-The Times of India DEHRADUN: At least 43 people lost their lives and 23 got injured so far in the natural disasters triggered by torrential rainfall in Uttarakhand during this year's monsoon season, which started from June 1. Besides, several heads of animals were also killed in the state since June this year along with considerable damage to property. Since the onset of monsoon season in the state, 27 people have been...

-The Economic Times NEW DELHI: The government's first assessment of farm prospects six weeks into the monsoon season shows the country is heading for a record kharif harvest, which should boost rural income and calm food inflation, Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh said. Pulses output, which had fallen sharply after two years of drought, will rise 20% and cool prices for consumers, while farmers will gain from higher output and better prices...

-The Times of India Bhopal: Reeling under drought sometime back, farmers in as many as 13 districts of the state are now bearing the brunt of Floods and will have to resort to re-sowing of kharif crops. The farmers are now waiting for overcast sky to clear up so that the waterlogged fields become accessible for re-sowing. Before the deluge, the sowing was already late and kharif crops could be sowed only...

-The Times of India Bhopal: Bundelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh that faced three years of successive drought and farmer suicides, is now waterlogged following three days of rainfall. All districts of the backward region now face another extremity of weather - Floods. All the water bodies which were empty till Wednesday, are overflowing. Thousands of people are marooned at different locations in the three districts of Tikamgarh, Damoh and Sagar because of...

-PTI New Delhi: There was no let up in Flood misery in Madhya Pradesh and Assam with the number of deaths climbing to 17 today while heavy rains lashed parts of Rajasthan as the Northern Limit of Monsoon crossed Jodhpur. While monsoon continued to be active over Maharashtra, Goa, Telangana, north interior Karnataka and Kerala, rains eluded the national capital where it was a sultry day with maximum temperature settling at 36.7...