Monsoon 2012

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  Opinion | You Must Outrage Over Filthy Air More Than Once A Year

  Delhi welcomed us with monsoon rains and mangos. We were home. Fast forward a couple of years, in the winter of 2012, I found myself in denial about something other parents, mostly expats, were calling toxic air.

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  A 2012 Letter By LK Advani Surfaces Amid Row Over Bill On Poll Appointments

  Congress leader Jairam Ramesh shared a 2012 letter by LK Advani to then PM Manmohan Singh amid controversy over a proposed bill by the centre that will exclude the Chief Justice of India from the process to appoint the country's top election officers

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  At 43.1 Degrees, Delhi Sees Highest Temperature For July In 9 Years

  Delhi reeled under heatwave for a third day on the trot and recorded a maximum temperature of 43.1 degrees Celsius on Thursday, the highest in July since 2012, with the IMD saying there is "no chance" of monsoon reaching the city till July 7.

• Narendra Modi 2012: Different situation, different strategy

  In August, Narendra Modi seemed a trifle embattled. A lacklustre monsoon, farmer suicides, ministers embroiled in financial scams - for the first time in his decade-long rule in Gujarat, the Chief Minister was feeling the pressure.

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  ICC defends World T20's 'tryst with monsoon'

  The International Cricket Council on Sunday defended the scheduling of the World Twenty20 as monsoon rains threatened to ruin the tournament in Sri Lanka.

• With good rainfall towards July end, Andhra Pradesh positive about Kharif

  With rainfall improving significantly since the second half of July, Andhra Pradesh officials are hopeful that a drought-like situation would not prevail in the state this year and are expecting a good Kharif crop.

• Onion shortage looms large over country due to patchy monsoon

  Patchy monsoon has its shadow over onion cultivation with major producing regions in Maharashtra and Gujarat witnessing drop in sowing area of the key kitchen item almost by half.

• August may bring good rains, but trouble in September: MET Department

  India's crucial monsoon is expected to bring widespread showers in August but is likely to run into trouble in September, a top weather official said on Wednesday.

• Widespread rains in Vidarbha region, three killed

  Three persons were killed due to heavy rains in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra in the last 24 hours, official sources said today.

• 8 killed in rain-related incidents in Hyderabad

  At least eight persons, including three children, were killed in two rain-related incidents in Hyderabad today, police said.