The avoidable stresses and strains in ties helped in one way. It showed for the entire region how a matured India handled diplomatic relations, especially with a smaller and suspicious neighbour, with practised dignity and patience, unruffled by provocations in word, deed and action, observes N Sathiya Moorthy.
In a rare honour, the United States has named a mountain in Antarctica after eminent Indian-American scientist Akhouri Sinha whose pioneering biological research expedition has provided vital data about animal populations.
This is perhaps the first categorical statement by the government on the fate of the 29 people on board the IAF workhorse.
Relief Commissioner Alok Pandey told reporters that the government is constantly working to ensure that there is no loss of life due to the weather phenomenon.
Barely weeks before he turned 22, a young fisherman was shot, allegedly by the Sri Lankan navy.
Several cargo containers abroad one of the ships were flung into the sea following the accident, which also triggered an oil slick along the Mumbai coast.
A group of men were spotted moving suspiciously near a naval base at Uran in Raigad district.
Princess Sheikha Latifa is the daughter of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai and the prime minister of the UAE.
Many villages were cut off as several roads connecting them were inundated.
An oil tanker with 37-member crew on board on Wednesday ran aground off the city coast under the impact of high velocity winds before the landfall of cyclone 'Nilam'.
Here's a recap of events that occurred in India in the past 24 hours.
The ship, carrying hazardous cargo, caught fire near the Prongs Reef Lighthouse in South Mumbai on Sunday.
A sneak peek of some extraordinary entries for the 60th annual Wildlife Photographer of the Year event.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah spoke to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray through video conference and took stock of the state's preparedness to tackle any eventuality, the latter's office said. 10 units of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have been deployed in vulnerable districts, while six others have been kept on a stand-by, officials said.
In the pipeline are 123 naval multi-role helicopters, 111 naval utility helicopters and 6 submarines.
India has allocated Rs 1.72 trillion, or 27.67 per cent of the total defence budget to cater to modernisation of the country's arsenal. Modern militaries spend up to 50 to 60 per cent of their total defence budget so that they go into combat with superior weaponry and equipment.
More than 35 trawlers, carrying 200 fishermen from Goa, have been missing after gusty winds lashed the western coast on Wednesday. Fishermen at Malim jetty, located next to Panaji, said more than 28 trawlers have not returned since Tuesday night and they have lost contact with the base. Coast Guard officials, who have initiated search and rescue operations, said they have been flooded with complaints of missing people since Tuesday.
Italian oil tanker Enrica Lexie, from which gunshots were fired killing two Indian fishermen off Alappuzha, has been brought to Kochi early on Friday and police and coast guard personnel are questioning the crew.
A United States fighter jet Friday shot down an object, the size of a small car, flying with payloads at a height of about 40,000 feet off the northern coast of Alaska on the direction of President Joe Biden, officials said.
The 23 Tamil Nadu fishermen, set free by a court in Sri Lanka after being detained by the island navy on the charge of poaching, arrived at Mandapam coast near Rameswaram on Saturday.
As many as 9,000 BMC employees will be working to oversee the immersion with 53 roads in the megapolis have been closed.
The MSC Aries was last seen on Friday, sailing towards the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Dubai, according to The Times of Israel.
Naim Sheikh, who knew how to swim managed to save, with the help of his friends, about 50-60 people, even though, he himself was also injured in the incident.
An Indian ship sank off the coast of southern Oman, drowning five Indian sailors and leaving nine others missing.
The Indian Navy and the Coast Guard have intensified their patrolling off Konkan coast following intelligence inputs that a suspicious ship was heading towards Goa.
The new regional headquarter of the Indian Navy to be set up in Gujarat will help protect the porous 1660 km long coastline in Gujarat, said Gujarat leader of Opposition Shaktisinh Gohil.
'Now the political boss decides, and the ED acts.'
Late last year, the Cabinet Committee on Security had cleared the proposal for the creation of the post.
Afcons Infrastructure, whose chartered barge P305 with 261 personnel at the Bombay High offshore oilfield was wrecked by cyclonic storm Tauktae earlier this week, on Thursday said the weather deteriorated rapidly and reached levels far worse than forecasts.
Mobilisation of resources close to the ill-fated cargo vessel MSC Chitra, which collided with another cargo ship off the city coast, is underway to carry out salvage operation even as some more containers fell into the sea.
A North Korean ship, sailing to a Pakistani port, detained by the Coast Guard and the Navy after it was found anchored in Indian territorial waters off Vatakara coast without permission, is likely to be released as officials have not found any objectional cargo on board. The crew had cited internal leak in its tank as reason for anchoring in Indian waters.
The Navy and Coast Guard are rendering necessary assistance at the beaches to ensure that the celebrations pass off smoothly.
It looks unlikely that a proper plan was in place or else the deaths could have been averted, reports Jyoti Mukul.
Indian navy well equipped to meet any threat : Navy Chief
The bird was seen near the coast carried an electronic chip and an Arabic word written on its wing.
Guarding the Mumbai coastline has been given the most precedence since intlligence alerts hint at likely threats from the sea.
A day after an FIR was filed against 35 persons on board US ship 'M V Seaman Guard Ohio,' detained for straying into Indian waters carrying weapons and ammunition, a multi-agency investigation, including officials from Research and Analysis Wing and Intelligence Bureau, has begun, sources said on Tuesday.
With questions over Coast Guard's 'boat' operation persisting, Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday said those travelling in the Pakistani vessel were suspected terrorists as per the "given circumstances".
Babu after reaching there, slipped and fell and got trapped between rocks on the mountain face
With the November 26 terror strikes exposing the vulnerabilities of India's coastline, the country's armed forces are carrying out a week-long joint exercise off the Gujarat coast in which they would validate concepts to counter such threats in the future.
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