Maharashtra, which is suffering from a 39% rainfall deficit, is expecting the monsoon to improve this month, with the Konkan region getting...

Between October and November last year, the number of cases rose 61%, shows the latest revenue department data. The state recorded 186 farm...

The IMD forecast said there would be fairly widespread rainfall across Maharashtra on Sunday, which will be especially beneficial for Marat...

According to the IMD, there is five per cent overall shortfall in rains across the country, but the deficiency is more in 26 per cent of th...

The CWC has pitched for inter-linking of rivers in regions like Marathwada in Maharashtra and Bundelkhand of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Prade...

"Country wise, pan India last three days has reduced the deficiency now to 13% and the rains have mostly been confined recently to the cent...

“I want to assure people, that the government along with state governments are geared up in its preparations to tackle drought situation,” ...

As many as 628 farmer suicides have been reported so far this year in the Marathwada region, which has experienced the most deficient rainf...

In view of the serious drought conditions prevalent in the Marathwada, the Maharashtra government is mulling to further cut down water supp...

The MeT department has projected 16 per cent deficiency in the remaining two months of the four-month season, that is, in August and Septem...

Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh governments, too, are expected to soon start using lowcost drones to assess crop losses.

According to the weather office on Thursday, rainfall in the past day was 44 per cent below normal, continuing the weak phase that began af...

Meteorologists said the withdrawal of the monsoon, which should normally begin by September 1 from west Rajasthan, is delayed for now.

Data from the IMD showed 53% of the country with 19 out of 36 subdivisions received normal rainfall this season.

If there is a 20% deficit in this year's monsoon by July 31, it would be certain that India will have a drought.

The drought situation in Maharashtra seems to be getting grimmer by the day. While the Congress-NCP government has declared 159 tehsils as ...

Low rainfall in southern and western regions is likely to be made up in next two months, or else rice, cotton and pulses production would b...