Northern and central Kerala have been battered by heavy rains of the Southwest monsoon since August 8, which has left 29 people dead. Tourists were barred from entering the hilly Idukki district after roads caved in at many places.Read News

Normal life was disrupted in Kerala as heavy rains lashed the state, causing landslides and flooding in several areas and resulting in the deaths of at least 26 people in the last 24 hours.Read News

Twenty people have been killed in Kerala in landslides due to heavy rain across the state. The Kochi airport had suspended all arrivals at the international and domestic terminals for two hours this afternoon fearing flooding of the runway after the gates of the Idukki dam was opened today. Read News

Owing to heavy rain over the night, suburban services of the Western Railway here were stopped in Mumbai. Weather agencies have stated that the next 48 hours will steadily remain cloudy with a heavy chance of severe rainfall.Read News

Five persons are reportedly injured as a portion of a footover bridge collapsed on the tracks near Andheri railway station following heavy rains in Mumbai. Gokhale Bridge, connecting Andheri East to West, reportedly collapsed during wee hours.Read News

Scientists discovered grains called GEMS (glass with embedded metal and sulfides), which are believed to originate from comets, might be a dusty relic from before the formation of our solar system. The researchers reported their findings Monday in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.Read News

India joined a select group of countries which have found planets around stars with the discovery of what is known as a sub-Saturn or super-Neptune-sized planet having a radius that is six times that of earth, Isro announced Read News

India's commercial capital Mumbai received a fresh round of rainfall today, days after the weather department forecast heavy downpour in the city over the weekend. Over 32 flights were delayed and three cancelled due to weather conditions. Local trains are also running late by 10-15 minutes.Read News

NASA's Curiosity rover has detected a bonanza of organic compounds on the surface of Mars and seasonal fluctuations of atmospheric methane in findings released on Thursday that mark some of the strongest evidence ever that Earth's neighbour may have harbored life.Read News

More than a billion years ago, a day on Earth lasted just 18 hours, a new study reports. The distance from our planet to the moon, scientists say, is one major reason for the extra six hours we have today.Read News