Sinha, along with hundreds of farmers, was protesting against the government for its alleged apathy towards cotton and soybean cultivators ...

Torrential rains have battered several provinces in China, killing at least 10 persons and affecting some 8 lakh others besides causing hea...

Xinyi, a small, county-level city in Maoming received 429.5 millimetres of rainfall in just six hours, according to the provincial flood co...

The typhoon, bringing gales and downpour, made the land fall in the coastal city of Zhanjiang, packing winds of up to 50 meters per second.

Authorities said that eleven persons were killed and 13 others missing after heavy rains lashed southwest China's Sichuan Province beginnin...

In Zhejiang, more than 10,000 people have been evacuated and 10,000 fishing vessels returned to harbor for shelter, Xinhua news agency repo...

A level-three emergency response has been initiated and ferry services on two routes linking Fujian and Taiwan were suspended today.

Vidarbha, from where Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis hails, reported the highest number of farmer suicides in the state, with as many as 5...

NCP president Sharad Pawar met Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis, seeking relief to farmers affected by drought across the state.

Congress will stage state-wide dharnas on July 24 to press for its demand to declare Uttar Pradesh a drought-hit state.

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi will interact with farmers and labourers of drought-hit villages of Aurangabad district in Maharashtra...

Floods and landslides due to heavy rains have left 1,400 people dead or missing in China since early this year and dislocated 134 million p...

More than 9,000 people were evacuated on Sunday from Golmud City in northwest China's Qinghai province as water level continued to rise in ...

China braced for more downpours on Thursday as the government set up emergency reponse headquarters to combat floods and landslides that ha...

Sixteen people were killed and over 4.5 lakh people evacuated after massive floods inundated parts of Andhra Pradesh as the state governmen...

Three days after assuming charge, the new Jharkhand governor Kateekal Sankarnarayanan said improving the rural sector was top on his agenda.

In a move that is certain to raise the political temperature in the state, Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and his mini...