Cyclone Amphan: Bangladesh shifts over two million people; armed forces put on alertThe Bangladesh Army, Navy and Air Force have made preparations to tackle the super cyclone which has moved within 400km of Bangladesh's coa...
20 May, 2020, 04.43 PM IST
Government orders closure of maiden coastal police training academy sanctioned last yearThe Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) also rejected a fresh BSF proposal to create its maiden full-fledged counterinsurgency and anti-terroris...
10 Jul, 2019, 05.38 PM IST
Cyclone Fani intensifies into 'extremely severe cyclonic storm'IMD has issued a formal cyclone alert for Odisha, West Bengal and parts of Andhra Pradesh, and suggested evacuation of costal areas.
02 May, 2019, 09.45 AM IST
Cyclone Gaja makes landfall in Tamil Nadu, claims 11 livesThe severe cyclonic storm is very likely to move nearly westwards and weaken gradually into a cyclonic storm during the next six hours, the...
16 Nov, 2018, 12.51 PM IST
Fast track development of Paradip, Dhamra ports will boost India's economy: Amitabh KantThe two ports that together handle a capacity of 145 MTPA are strategic as they act as a gateway for trade with the ASEAN region.
03 Jul, 2017, 09.20 PM IST
Over 5000 fishermen protest; demand new fishing harbourM C Sampath, minister for sales tax and registration,said the state govt has sanctioned Rs 10 cr for the purpose and work would start soon.
22 Jun, 2015, 02.35 PM IST
- Coastal turtle-nesting site in danger
Environmentalists and villagers of Pannaiyoor in Rajakkamangalam panchayat are demanding the protection of a vital turtle nesting site on t...
20 Jan, 2015, 10.00 AM IST
Andhra Pradesh braces to face Hudhud, to evacuate 4.5 lakh peopleThe Met office said the cyclonic storm, centered about 500km east-southeast of Visakhapatnam and 550km south-southeast of Gopalpur as of Fr...
11 Oct, 2014, 10.45 AM IST
Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik seeks more fund allocation in Railway BudgetPatnaik cited planned industrial investments in mineral rich Odisha and its naxal-affected and backward south-western districts to argue hi...
17 Jun, 2014, 01.00 PM IST
Election results 2014: Chandrababu Naidu’s TDP sweeps Andhra with 102 seats out of 175; K Chandrashekhar Rao set to be Telangana CMBut the fledgling YSR Congress party of YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, which claimed a strong rural base thanks to his father, the late YS Rajasekha...
17 May, 2014, 06.49 AM IST
- Cabinet nod for re-structuring of JK Settlement Operations
Jammu and Kashmir government today accorded approval for re-organisation and re-structuring of the institution of Settlement Operations in ...
16 Aug, 2013, 08.27 PM IST
- MoEF clears only one project in Maharashtra after lengthy meeting with CM
During the three-hour meeting between CM Chavan and Jayanti Natrajan the issues of getting clearances on many projects was discussed but no...
20 Jun, 2013, 08.29 PM IST
- Mehair to launch seaplane services in Maharashtra, Kerala next month
Maritime Energy Heli Air, which pioneered the launch of seaplane services last year, would commence its operations in Maharashtra and Keral...
15 Nov, 2012, 09.33 PM IST
Rains lash Andhra Pradesh under influence of cyclone NilamRains and strong gales hit Nellore in Andhra Pradesh and other neighbouring districts of Tamil Nadu under the influence of cyclonic storm '...
31 Oct, 2012, 01.18 PM IST
- Gujarat revives Alcock Ashdown divestment strap
Gujarat government has restarted the exercise to offload stake in Alcock Ashdown (Gujarat) Limited, the loss-making ship-building company.
16 Feb, 2012, 11.59 AM IST
- Posco "comfortable" with new package, but protesters vow resistance
Even as Posco-India on Friday feels "comfortable" now and hopes to take forward its much awaited Rs 51,000 crore steel project in Orissa fo...
09 Jul, 2010, 10.53 PM IST
- Gujrat coastal security plan fails to take off
The Gujarat Government's Rs 327 crore costal security plan, submitted to the Union Government in the year 2005, has failed to take off as t...
02 Dec, 2008, 07.00 PM IST