A man wades through a flooded road in front of a truck half submerged in rainwater, following heavy monsoon rainfall in Ahmedabad, India, July 25, 2026. REUTERS/Amit Dave Ahmedabad: Plan to step out today? You might want to put on those rain-friendly footwear and keep umbrellas and raincoats handy, for it’s expected to pour. Otherwise,…
De-watering in Ahmedabad after heavy rain Ahmedabad: The scale of Thursday’s deluge became clear on Friday when the met department ranked it as Ahmedabad’s fourth-highest rainfall event in nearly 100 years. The city recorded 294.6mm, more than the 288.1mm that caused widespread flooding in July 2014. Met officials said the intensity of the rain exceeded…
Bhubaneswar/Rourkela: National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Monday issued a notice to the Odisha chief secretary, taking suo motu cognizance of reports about an elderly woman in Sundargarh district who, along with her daughter, was allegedly boycotted by their community while she was alive, and was denied support for her last rites after death.Observing that…
From an average of about 35 such days annually in 1991-2000, the figure has risen to 53, concentrated largely between mid-March and mid-June Ahmedabad: Even in the first week of June, with the monsoon nearing, Ahmedabad remains in the grip of extreme heat. The city’s maximum temperature on Friday was 41.3°C. IMD data indicates that…
