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India Today
26-05-2025
- Climate
- India Today
Videos: Heavy rain turns Maharashtra highway into river, cars swept away
Heavy rainfall across Maharashtra has led to severe waterlogging on the Pune-Solapur highway, with the road resembling a torrential river. Videos have gone viral showing several cars being swept away due to floods on the highway. The southwest monsoon arrived in Maharashtra on Sunday, making it the earliest onset of the annual rainfall season over the state in 35 years, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) were traffic jams on the highway as officials were working to remove the excess water on the road. The administration has started relief work and issued warnings to commuters to plan their travel accordingly during the inclement weather. The weather department has warned of more rain in the next few the monsoon is expected to advance to Mumbai and some other parts over the next three days, the IMD 1990, the southwest monsoon made onset over Maharashtra on May 20, IMD scientist Sushma Nair was quoted as saying by news agency Maharashtra, the coastal Konkan stretch and Mumbai have been witnessing heavy pre-monsoon rain over the past two days."Conditions are favourable for further advance into some more parts of central Arabian Sea, more parts of Maharashtra including Mumbai, Karnataka including Bengaluru, some parts of Andhra Pradesh, remaining parts of Tamil Nadu, more parts of west-central and North Bay of Bengal and some more parts of North Eastern states during next three days," the IMD southwest monsoon hit Kerala on Saturday, marking its earliest arrival over the Indian mainland since 2009 when it had reached the southern state on May the monsoon marks its onset over Kerala by June 1 and covers the entire country by July 8. It starts retreating from northwest India around September 17 and withdraws completely by October usually reaches Maharashtra around June 7 and Mumbai on June 11.(with inputs from PTI) IN THIS STORY#Maharashtra#Mumbai
India Today
14-05-2025
- Politics
- India Today
Pahalgam fallout: Pakistan doubtful for Asia Cup 2025 hockey in Bihar
The national federation is awaiting a government advisory but Pakistan's participation in this year's Asia Cup hockey tournament in India is in serious doubt because of the prevalent tension between the two countries after the Pahalgam terror Asia Cup will be staged in Rajgir, Bihar from August 27 to September 7. Hosts India, Pakistan, Japan, Korea, China, Malaysia, Oman and Chinese Taipei are scheduled to participate in the 12th edition of the continental showpiece, a qualifying tournament for next year's World Cup to be held in Netherlands and is too early to say anything but we will follow the government's directive on this issue, which has been the case in the past," HI secretary general Bholanath Singh told PTI. "We can't predict anything right now especially after the recent barbaric Pahalgam attack and Operation Sindoor that India conducted following that."There is still close to three months for the tournament but we will abide by what our government suggests us. There are no two ways about it."In the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attack, which claimed 26 lives and injured many, the government ordered all Pakistani nationals to leave the country and revoked their visas.A fortnight after the gruesome incident, India responded launched 'Operation Sindoor' and carried out missile strikes on terrorist hubs in Pakistan and Pakistan Occupied Jammu and led to further escalation as Pakistan launched drone and missile attacks, which were neutralised by India's robust air defence system. India responded by hitting military installations and air defence systems located in prominent Pakistani cities like Lahore and Rawalpindi among two countries agreed to a ceasefire on May 10 after Pakistan's Director General of Military Operations reached out to his Indian Minister Narendra Modi, in his address to the nation, made it clear that any engagement with Pakistan will hinge on clear evidence of action against terrorism by that country.'HARD TO PREDICT RIGHT NOW' "If the government advisory does not give an all clear than Pakistan won't travel to India. It all depends on the government position at that time," a federation source told case Pakistan doesn't get the nod to travel to India, the decision to make the tournament a seven-team affair or bring in a new team to fill the vacant slot, will be entirely in the hands of the Asian Hockey Federation."It's very hard to predict right now whether a new team will be added in such a scenario or it will be a seven team tournament. The Asian Hockey Federation will take a call on this," the official said on condition of last time a Pakistan hockey team did not compete in a multi-nation event in India was the 2016 Junior World Cup, which took place a few months after a terror attack at the Pathankot air had replaced the Pakistani team in that current scenario has also put a question mark on Pakistan's participation in the upcoming Junior World Cup to be held in Chennai and Madurai from November 28 to December Asia Cup assumes high significance as it is a World Cup qualifier, with the winner earning a direct spot for next year's mega-event that will be held in the Belgian city of Wavre and Netherland's Amstelveen from August 14 to winners South Korea are the defending champions with both India and Pakistan seeking their fourth Asia Cup Watch
