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Chandigarh, April 7 Punjab Agriculture Minister Gurmeet Singh Khudian said on Tuesday that an estimated 1.25 lakh acres of crops have been affected by recent rainfall and hailstorms, and that affected farmers will receive compensation.He said that Fazilka reported crop damage on over 45,000...

Lucknow, April 7 Rain accompanied by strong winds and thunderstorms lashed Lucknow and several parts of Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday evening, with the capital witnessing cloudy skies, lightning, and light showers, officials said.Cloud cover developed over Lucknow in the evening, followed by strong...

New Delhi, April 7 Overcast skies and light rain throughout Tuesday brought down the temperature in the national capital, which recorded its coldest April day in three years.The maximum temperature settled at 28.8 degrees Celsius, several degrees below normal. The city had previously seen the...

Srinagar, April 7 Authorities in Jammu and Kashmir issued a "medium danger" avalanche warning for the higher reaches of the Ganderbal and Kupwara districts on Tuesday, due to fresh rainfall in the valley."An avalanche with a medium danger level is likely to occur above 2600 meters in Ganderbal...

New Delhi, April 7 India's sugar demand is estimated to fall by 4 lakh tonnes during the March-April period due to a shortage of commercial LPG and rainfall in some parts of the country, the industry body ISMA said on Tuesday.Indian Sugar & Bio-Energy Manufacturers Association (ISMA) Director...

Chandigarh, April 7 Rain lashed parts of Punjab and Haryana on Tuesday, with daytime temperatures registering a significant drop in many places, including Amritsar, which recorded a maximum of 21.7 degrees Celsius.Chandigarh, the common capital of the two states, received light showers during...

Kabul, April 7 – Three women were killed and two children were injured when a wall collapsed in Khost province, Afghanistan, due to heavy rainfall and flash floods, according to local media reports.According to the spokesperson for the local governor, Mustaghfar Gurbaz, the incident occurred...

Jammu, April 7 The Jammu-Srinagar National Highway was closed to traffic on Tuesday due to multiple landslides in the Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir, just a few hours after it was reopened.Over 200 vehicles are stranded at various points on the 270-km highway, the only all-weather road...

New Delhi, April 7 Dark clouds gathered and light rain soaked the national capital on Tuesday, providing much-needed relief from the steadily rising temperatures.The change in weather was due to shifting wind patterns along with the influence of a western disturbance, which is expected to keep...

Bhopal, April 7 – The India Meteorological Department (IMD), Meteorological Centre Bhopal, issued a warning on Tuesday for thunderstorms accompanied by lightning and strong winds at isolated locations across several districts of Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday.According to the daily weather...

Jaipur, April 7 Western disturbances brought light to moderate rainfall in several parts of Rajasthan over the past 24 hours, with Phalodi in the Jodhpur district recording the highest rainfall of 42.2 mm.Temperatures across the state also remained below normal.The highest maximum...

New Delhi, April 7 The weather department issued a yellow alert on Tuesday for light rain and thunderstorms across most districts of Delhi in the next few hours.Delhi experienced light rain in the morning.The cumulative rainfall for 24 hours until 8:30 am was 0.4 mm at Safdarjung, 1.4 mm at...

The Meteorological Department has predicted another period of heavy rainfall across Jammu and Kashmir, with intermittent light to moderate rain expected from this morning until Wednesday evening. An Akashvani Jammu correspondent reports that the weather department also predicted snowfall in the...

New Delhi, April 7 Delhi experienced light rain on Tuesday morning, with the weather office forecasting thunderstorms accompanied by more rain later in the day.The cumulative rainfall from 8:30 am to 8:30 am stood at 0.4 mm at Safdarjung, 1.4 mm at Palam, 1.0 mm at Lodi Road, trace amounts at...

Jaipur, April 7 – Due to an active Western Disturbance, several parts of Rajasthan are experiencing strong winds, rainfall, and hailstorm activity. The Jaipur Meteorological Centre has issued an orange alert in parts of the state, warning of intense weather conditions in multiple districts...

Chennai, April 7 – Chennai is likely to receive moderate rainfall on Tuesday, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), as a low-pressure system persists over the region stretching from Telangana to the Gulf of Mannar via Tamil Nadu.The prevailing weather system is expected to...

New Delhi, April 4 Delhi recorded a maximum temperature of 33.3 degrees Celsius at Safdarjung, 1.8 degrees below normal, even as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a yellow alert for thunderstorms and light rain over the next two days.Across monitoring stations, temperatures...

Shimla, April 6 Unfavorable weather conditions prevailed in many parts of Himachal, resulting in scattered rainfall. Kasauli recorded the highest rainfall at 31.2 mm, according to the Meteorological Office on Monday.According to the weather office, Dharampur received 29.8 mm of rain, followed...

Chandigarh, April 6 Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said on Monday that his government has ordered a crop loss assessment to evaluate the damage caused by inclement weather, asserting that affected farmers will be compensated.Mann was speaking to reporters while presenting a four-year...

Kabul, April 6 – At least nine people were killed and nine others injured after the roofs of several houses collapsed in eastern Afghanistan following heavy rains and floods that swept across several parts of the country, local media reported on Monday.The deaths were reported in Afghanistan's...