Following the 42 percent rain deficit in this monsoon season, farmers and villagers of Bihar sacrificed thousands of frogs to please the rain Gods. The battle against severe shortage of rain has taken another superstitious turn in the state as farmers either arranged frog marriages or sacrificed frogs to rain[Read More…]
Tag: Rains
Light drizzle brings relief from humidity in Delhi NCR
Fresh showers in the region brought a huge amount relief from the scorching heat and humidity in the National Capital Region on Tuesday. Light drizzle was witnessed in parts of Delhi, Gurugram, Noida, Ghaziabad and Faridabad. On Monday, Delhi witnessed sultry weather and it continued till Tuesday with a temperature[Read More…]
Torrential rains floods Manipur
Many parts of Manipur have been flooded due to heavy in the past two days. The Imphal Valley has been affected by the torrential rains. As per reports, a part of the Imphal riverbank collapsed at Bashikhong in Imphal East district creating panic among the people, said officials of flood[Read More…]
Monsoon advances into Tripura, Assam, Meghalaya; IMD issues warning
The Indian Metrological Department (IMD) on Monday said that the south-west monsoon has further advanced into remaining parts of Tripura, Assam, Meghalaya. Along with this, the monsoon has also pushed into the central Arabian sea, Konkan, North Interior Karnataka, Rayalaseema, said the reports. In fact, monsoon has advanced to other[Read More…]
Delhi: More rain in the evening, temperature to cool down
As rain lashes the streets of the national capital on Wednesday, Delhiites got some relief from the scornful heat. The rain accompanied by thunderstorm dipping the mercury to 30 degree Celcius. Delhi, Noida and Gurugram on Wednesday afternoon received intermittent rains. The thunderstorm accompanied rainfall occurred in various parts of[Read More…]
Monsoon mayhem: Rains bring Mumbai to a standstill, traffic halted
Heavy rainfall in Mumbai has disrupted normal life in the last 48 hours with the weatherman predicting rainfall at regular intervals in the next 24 hours. From Wednesday 8 am to 8 am this morning, the city recorded 84.7 mm rainfall, western suburbs recorded 95.89 mm, while eastern suburbs registered[Read More…]
Gurgaon: Commuters vent their anger on Twitter after being stuck for hours
Since last night #Gurugram is trending on Twitter. And it is not related to the name change of ‘Gurgaon’ to ‘Gurugram’. The natives are venting out their anger on the micro blogging website after being stuck in jam for hours. A number of images of water logged roads and traffic[Read More…]