Portland, Nov 20 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Nestle which is the major retailer of pumpkin pie products in the US has revealed that poor weather hurt its pumpkin harvest, which in turn has created ...

Aurangabad (Maharashtra), Nov 20(ANI): Recent heavy unseasonal rains in Maharashtra's Aurangabad district have destroyed crops, including cotton, maize and sugarcane. The nine sub-districts of Aurangabad district have received a total 14.15 mm ...

Bangalore, Nov 20 (IANS) Frail and wrinkled Shivaswamy goes around the agri fair here - not to learn about the latest trends in farming but to tap people for a job. The ...

Hyderabad, Nov 18 (IANS) Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Wednesday urged people not to consider him as the future prime minister, and said nobody could predict the future. "Please don't consider me ...

New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) Heavy rains lashed the Indian capital overnight Monday, making it the wettest day in any November since 1998, the weather department said Tuesday. The capital received 7.6 mm ...

Chennai, Nov 16 (ANI): Heavy rains continue to lash Chennai, leaving commuters stranded and affecting normal life. The local weather office has warned of heavy rain in Chennai, the capital of Tamil ...

Chennai, Nov 14 (IANS) Opposition leader J. Jayalalithaa Saturday demanded the Tamil Nadu government speed up relief efforts in the Nilgiri district and increase the compensation amount to the victims of landslides ...

Mumbai, Nov 12 (IANS) Sri Lanka's maverick opener Tillakaratne Dilshan, who sprained his ankle during a practice session here Wednesday, will be available for the first Test against India in Ahmedabad from ...

Panaji, Nov 12 (IANS) About 45 fishermen were missing Thursday as eight trawlers were still out at sea and two feared sunk following Cyclone Phyan passing through the Arabian Sea the day ...

New Delhi, Nov 11 (IANS) India squandered a good chance to become the No.1 ODI team and slipped to the No.3 spot in the latest International Cricket Council (ICC) rankings after their ...

By Madhuri Dey Mumbai, Nov. 11, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The India versus Australia match, that was to take place today might not have any significance whatever as far as the outcome of the series ...

Mumbai, Nov 11 (ANI): Cyclone Phyan bypassed Mumbai and the threat alert has been reduced for the city. The alert level in neighbouring Gujarat has also been downgraded. However, heavy rains continue to lash ...

Mumbai, Nov 11 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Cyclone Phyan is moving towards north Maharashtra coast. Low-lying areas in Maharashtra and Gujarat are being evacuated. Cyclone bypassing Mumbai yet further rain is expected. Gujarat CM ...

Mumbai, Nov 11 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Mumbai is in the grip of the rains yet again. A cyclone is expected to pay a visit to the coastal city today. All schools and ...

Mumbai, Nov 11 (IANS) School children and office goers in Mumbai rushed home Wednesday afternoon as the government went into disaster control mode with Cyclone Phyan expected to hit India's western coast. ...

Mumbai/ Ahmedabad, Nov 11 (ANI): A cyclone alert has been sounded across north Maharashtra and south Gujarat, besides coastal areas by the Meteorological (Met) Department in the wake of a deep depression ...

San Salvador, Nov 11 (EFE) The toll in floods and mudslides caused by Hurricane Ida in El Salvador has risen to 144, officials said. Thousands of people have been displaced after the storm ...

Chennai, Nov. 10 (ANI): A major landslide, triggered by seasonal torrential rains, has killed at least 42 people in Tamil Nadu's Nilgiri district. "In this heavy rain and flash flood nine people got ...

Chennai, Nov. 10 (ANI): The heavy rains continued in Tamil Nadu for the sixth day consistently, with the regional meteorological department predicting that the heavy rains will not stop even for the ...

Mexico City/San Salvador, Nov 9 (DPA) More than 100 people were killed as heavy rains set off mudslides and caused flooding in El Salvador, rescue workers said. The rainfall, which came amid a ...

Mexico City/San Salvador, Nov 9 (DPA) At least 90 people were killed as heavy rains prompted mudslides and flooding rivers in El Salvador, rescue workers said Sunday. The rainfall, which was prompted by ...

Villahermosa (Mexico), Nov 8 (EFE) The number of flood-victims in the rain-soaked Mexican Gulf coast states of Tabasco and Veracruz has risen to 206,000, an official said. In Tabasco, the most affected area, ...

Chennai, Nov 6 (IANS) Heavy rains lashing Tamil Nadu for the past few days have thrown life out of gear in most parts of the state and claimed 13 lives. Schools and colleges ...

Colombo, Nov 5 (DPA) The Sri Lankan government has stepped up clearing mines in former rebel-controlled areas aimed at resettling 159,000 war refugees before the end of January, Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama ...

Mexico City, Nov 4 (EFE) Around 32,500 people have been affected by floods caused by heavy rains in southeastern Mexico, officials said Wednesday. The torrential rains in the past few days caused rivers ...

New Delhi, Oct 28 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday directed all civic agencies in the capital to expeditiously remove concrete tiles and slabs around trees, so that trees can "breathe" and ...

Bangalore, Oct 23 (IANS) A nine-member central team, which surveyed 10 districts of flood-ravaged north Karnataka, Friday declared that the recent calamity in the region was of a "severe nature". "The flood calamity ...

New Delhi, Oct 14 (IANS) The Delhi high court has directed the city government to fast complete its work on saving trees that are dying due to concretisation of pavements in the ...

Bangalore, Oct 11 (IANS) The cash-strapped Karnataka government plans to impose a special tax to raise additional funds for rehabilitating the flood-affected people in the state's northern districts, Home Minister V.S. ...

Nagpur, Oct 11(ANI): The cotton growers in Maharashtra's Vidarbha region, who were worried about their crop during the June-August sowing season, now have their hopes rested on a good yield following the ...