Rainfall

Normal rainfall over most of South Asia this year: Climate Outlook Forum

April 28, 2021 8:17 pm

The report states that above normal rainfall is likely along the Himalayan foothills, central and western India whereas normal rain is expected along most parts of India, including the southern peninsula, north Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Bhutan and Pakistan.

Several parts of India likely to receive rainfall in next 4-5 days: IMD

April 12, 2021 6:23 pm

Under its influence, isolated rainfall with thunderstorm, lightning and gusty winds (30-40 kmph) is very likely over Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Gangetic West Bengal and Odisha during the next 4-5 days and over Jharkhand during the next 24 hours.

Telangana rain: Students who lost certificates to get new one

October 22, 2020 11:16 am

Special Chief Secretary of Education, Chitra Ramachandran issued orders in this regard on Tuesday after hundreds of students who have either lost or their certificates got damaged communicated to the education department

Telangana govt postpones all exams till Dussehra

October 20, 2020 5:22 pm

The Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU-H) and Osmania University, Hyderabad have already decided to postpone all exams scheduled on October 19 and 20.

City and the deluge

October 17, 2020 10:04 am

Untimely, excessive rainfall, as in Hyderabad and Pune, is here to stay. It’s time to plan for vagaries of weather, build resilience.

Karnataka rains: Three killed in Belagavi, Bidar; over 2,000 people relocated in Udupi

September 21, 2020 10:24 am

At least eight people were injured as over 1,100 houses were damaged in Udupi and Dakshina Kannada districts. Low-lying areas in 77 villages of the Udupi district witnessed floods as well.

August rainfall hits 44-year high, reservoir storage level up by 102% of last year: Barclays

August 31, 2020 3:15 pm

The impressive monsoon season this year has also had a positive impact on crop sowing, which has remained robust. More than 100% of the total area normally sown was covered during this period.

Kerala: Idukki landslide death toll rises to 24, search on to trace missing persons amid continuing rains

August 08, 2020 10:33 pm

Idukki: The landslide was triggered by heavy rainfall at Rajamala near Munnar and occured when a hillock at a tea plantation came down, burying a row of quarters of estate workers — 78 people living in 30 rooms.

Karnataka: Heavy rains continue to batter Kodagu, four missing as landslide hits Talacauvery

August 07, 2020 8:30 am

Kodagu continued to receive heavy rainfall on Thursday, with gusty winds uprooting trees and electric poles, cutting off power and telephone connectivity across the district.

August rains hold key to India’s recovery after erratic monsoon

August 04, 2020 1:48 pm

India’s agriculture has been the lone bright spot in the country’s shrinking economy, with the government as well as the central bank betting on rural demand to lift growth after recovering tractor sales pointed to a consumption revival.

Disaster Alert

June 22, 2020 6:20 pm