The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday predicted extremely heavy rainfall over Odisha in the next 24 hours.

A swelling Ganga river has inundated the temples on Varanasi ghats and forced cremations at the Manikarnika to be shifted to upper platforms, a Uttar Pradesh official said on Thursday.

Rains continued to wreck havoc in most parts of Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday, with flooding reported from seven districts, an official said.

Rains continued to wreck havoc in most parts of Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday, with flooding reported from seven districts, an official said.

The approach of powerful typhoon Jebi left more than 600 flights cancelled on Tuesday in Japan, following a forecast of strong winds and heavy rainfall in the western and eastern regions.

Heavy rains lashed the Uttar Pradesh capital and its neighbouring areas on Monday affecting normal life as people braced for the Janmashtami celebrations.

The Met office on Friday sounded an alert for heavy rains in most parts of Uttarakhand in the next three days, officials said.

Three people were killed and five others are suspected to be trapped under rubble in Uttarakhand's Tehri district following a landslide on Wednesday, police said.

It was a cloudy, humid morning in the national capital on Wednesday with the minimum temperature recorded at 26.3 degrees Celsius, the season's average.

Moderate to heavy rains continued to lash coastal and south interior districts of Karnataka, including Kodagu, an official said on Tuesday.