Be prepared for a hot weekend, says met department

July 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - With a light drizzle bringing down the temperature Saturday, the meteorological department has predicted a pleasant weekend ahead for the capital. As the minimum temperature settled at 27.1 degrees Celsius -- average for this time of the year -- the India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicted the maximum would not go beyond the 35 degree mark.

July 22nd, 2009 Algeria changes weekend dates, againALGIERS, Algeria — The Algerian government has issued a decree shifting the dates of the weekend to Friday and Saturday in a move viewed as a boost the North African nation's faltering economy. The new official weekend days are more in line with Western schedules and match most Muslim countries that observe Friday as Islam's day of prayer.

July 6th, 2009 'Transformers' wins weekend box office with $42.4MLOS ANGELES — Giant robots have defeated dinosaurs and woolly mammoths at the weekend box office. Distributor Paramount says "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" finished the Fourth of July weekend in first place again with $42.4 million.

July 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Delhiites will face an uncomfortable weekend with high humidity levels but little rain, a met official said Saturday. The humidity level will oscillate between 79 and 51 percent.

June 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Delhiites can expect pleasant weather over the weekend as the met department has predicted rain in the national capital over the next two days. While the maximum temperature recorded Friday was 41.8 degrees Celsius, the minimum temperature stood at 27 degrees Celsius.

May 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - High humidity levels during the day may make you feel terrible but a shower in the evening will cool down the temperature, making way for a pleasant weekend ahead, the weatherman said here Saturday. The minimum temperature recorded early Saturday was 24.7 degrees Celsius - two degrees below average.

May 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - If the hot and humid weather is getting on your nerves, then be prepared for a worse weekend. According to the weatherman, the humidity level will rise to over 60 percent Friday.

May 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Delhiites will have to face scorching heat till the weekend with no signs of rainfall, the meteorological department forecast Monday. The maximum temperature recorded Monday was 41 degrees Celsius and minimum was 30.2 degrees Celsius.

May 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Delhiites will continue to enjoy pleasant weather over the weekend, the weather office said Friday. The minimum temperature in the national capital Thursday settled at 23.2 degrees Celsius, two notches below normal for this time of the summer.

May 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Offering some respite from the continuous heat wave over the past few days, Delhi Saturday recorded a dip in the day temperature - even if at the cost of a dust haze. The met department has predicted a dust storm or thunderstorm in the weekend.

April 27th, 2009 GENEVA - Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche, maker of influenza medication Tamiflu, saw its stock price rise 3.8 percent in early trading Monday on the Zurich exchange on the back of the global swine flu outbreak. During the avian flu epidemic the drug was used heavily, particularly in South Asia.

April 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Delhiites can heave a sigh of relief as the Met department has said that the scorching heat is likely to ease over the weekend. The capital has been witnessing unusually high temperatures for the month of April.

March 23rd, 2009 LOS ANGELES - Nicolas Cage sci-fi thriller 'Knowing' topped the box office this weekend at US and Canadian theatres, generating about $24.8 million in its North American debut, according to preliminary figures. 'Knowing', a Summit Entertainment release, is a tale of an astrophysicist who races to save the world after a prophecy of doomsday by decoding a series of numbers.

January 29th, 2009 LONDON - Actress Rene Zellweger was desperate to attend US President Barack Obama's inauguration and at the last minute went to Washington DC alone. According to contactmusic.com, Zellweger went unrecognised at the capital joining millions of others to watch the swearing-in ceremony.

January 4th, 2009 WASHINGTON - British director Danny Boyle's 'Slumdog Millionaire' has jumped back into the North American Top 10 with an 11 percent increase in weekend sales despite no increase in the number of theatres showing it. Its per-theatre average of $7,794 over the Jan 2-4 weekend was the best among all films in the Top 10.