New Delhi, June 17 -- As many as 12 flights have been diverted from Delhi between 3 pm and 4 pm due to the rain and gusty winds on Tuesday, Airport Sources said.

"Due to adverse weather conditions in Delhi, 12 flights were diverted between 3 PM and 4PM," official sources said.

National capital and adjoining cities on Tuesday afternoon saw cloudy skies and rain with a gust of wind that provided a big relief to the scorching, sweltering temperature.

The India Meterological Department (IMD) this afternoon in its weather alert stated that Light to moderate rainfall at few/many places and heavy Rainfall (7-11 cm) is very likely at isolated places over Bihar, East Rajasthan, Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi, Jammu-Kashmir-Ladakh-Gilgit-Baltista...