Government on Friday said the spectre of drought over a few states and the likelihood of a lower rainfall pattern in 2012 should not be a concern for a 'panicky situation,' as it is geared up to face the situation with enough stocks of foodgrains and sugar.

The city received a good amount of rainfall on Wednesday afternoon for a couple of hours, but the downside was water logging in different parts of the city. Around 6.5 mm rainfall was recorded till 5

India's monsoon rains were above average in the past week for the first time in the current season, the weather office said, as the downpours resumed after a worrying fortnight-long pause over the cen

Monsoon, the lifeline of Indian agriculture, on Wednesday covered the entire country but the rains are still deficient by 23 per cent, a top official of India Meteorological Department said.

Water levels in major reservoirs of Andhra Pradesh are at the rock bottom following a poor south-west monsoon last year and also the lack of rains this month. According to the data provided by the st

The much-awaited South-West monsoon is likely to enter Andhra Pradesh between June 5 and 10, four or five days after it reaches Kerala on June 1, with deviation of about 4 days, said the Meteorologica

India is likely to avoid a drought in 2012 as monsoon rains needed to irrigate 60 per cent of the farmland in the major grains producer are likely to be average.

India is the world's second-biggest p

Over 80 people were killed and 2,000 went missing on Sunday morning after landslides triggered by torrential rains hit northwest China's Gansu province, an official said.

The landslides occurred at a