New Delhi: Temperatures continued to remain high across North India on Friday with the national capital touching 45 degrees Celsius and Amritsar boiling at 47 degrees Celsius. Rajasthan sizzled between 44 and 47 degrees Celsius.
However, the Met department has said that a marginal fall in temperature can be expected by Sunday. 84 people have died in Andhra Pradesh since the 1st of April due to the heat.
New Delhi continued to bear the brunt of heat wave and the weathermen have predicted no respite from scorching heat in days to come. The day temperature was recorded five notches above normal level at 45 degree Celsius, slightly down from yesterday's 45.7 degree Celsius, which was the highest for the month of May in a decade.
The minimum temperature was registered at 29.5 degree Celsius, which was three notches above normal and 1.9 degree below from Friday's 31.4 deg C. Humidity level hovered between 45 and 22 per cent....
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07:30 AM, May 25, 2013
New Delhi: A day after Delhi recorded its hottest day in May in the last 10 years, the mercury is expected to rise further Friday, the India Meteorological Department said. "The heatwave conditions will prevail over the city Friday. The maximum temperature is expected to be around 46 degrees Celsius," an IMD official said. The minimum temperature early Friday was three notches above average at 29.5 degrees Celsius, while the...
12:00 PM, May 24, 2013
New Delhi: Mercury levels continued to rise across North India, with the national capital registering a record breaking 45.7 degrees Celsius on Thursday, the hottest in a decade for the month of May. Amritsar in Punjab faced its hottest day in three decades with a maximum of 48 degrees Celsius. In Rajasthan, Sri Ganganagar continued to be the hottest place with a maximum of 48.6 degrees Celsius, followed by Churu,...
07:44 AM, May 24, 2013
Bhubaneswar: The heat wave continues to grip northern India with the Met department predicting a further rise in temperatures. The heat wave continued unabated in Delhi on Thursday with the minimum temperature settling five notches above average at 31.4 degrees Celsius and the maximum expected to hover around the 45 degrees Celsius mark. "Heatwave conditions would continue across the national capital. The maximum temperature on Thursday is expected to be...
11:03 AM, May 23, 2013
New Delhi: There is no respite from the heat as yet. Parts of Maharashtra including the Vidarbha region sizzled at high temperatures. Nagpur and Wardha districts recorded mercury levels at 47 degree Celsius. Meanwhile, in Odisha, at least three people have died due to the heat wave as the temperatures touched 46 degrees. The national capital too recorded temperatures as high as 45 degrees. Heat wave conditions intensified in the...
08:47 AM, May 22, 2013
New Delhi: Expect another hot day on Tuesday across North India and parts of the South. Met department officials say temperatures will continue to be 3 to 4 degrees above normal for this time of the year in many parts of North India. The current prolonged heat wave, the second time in 10 years, is expected to last at least till May 24. As North India boils, the intense heat...
11:59 AM, May 21, 2013
New Delhi: Heat wave swept across Northern states as temperatures on Sunday soared past 45 degrees Celsius at several places affecting normal life in the region. Churu in Rajasthan was the hottest place in the region with temperature touching 47 deg C. The national capital recorded a high of 44 deg C while mercury in parts of Punjab and Haryana shot up to 46 deg C. Delhi sizzled under a...
07:46 PM, May 19, 2013
Srinagar: A 5.8 magnitude earthquake that shook Jammu and Kashmir and North India earlier in the day on Wednesday left one person dead and 69, including 32 children, across the state. An injured person was airlifted to Jammu. Scores of houses have developed cracks in the Chenab Valley. The quake had its epicentre in Doda district in the state. Tremors were felt in parts of North India as the mild...
05:26 PM, May 01, 2013
New Delhi: Tremors were felt in parts of North India as a mild earthquake hit Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday. The epicentre of the earthquake, measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale, was the border of Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh. "A tremor measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale was recorded at 12.27 PM today," an official of the MET office said. He said the epicentre of the earthquake was...
12:42 PM, May 01, 2013
Chandigarh: Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal on Sunday said the VAT collections in Punjab had more than doubled in the past five years and was likely to touch Rs 16,000 crore in 2013. Honouring "Achievers of North India" at a function in Chandigarh, he announced his government would honour 635 top VAT payers who were "virtually" sustaining the economy of Punjab. Badal said similar functions would also be organised...
03:05 AM, Apr 29, 2013
New Delhi: An earthquake measuring 6.2 on the richter scale hit Afghanistan on Wednesday. Tremors were also felt in parts of Pakistan including Lahore, Abbotabad, Sargodha, Islamabad, Kasur, Peshawar, Swat and Parachinar as well as in North India including New Delhi and Kashmir. There were no initial reports of any damages. While the Pakistan Met department put the magnitude of the earthquake at 6.2, the USGS put its magnitude at...
03:17 PM, Apr 24, 2013
New Delhi: A 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit the Iran-Pakistan border on Tuesday afternoon, killing at least 21 people in Pakistan and injuring 5 in Iran. While earlier reports indicated at least 40 dead, the Iranian state owned media later denied the reports saying only five people have been injured. The epicentre of the quake lay 86 km east-south east of Khash, Iran, near the country's border with Pakistan, the US...
09:59 PM, Apr 16, 2013
After a brief respite from the cold, The Indian Meteorological Department has warned that Western Disturbances could cause temperatures to drop by 4 to 6 degrees across North India. The cold spell started Sunday evening with Delhi experiencing light rain. ...
08:10 AM, Feb 04, 2013
North India woke up to a thick fog on Friday morning, disrupting road, air and rail traffic across north India. The current visibility is just above 50 meters, making it difficult for traffic on the airport runway. ...
09:20 AM, Feb 01, 2013
Cold wave conditions persisted in North India on Sunday, where temperature remained variably below normal in most parts of the region. In Himachal, five persons were killed in an avalanche in Kinnaur district Saturday night, officials said, adding upper reaches of the state remained cut off for the fifth day today due to heavy snowfall in past few days. ...
06:59 PM, Jan 20, 2013
North India continued to shiver as cold wave intensified after snowfall and heavy rains in many parts. The Jammu-Srinagar highway has been blocked after snowfall continued on Friday. Various areas in the valley are suffering from long power cuts. Avalanche warnings have been issued for several areas. ...
08:20 AM, Jan 19, 2013
As heavy rains and snow continued to lash North India on Friday, the Meteorological department said the weather is expected to continue for the next 24 hours and fog will return. "This weather is likely to continue for the next 24 hrs. Fog condition in Delhi and northern parts will be back from Saturday morning," M Durai Swamy of the MeT department said. ...
01:09 PM, Jan 18, 2013
Delhi witnessed heavy rainfall and a hailstorm on Thursday night. The city, which received light showers during the day, started getting rains at around 11.00 pm. Some parts of Delhi also witnessed hailstorms, bringing the temperature down by a few notches. ...
08:46 AM, Jan 18, 2013
Temperatures in Delhi climbed a little giving some respite to the Delhiites even as rest of North India continued to battle with severe cold conditions. Uttar Pradesh remained worst affected with 23 more people succumbing to the winter chill, raising the state's death toll to 249. ...
08:27 AM, Jan 11, 2013
