News for 'Bay of Bengal'

Rainfall deficiency hits 43%; monsoon progress likely in the next 2-3 days: IMD

Rainfall deficiency hits 43%; monsoon progress likely in the next 2-3 days: IMD

Rediff.com16 Jun 2019

By now, monsoon should have reached the central India, including parts of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, eastern Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat, but it is yet to reach Maharashtra.

Rail ad goof-up shows Delhi in Pakistan

Rail ad goof-up shows Delhi in Pakistan

Rediff.com20 Mar 2010

In a major goof-up, an advertisement inserted in newspapers by the Eastern Railways showed Delhi in Pakistan and Kolkata in the Bay of Bengal.

'Cyclones will affect coastal regions more'

'Cyclones will affect coastal regions more'

Rediff.com27 Sep 2021

'We will have to face the effects of climate change for generations to come!'

Coastal India is on the verge of submerging

Coastal India is on the verge of submerging

Rediff.com15 Jul 2010

Indian Ocean sea levels are rising unevenly and threatening the residents in some densely populated coastal areas of India and Bangladesh, besides the island nations of Maldives and Sri Lanka, a new study has said.

'Made in India' guided bomb can hit targets 100 km away

'Made in India' guided bomb can hit targets 100 km away

Rediff.com20 Dec 2014

India has tested a 1,000 kg indigenously-developed glide bomb, which successfully hit a target 100 km away, in the Bay of Bengal off the Odisha coast, making the country self-reliant in guided precision bombs.

No let up in Assam, Bihar floods; 55 people dead and counting

No let up in Assam, Bihar floods; 55 people dead and counting

Rediff.com1 Aug 2016

Till Sunday evening, floods in Assam had claimed 29 lives while in Bihar the flood toll stood at 26.

'LCH Outperformed Other Aircraft In Ladakh'

'LCH Outperformed Other Aircraft In Ladakh'

Rediff.com3 Oct 2022

All of India welcomes the Light Combat Helicopter into the Armed Forces arsenal and wishes it a safe tenure and happy shooting. May it rule the skies and ensure that the enemies are given a fitting reply when the need arises.

4 vegetarian Bengali recipes you must try

4 vegetarian Bengali recipes you must try

Rediff.com18 Aug 2019

A fabulous vegetarian spread and an amazing range of sweets are also hallmarks of Bengali cuisine.

Durga puja celebrations in Kolkata

Durga puja celebrations in Kolkata

Rediff.com15 Oct 2010

Hundreds and thousands of devout throng puja pandals as festive fever grips Kolkata on Friday, the second last day of Durga puja. But if weathermen are to be believed the rain gods may just play spoilsport.

RIL makes third gas discovery in KG block

RIL makes third gas discovery in KG block

Rediff.com23 Dec 2009

Likely to drill three additional exploration wells in the block before the end of 2010.

Nepal Army not to participate in BIMSTEC military drill in India: Report

Nepal Army not to participate in BIMSTEC military drill in India: Report

Rediff.com8 Sep 2018

The decision was taken just a day before the Army squad was set to travel to Pune, where the drill will commence on Monday, the Kathmandu Post reported.

Shyam Saran on rising Indonesia

Shyam Saran on rising Indonesia

Rediff.com19 May 2010

Few people in India are aware that India and Indonesia are geographically contiguous, sharing a settled maritime boundary. The last island in the Andaman and Nicobar chain is only 80 kilometres from the first island of the Indonesian archipelago.

Technical lapse: DGH disallows Rel gas discovery

Technical lapse: DGH disallows Rel gas discovery

Rediff.com24 Sep 2010

Reliance had last month struck gas in the fourth successive well on the block KG-DWN-2003/1 that lies close to its prolific D6 area in the Krishna-Godavari Basin in the Bay of Bengal.

India now has a 'manoeuvrable' supersonic missile

India now has a 'manoeuvrable' supersonic missile

Rediff.com21 Mar 2010

After Sunday's test, India has become the first and only country in the world to have a "manoeuvrable supersonic cruise missile in its inventory

Govt to hike Ravva gas price by over 35%

Govt to hike Ravva gas price by over 35%

Rediff.com11 Aug 2010

About 0.9 million standard cubic meters per day of gas produced from the fields lying in Bay of Bengal, off the Andhra Pradesh coast, is currently sold at $3.5 per million British thermal unit.

Andaman, India's new amphibious warfare base

Andaman, India's new amphibious warfare base

Rediff.com8 Feb 2010

With over 550 islands dotting the strategically located spot in the Bay of Bengal with near 500 of them still uninhabited, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands provide the Indian armed forces the ideal landscape to train its troops on amphibious warfare, which entails landing on the beaches of the enemy territory and taking the gun fight right into the mainland.

RIL fails to meet gas commitment

RIL fails to meet gas commitment

Rediff.com29 Mar 2011

Reliance had committed to drill 22 wells in the Dhirubhai-1 and 3 fields or D1, the largest of 18 gas discoveries in the block KG-DWN-98/3 or KG-D6 block in the Bay of Bengal, by April 2011 to produce 53.4 million standard cubic meters of gas per day (mscmd).

Cyclone Fani: No flights at Bhubaneswar airport on Friday

Cyclone Fani: No flights at Bhubaneswar airport on Friday

Rediff.com2 May 2019

no flight will depart or arrive at the Kolkata airport between 9.30 pm of May 3 and 6 pm of May 4

Fani to make morning landfall; 11 lakh evacuated

Fani to make morning landfall; 11 lakh evacuated

Rediff.com2 May 2019

According to the SRC, the evacuation of eight lakh people is the largest-ever evacuation operation in the country.

Time for India to EMBRACE Russia

Time for India to EMBRACE Russia

Rediff.com6 Dec 2021

We can make a beginning by openly acknowledging the Russian help in 1971 victory when President Putin visits India on 6 December 2021. Showing gratitude to a friend is part of our DNA, notes Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).

Red alert in Maharashtra, Gujarat as very heavy rains predicted

Red alert in Maharashtra, Gujarat as very heavy rains predicted

Rediff.com9 Sep 2014

Heavy to very heavy rains are expected in Maharashtra, Gujarat, west Madhya Pradesh and Goa in the next couple of days, the India Meteorological Department said.

RIL shuts oil, gas field due to cyclone 'Laila'

RIL shuts oil, gas field due to cyclone 'Laila'

Rediff.com19 May 2010

MA fields were producing around 32,000-33,000 barrels of oil per day and 8 million standard cubic meters per day of gas.

Andamans base boosts India in Indian Ocean

Andamans base boosts India in Indian Ocean

Rediff.com26 Jan 2019

'The Andamans are strategic territory for India.' 'We need at least three full-length, 10,000-feet airfields here.'

THIS man knows where MH370 disappeared

THIS man knows where MH370 disappeared

Rediff.com24 Apr 2015

But he says he would need 1.3 million to find it

12 lakh devotees take holy dip at Gangasagar

12 lakh devotees take holy dip at Gangasagar

Rediff.com15 Jan 2014

Around 12 lakh pilgrims and devotees took the holy dip at Gangasagar with the most auspicious time of Sun's transition to Makar Rashi (Capricon) continuing till 7.04 pm on Tuesday, officials said.

Moderate quake strike Nicobar Islands

Moderate quake strike Nicobar Islands

Rediff.com4 Aug 2005

Moderate quake strikes Nicobar Islands

Another storm headed towards Myanmar

Another storm headed towards Myanmar

Rediff.com14 May 2008

As Myanmar grapples with crises in the aftermath of deadly cyclone Nargis, another tropical storm appears headed for its shores, the India Meteorological Department said on Wednesday. The IMD, which is the Regional Specialised Meteorological Centre of the World Meteorological Office, has issued a advisory on the impending extreme weather condition. The United Nations has warned that the Myanmar could face a 'second catastrophe'.

Ukraine Crisis: India On A Safe Wicket

Ukraine Crisis: India On A Safe Wicket

Rediff.com22 Feb 2022

American analysts and their camp followers in India are talking absolute rubbish when they try to establish that India is facing a Hobson's choice in regard of Donbass, called upon to take sides between Russia and the West, asserts Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.

Will India get the $1-billion university?

Will India get the $1-billion university?

Rediff.com6 Mar 2009

If the protests die down and the bureaucracy speeds up, India might just get a new world-class university. Mining magnate Anil Agarwal is putting $1 billion into this dream.

TN Assembly to hold last session at Fort St George

TN Assembly to hold last session at Fort St George

Rediff.com5 Jan 2010

The Tamil Nadu Assembly session, beginning Wednesday, could well turn out to be its last at the 17th century Fort St. George as the 58-year-old Legislature would shortly be moving to its upcoming Rs 425-crore complex.

India's building a new naval base near Visakhapatnam

India's building a new naval base near Visakhapatnam

Rediff.com27 Aug 2014

The Bay of Bengal base will house nuclear submarines and aircraft carrier

Skymet forecasts wet July but IMD sticks to 'dry'

Skymet forecasts wet July but IMD sticks to 'dry'

Rediff.com25 Jun 2015

The IMD on its part is sticking to its forecast of July rainfall.

Bangla to protest in UN against Myanmar's claim

Bangla to protest in UN against Myanmar's claim

Rediff.com25 Jun 2009

Bangladesh will protest in the United Nations against Myanmar's claim to a territorial sea in the Bay of Bengal, especially that of the "baseline" which is needed to delimit its maritime border, officials in Dhaka on Thursday.

Bangladesh sends warships against India

Bangladesh sends warships against India

Rediff.com26 Dec 2008

Bangladesh on Friday moved two warships to confront an alleged 'intrusion' by three Indian vessels, for hydrocarbon exploration in its territorial waters, in the resource-rich Bay of Bengal.The move came after the Bangladesh Navy protested the incident and the government ordered a probe, following which 'appropriate' action will be taken.A news agency, quoting Foreign Ministry officials, said that 1 survey vessel backed by two Navy ships intruded for hydrocarbon exploration

Thousands flee cyclone-hit Sundarbans

Thousands flee cyclone-hit Sundarbans

Rediff.com6 Jun 2009

Exodus of people continued from the Cyclone Aila battered islands of Sundarbans, to escape inundation by full moon high tide 'Bhora Kotal', which is expected to hit the area on Sunday. The fear of heavy rains due to yet another low pressure area in the sea, however, receded with the weather office saying there was no weather warning for any cyclone and rain was expected in the next 24 hours.

Khai Muk cyclone weakens, spares coastal AP

Khai Muk cyclone weakens, spares coastal AP

Rediff.com15 Nov 2008

Khai Muk, the tropical cyclone in the south-east Bay of Bengal which was threatening to strike coastal Andhra region since Friday, has weakened, the Cyclone Warning Center at Visakhapatanam said on Saturday. "It is likely to weaken further into a depression or even low pressure," S Venkateshwarulu, director of CWC, told rediff.com.Earlier, the state government had put the administration in all the nine coastal districts on high alert to deal with the situation.

Govt to reallocate RIL gas if buyers back out

Govt to reallocate RIL gas if buyers back out

Rediff.com4 May 2009

An empowered group of ministers on April 9 decided to give any unutilised KG-D6 gas to steel plants who are currently not being supplied their full share of administered price fuel, official sources said. After gas-based steel plants, allocations would also be made to existing gas-fired power plants and to other power plants, including captive power plants depending upon the availability of the unutilised gas.

Modi lashes out at TMC, CPI-M and Congress

Modi lashes out at TMC, CPI-M and Congress

Rediff.com27 Mar 2016

Prime Minister Narendra Modi mounted a blistering attack on Trinamool Congress over corruption charges against it and also on CPI-M.

India successfully tests scramjet demonstrator aircraft

India successfully tests scramjet demonstrator aircraft

Rediff.com12 Jun 2019

The HSTDV is an unmanned scramjet demonstration aircraft for hypersonic speed flight, it can cruise at a speed of mach 6 and move up to an altitude of 32.5 km (20 miles) in 20 seconds, the sources said.