonic storm and reach the Odisha-West Bengal coasts by October 24, bringing heavy rainfall and gusty winds in both......

Heavy rains lash Chennai, Stalin tells ministers to rush to rain-hit areas

Heavy rains pounded Chennai and other northern coastal regions of Tamil Nadu on Wednesday as a low pressure area developed into a well-marked low pressure area. IMAGE: Rainwater enters the......

Southwest monsoon to hit Andaman on May 15, early onset over Kerala likely

The Southwest monsoon is set to arrive early with the Andaman and Nicobar Islands expected to receive first seasonal showers on May 15, the weather office said on Thursday. "Southwest Monsoon is......

Navy on standby to evacuate 1,400 tourists from cyclone-hit south Andaman

Around 1,400 tourists are stranded on Havelock and Neil islands in south Andaman due to cyclonic weather conditions and the Navy has pressed into service four ships to evacuate them. The......

Met sets May 30 as date with monsoon

The monsoon seems set to hit the south Andaman sea and south Bay of Bengal around May 19 and the Kerala coast around May 30, close to the normal date of June 1.Meteorologists said rainfall activity......

Monsoon seen delayed, but normal

India's southwest monsoon will likely arrive at least several days late but the delay should not affect the amount of rain that falls during the four-month wet season, a senior weather official......

Rain respite soon for farmers

This piece of forecast from the India Meteorological Department and the European Centre for Medium-Range weather Forecasts may bring cheer to Indian farmers, who have been reeling under hostile......

Bimstec: India's role positive

Describing as 'positive' its role in integrating the region, India has said the economic groupings in South and Southeast Asia, including ASEAN and Bimstec, are interlinked and not overlapping each......

The explosion at sea: How The Ghazi Attack got made

The Ghazi Attack tells the story about one of the 'last unsolved greatest mysteries of the 1971 war,' discovers Avantika Bhuyan. IMAGE: Rana Daggubati had to shed his Baahubali bulk to play a......