Cyclone Ockhi intensifies, batters Lakshadweep, over 500 fishermen rescued

IMAGE: People receive essential commodities at a relief camp following the impact of cyclone Ockhi in the Kanyakumari district on Saturday. All photographs: PTI Photo It is not the first time......

Cyclone Ockhi: Heavy rains lash Tamil Nadu, Kerala, toll mounts to 12

Heavy rains continued to batter coastal areas of Kerala and south Tamil Nadu on Friday, crippling normal life, even as Cyclone Ockhi lay centred about 80 km north-northeast of Minicoy in......

Navy nabs 61 Somali pirates after on Arabian Sea

After a gun-battle in the high seas, the Indian Navy has apprehended a pirate mother ship and arrested 61 Somali sea brigands nearly 600 nautical miles off the western coast in the Arabian Sea.......

Rain fury in Lakshadweep, Kerala

Torrential rains continued to batter Lakshadweep islands and Kerala, causing extensive damage to property, even as two passenger ships bound for Lakshadweep were forced to anchor in the Arabian sea......