The weatherman on Sunday issued a rain and Norwester alert for the state in the next 48 hours.Officials at both Ranchi and Patna IMD offices issued a special bulletin, attributing the predictions to a...

By July, Birsa Munda Airport in Ranchi will have a new air traffic control (ATC) tower which will offer better visibility for flight operators who will also have at their disposal better equipment tha...

Changes in the sea-surface temperatures in the equatorial Atlantic Ocean have gained influence on India’s summer monsoon and could affect the rains the way El Nino of the Pacific Ocean does, studies...

The southwest monsoon is likely to reach Jharkhand a little late this year, weathermen have indicated.In its long range forecast, IMD said on Wednesday that the statistical model of the forecast sugge...

Is Salt Lake cooler than Calcutta; or will Salt Lake and Rajarhat receive significant rain during next monsoon? Officials will be in a better position to know answers to such important weather queries...

The Met office has extended its heatwave forecast to Saturday, revising predictions of an early respite because of dry and hot winds that are blowing across the plains of Jharkhand.“Today’s (Thur...

Widespread rain covering most of the districts of Jharkhand would continue for another two days, weathermen on Thursday.The western disturbance as a cyclonic circulation over Pakistan has converted in...

Light rain in the capital and its adjoining areas on Wednesday evening did little to check the march of the discomfort index in most parts of the state that reached a punishing 64 degrees, nine notche...

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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...