LUCKNOW, June 12 -- Mercury dropped a notch or two in the thermometers of the state capital, on Wednesday, true to the forecast of the meteorological department. This trend will continue till Friday. The maximum and minimum temperatures in the state capital on Wednesday were 42 and 31 degrees Celsius. The Met has predicted that temperatures on Thursday will remain more or less unchanged. On Tuesday, the maximum and minimum temperatures recorded were 42.7 and 30.6 degrees Celsius, respectively. However, the silver lining to the Met predictions is that rain is to be expected at a few places in the state from June 14 onward.HTC...