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Lucknow, Expressing deep concern over the damage caused to rabi crops due to unseasonal rains, hailstorms, and incidents of fire in some areas, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday directed officials to ensure immediate compensation for farmers. Chairing a high-level review meeting in the morning, the chief minister said, "It is natural for farmers to feel worried in such adverse circumstances, and the state government stands firmly with them with full commitment," accordin ...Read More >
India - UP CM Adityanath orders immediate relief for crop losses; highlights surge in agriculture growth rate Expressing deep concern over the damage caused to rabi crops due to unseasonal rains, hailstorms, and incidents of fire in parts of Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday directed officials to ensure immediate compensation for affected farmers, while also highlighting the state's improved agricultural growth rate over the past nine years. Chairing a high-level revie ...Read More >
With the harvest festival of Baisakhi just five days away, unseasonal rain, hailstorms and high-velocity winds have flattened the standing wheat crop, disrupting harvesting across Punjab by at least 10 days and leaving farmers worried about potential losses at a crucial stage of the crop cycle. The sudden spell of adverse weather, particularly in the semi-arid Malwa belt, has led to waterlogging and widespread lodging of standing wheat crops. Slushy fields have made it difficult for farmers to ...Read More >
The girl locked herself in a room and hanged self from a ceiling hook using a scarf at home in the village under Kaij tehsil on Tuesday night, they said. Acting on a complaint filed by the victim's father, police have registered a case against the accused, Akshay Kale, on abetment of suicide and stalking charges under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita . According to the complaint, Kale had been stalking the girl for over a year and her ordeal began when she was in Class 9 at a local school. The acc ...Read More >
Shopian, Apr 06: A sudden hailstorm on Monday battered several apple-growing villages across south Kashmir's Shopian and Kulgam districts, damaging orchards at a crucial flowering stage and triggering fresh concerns over potential crop losses among thousands of farmers. The storm swept through more than half a dozen villages in Shopian, including Manduja, Kanjiullar, Saidpora Payeen, Sedow, Chek and Mirzapora, flattening delicate blossoms and disrupting the ongoing flowering phase. Farmers said ...Read More >
The higher reaches of the valley including the popular ski-resort of Gulmarg in north Kashmir, Kupwara and Bandipora received fresh snowfall on Wednesday. Srinagar and other areas in the plains of the valley were lashed by rains, the weather office said. Intermittent light to moderate rain, and snow would continue in the higher reaches till Wednesday evening, accompanied with thunder, hail and gusty winds at a few places, the Met said. Few places in Kashmir may also receive moderate to heavy ...Read More >
SHILLONG, April 8: The Meteorological Centre, Shillong, has issued a five-day weather warning for Meghalaya, forecasting widespread thunderstorms, gusty winds, and hail across the state from April 8 to April 12. Most districts are under an orange alert for April 8 and 9, signifying a need for preparedness. During this period, thunderstorms with lightning and winds of 30-40 kmph are expected, with speeds potentially reaching 50 kmph in isolated areas. Heavy rainfall and hail are also likely in s ...Read More >
Lucknow, Apr 8 (PTI) Unseasonal rain accompanied by thunderstorms, lightning and hailstorm activity covered parts of Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday, with the weather department forecasting a gradual improvement from April 9 and dry conditions setting in the next day. According to officials, the ongoing spell has been triggered by an active western disturbance persisting as a cyclonic circulation over north Pakistan and adjoining Jammu and Kashmir. Its interaction with another cyclonic circulation o ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Apr 8 (PTI) Punjab Agriculture Minister Gurmeet Singh Khudian on Wednesday urged the Centre to promptly send a high-level team to assess the damage caused to wheat and other Rabi crops from recent heavy rainfall and hailstorms in the state. With significant losses and the financial burden on farmers, the minister has requested immediate relief and compensation from the Centre. In a letter to Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Khudian highlighted the severe impact of r ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Apr 8 (PTI) Punjab Agriculture Minister Gurmeet Singh Khudian on Wednesday urged the Centre to immediately send a high-level team to assess damage caused to wheat and other Rabi crops by recent heavy rainfall and hailstorms in the state. In a letter to Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Khudian highlighted that the severe impact of recent inclement weather on wheat crops in the state, while stating that wheat was sown on 35 lakh hectares during the current Rabi season ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Apr 8 (PTI) Punjab Agriculture Minister Gurmeet Singh Khudian on Wednesday urged the Centre to immediately send a high-level team to assess damage caused to wheat and other Rabi crops by recent heavy rainfall and hailstorms in the state. In a letter to Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Khudian highlighted that the severe impact of recent inclement weather on wheat crops in the state, while stating that wheat was sown on 35 lakh hectares during the current Rabi season ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Apr 8 (PTI) Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Wednesday attacked the AAP government for allegedly not fulfilling its promise of Rs 50,000 per acre for crop damage and appealed to people to stand up as one in helping farmers distressed due to unseasonal rain. Wheat crop across 1.25 lakh acres has been affected due to unseasonal rain and hail storms, he said. Badal reminded the people of Punjab the manner in which they came to rescue of the farmers whose paddy crop ...Read More >
Srinagar: Jammu & Kashmir is bracing for turbulent weather as a strong Western Disturbance sweeps across the region till April 10. The system is expected to trigger heavy rainfall in the Jammu plains, fresh snowfall in higher reaches, and a sharp fall in temperatures, raising concerns of flash floods, landslides, and waterlogging. Jammu region will bear the brunt of the activity, with districts such as Poonch, Rajouri, Reasi, Ramban, Samba, Jammu, Udhampur, and Kathua forecast to receive modera ...Read More >
Nashik: Farmers are facing growing financial stress as fertiliser prices have increased from April 1, adding to their production costs. The recent hike of around ₹125 to ₹300 per bag has made farming more expensive at a time when many are already struggling. Bhaskarrao Bhagare has raised the issue with the Central Government and written to J P Nadda, seeking urgent action. In his letter, Bhagare said that the price rise in commonly used fertilisers like 10:26:26, 12:32:16, and 20:20:0:13 is di ...Read More >
The weather department has issued alerts across Uttar Pradesh, forecasting strong winds, thunderstorms and rainfall on April 8, with a possibility of hail in several districts The weather department in Uttar Pradesh has issued a series of alerts as conditions grow increasingly unstable. For April 8, forecasts predict winds of 40-50 km/h, along with thunderstorms and widespread rainfall across several districts, with a warning of possible hailstorms as well. On Tuesday evening, intense rainfall ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: The India Meteorological Department (IMD)'s Meteorological Centre, Bhubaneswar, has warned for very severe thunderstorms accompanied by lightning, hail, rain, and strong surface winds over Khordha and Puri districts. According to the nowcast warning issued at 3:44 PM, intense thunderstorm activity with surface winds gusting between 50-60 kmph is very likely to occur at a few places in these two coastal districts during the next three hours, valid until 6:44 PM today. The warning c ...Read More >
According to the District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA), Lahaul-Spiti, among the roads shut due to snowfall were the Darcha-Shinkula Pass route. The Rohtang Pass-Koksar stretch also remained closed, along with the Darcha-Sarchu and Lossar-Batal roads. According to the India meteorological department (IMD), Gondhla in Lahaul-Spiti recorded the highest snowfall of 28.5 cm in the last 24 hours, followed by 20 cm in Keylong, 5 cm in Hansa and 1.3 cm in Kukumseri. Already on Saturday, the La ...Read More >
The foundation stone for the facility was laid by Abdullah on August 4, 2025. The chief minister took a detailed tour of the facility and lauded the Agriculture Production Department for establishing hi-tech infrastructure in a record time. Calling it the government's responsibility to support farmers, Abdullah said, "In these circumstances, when farming is impacted by extreme weather events, it is the government's responsibility to help the farmers as much as possible. "We cannot change the ...Read More >
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Badal has urged chief minister Bhagwant Mann to immediately release ₹50,000 per acre in compensation for wheat crops damaged by recent hailstorms in the Malwa region. Citing a 2022 poll promise, he demanded the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government fulfil its pledge to aid farmers facing severe crop losses due to inclement weather. Addressing a rally in Nabha as part of the party's Punjab Punjab Bachao campaign along with halka in-charge Makhan Singh Lalk ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Apr 7 (PTI) Punjab Agriculture Minister Gurmeet Singh Khudian on Tuesday said crops over 1.25 lakh acres are estimated to have been affected by recent rainfall and hailstorms and assured that affected farmers will get compensation for the loss. He said Fazilka reported crop damage over 45,000 acres of land, followed by 43,000 acres in Muktsar and 20,000 acres in Bathinda due to inclement weather. Speaking to reporters in Muktsar, Khudian said there was a huge damage of crops becaus ...Read More >
Budhlada, Apr 7 (PTI) Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Tuesday said his party would chart out a programme to help distressed farmers whose standing wheat crop was destroyed across 1.25 lakh acres of land due to inclement weather. Addressing a rally here as part of the 'Punjab Bachao' campaign, the SAD president said, "We are making a programme to provide wheat as well as green and dry fodder to affected farmers." He said the modalities of the entire exercise would be f ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Apr 7 (PTI) Punjab Agriculture Minister Gurmeet Singh Khudian on Tuesday said crops over 1.25 lakh acres are estimated to have been affected by recent rainfall and hailstorms and assured that affected farmers will get compensation for the loss. He said Fazilka reported crop damage over 45,000 acres of land, followed by 43,000 acres in Muktsar, 20,000 acres in Bathinda and 3,000 acres in Sangrur by inclement weather. Speaking to reporters in Muktsar, the agriculture minister said th ...Read More >
Shimla, Apr 7 (PTI) Heavy rains in the past 24 hours have triggered a massive landslide on the border of Chamba and Lahaul and Spiti districts of Himachal, cutting off the tribal Pangi valley from the rest of the state. The local meteorological station on Tuesday issued orange and yellow warnings of hailstorm, thunderstorm and lightning in the plains and higher hills and also predicted a wet spell up to April 13. The remote Pangi valley of Chamba district was completely cut off from the rest o ...Read More >
Shimla, Apr 7 (PTI) Heavy rains in the past 24 hours have triggered a massive landslide on the border of Chamba and Lahaul and Spiti districts of Himachal, cutting off the tribal Pangi valley from the rest of the state. The local meteorological station issued orange and yellow warnings of hailstorm, thunderstorm and lightning in the plains and higher hills and also predicted a wet spell up to April 13. The remote Pangi valley of Chamba district was completely cut off from the rest of the state ...Read More >
Chandigarh, April 7 (UNI) A fresh western disturbance has triggered a significant change in weather patterns across Northwest India, bringing moderate to heavy rainfall, thunderstorms, and hailstorms to several parts of Punjab, Haryana, and Chandigarh on Tuesday. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an 'orange alert' for 17 districts in Haryana and several parts of Punjab, predicting continued atmospheric instability, including gusty winds reaching speeds of 40-50 km/h over the n ...Read More >
The golden sands of the Thar Desert underwent a startling transformation on Friday, April 3, 2026, as a massive hailstorm turned parts of Rajasthan into a landscape resembling the snow-capped valleys of Kashmir. Residents in the Arjunsar and Rajiyasar areas of Bikaner district witnessed a rare atmospheric event that saw temperatures plummet and roads disappear under a thick layer of ice. While the visuals shared by IFS officer Parveen Kaswan looked like a winter wonderland, this was actually t ...Read More >
New Delhi: Clouds have settled over various regions of the country, bringing with them spells of drizzle and strong winds in many places. This has led to a drop in temperatures, offering people much-needed relief from the scorching heat. In Uttar Pradesh as well, the weather has undergone a complete shift. In certain parts of Western UP, drizzle accompanied by winds was recorded in the morning hours, resulting in a decline in temperature levels. The next 48 hours are expected to be challenging ...Read More >
If your evening plans involve stepping out, keep an umbrella handy. This is because isolated thunderstorms, with rain and hail, are likely over parts of Delhi-NCR and Haryana from this evening into the night, with a 50 to 70 per cent chance of activity. Not every part of the city will get hit. These cells are patchy by nature, soaking one neighbourhood while the next stays bone dry, but the odds are significant enough to plan around. The system behind all of this is a Western Disturbance, a mo ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 7 (ANI): A change in weather was observed across New Delhi on Tuesday morning as light rainfall brought temporary relief from rising temperatures in the national capital. Overcast skies, damp roads and a noticeable dip in temperature were witnessed across parts of the city as commuters navigated through light showers. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the city is expected to experience a minimum temperature of 20 degrees Celsius and a maximum of 3 ...Read More >
The weather office has forecast thunderstorms with lightening on Saturday, with maximum temperature expected to reach 33 degrees Celsius and the minimum around 20 degrees Celsius. On Friday, the maximum temperature was recorded at 33.7 degrees Celsius, 0.3 notches below normal. An orange alert has been issued for south, central and New Delhi, while a yellow alert is in place for southwest, west and northeast Delhi. Station-wise data showed that Palam recorded a maximum of 32.7 degrees Celsius ...Read More >
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