Streaks of lightning coursed through a dark early morning sky, accompanied by deafening drum rolls of thunder, on Monday.The lightning was part of a squall, the second to have swept the city after the...

All eyes will be on the weather as six Lok Sabha constituencies in the Northeast, including five in Assam, go to polls on Thursday.Thunderstorms and short, sharp showers over the past two days have tr...

Several places across the state including Jamshedpur and Chaibasa in West Singhbhum witnessed thunderstorm, lightning and rain on Tuesday morning due to the impact of a cyclonic circulation coupled wi...

A low-pressure area over northeast Bay of Bengal is set to propel the monsoon into Calcutta and other parts of south Bengal on Friday.The usual date of the monsoon’s arrival in the city is June 8.â€...

IMD’s Ranchi Met centre on Thursday issued an alert of thunderstorm and rain in southern and central Jharkhand during the next 24 hours owing to the impact of a fresh cyclonic circulation.“A cyclo...

Seven squalls between February end and April 10 and then none for over a month meant a rather cool start to summer, followed by a swelter spell that had a brief interlude during Cyclone Fani. The dry...

The Met department on Monday afternoon issued forecast of light rain and thundershowers at isolated places over western and north-western Jharkhand on Tuesday, and light to moderate rain in most distr...

A squall that clocked barely 58kmph at its fiercest felled as many as 17 trees across Calcutta and Salt Lake early on Monday.The heavy toll on the fast fading green population of the city again highli...

Two persons died and several properties were damaged as Assam was hit by heavy thunderstorm and wind, locally known as bordoisila, on Thursday night amid the nationwide lockdown.An official source sai...

Several places in the state, including Ranchi, Jamshedpur and Daltonganj, on Thursday experienced light showers because of the impact of a fresh western disturbance passing through northern parts of t...