Meteorological Department

08 Jun 2019
After a week's delay, monsoons hit the Kerala coast on Saturday, India Meteorological Department announced. The event marks the official arrival of India's four-month-long monsoon season.

01 May 2019
Cyclone Fani has turned into "extremely severe cyclonic storm" and is inching towards the coast of Odisha, prompting MeT Department to issue a orange warning.

26 Dec 2018
The cold wave sweeping Kashmir intensified today as the mercury stayed several degree below the freezing point, resulting in frozen water bodies and water supply lines in several residential areas.

22 Dec 2018
Delhiites shivered today as the mercury once again dipped to 4 degrees Celsius.

07 Dec 2018
Himachal Pradesh is reeling under intense cold following a fresh spell of snowfall with temperatures in tribal Lahaul-Spiti district hitting nearly -10 degree Celsius, the Meteorological Department said.

04 Dec 2018
Delhi witnessed the coldest morning of the season today, with the minimum temperature plunging to 8 degrees Celsius.

11 Nov 2018
Snow and rain may occur at some places in Himachal Pradesh from November 11-14, the Meteorological Department said.

04 Sep 2018
Twelve more people were killed and fourteen injured in overnight rain-related incidents in India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh, a senior official said on Tuesday.

02 Jun 2018
Delhi faces a possibility of another bout of dust storm today, even though the skies looked clear in the morning.

23 Apr 2018
It was a pleasant morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature settling at a notch below normal.

08 Apr 2018
A long dry spell sent the mercury soaring in Jammu and Kashmir's summer capital of Srinagar, which recorded its hottest-ever March this year and raised the specter of drought-like conditions.

02 Dec 2017

02 Jun 2017
1st June was the first day of the Delhi government's attempt of making its offices more approachable by allowing the public to walk-in without appointments and address their grievances.

28 May 2017
Authorities from the Indian Meteorological Department have stated that the southwest monsoon is likely to hit southern Kerala by 30-31 May.

22 May 2017
The online application procedure for Delhi University will commence today (Monday), 5 pm onwards.

04 Mar 2017
India's Meteorological Department and Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology have stated that increasing levels of atmospheric pollution in India have led to acidification of rains.

19 Feb 2017
A study published in the medical journal The Lancet, said that over a million Indians die every year due to air pollution. This equates to an average of two deaths a minute.

18 Feb 2017
Report titled 'State of Global Air 2017' claimed that 1 million deaths in 2015 in India were attributable to pollution.

15 Feb 2017
India has fared second worst in the world in the total number of deaths attributed to air pollution. Only China has worse statistics than India.

04 Dec 2016
A report released by Greenpeace states that 1.6 million people in India and China died due to pollution caused by fossil fuels in 2015.

22 Sep 2016
Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Minister Venkaiah Naidu released a seismic zone map developed by the National Disaster Management Authority and the Building Materials and Technology Promotion Council.

01 Sep 2016
On the second day of Delhi's torrential rain, a part of the road from India Gate to Ashoka Road caved-in.