NEW DELHI, June 19 -- Conditions are favourable for the southwest monsoon to advance further into Maharashtra, Telangana, Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar and Chhattisgarh by 23 June, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Friday.

The monsoon reached Kerala on 4 June, three days later than its normal onset date of 1 June. Since then, it has covered Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, most of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, parts of Maharashtra, Telangana, Odisha, Jharkhand and Bihar, and the entire northeastern region.

As the monsoon progresses across the subcontinent and a western disturbance influences northwestern India, rainfall is expected over Jammu, Kashmir, Ladakh and Muzaffarabad, west Rajasthan, West Bengal, Sikkim, the Andaman ...