-The Times of India DEHRADUN/SHIMLA: Torrential rains continued to pour in bad news from north India on Tuesday, with flash floods, cloudbursts and landslips claiming 69 more lives and taking the official death toll to 131, making for the most tragic tidings of monsoon in recent years. More than 73,000 pilgrims bound for the Himalayan shrines of Kedarnath, Badrinath, Gangotri and Yamunotri remained stranded in Uttarakhand and about 1,700 tourists were...
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No Country For Countrymen -Arun Sinha
-Outlook As the Manmohan Singh government makes evident its unfriendliness to villages, the nation hurtles towards disaster. It's a danger no one wants to face. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has been trying for years to make us believe that agriculture is a vast marshland in which a huge population is stuck ankle- to neck-deep and it is his duty to rescue them. "Our salvation lies in moving people out of agriculture," he...
More »Prices of vegetables & spices crash upto 20% due to the brisk start to monsoon -Sutanuka Ghosal
-The Economic Times KOLKATA: Prices of vegetables and spices have dropped up to 20% in the past month and are likely to remain low as higher output along with the brisk start to the monsoon has calmed the market. The drop in vegetable prices, on top of the global fall in various commodities from aluminium to zinc, is good news for policymakers as stubbornly high inflation has hindered moves to cut interest...
More »Monsoon on track, meteorological department says -Tarini Puri
-The Times of India PUNE: Conditions are again favorable for the advance of the southwest monsoon towards India after nearly a week-long lull from May 29, according to the latest India Meteorological Department ( IMD) forecast. Monsoon is expected to reach Kerala by June 3 with a possible error margin of four days. The onset of the season in Kerala signals the arrival of monsoon over the Indian subcontinent. "Hardly any advance of...
More »Monsoon may hit Kerala on June 3 -Vishwanath Kulkarni
-The Hindu Business Line The South-West Monsoon is likely to hit the Kerala coast on June 3 this year, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said on The South-West Monsoon is likely to hit the Kerala coast on June 3 this year, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Wednesday. The onset forecast has an error margin of four days, IMD said in a statement. The normal onset of monsoon over the Kerala coast...
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