Cyclone Tauktae forces Mumbai Airport to shut, 3 flights diverted

Mumbai (IANS) Owing to the threats created by the raging Cyclone Tauktae, the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai has shut all operations for 3 hours from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Monday.

This resulted in at least 3 in-bound…

India's WPI inflation rises to 10.49% in April

New Delhi (IANS) India's annual rate of inflation based on wholesale prices sequentially rose to 10.49 per cent in April from a rise of 7.39 per cent in March.

Significantly, this is the highest rate of WPI inflation in the last 6-months.…

Cyclone Tauktae storms over Mumbai, razes trees, damages homes

Mumbai (IANS) Cyclone Tauktae hit Mumbai with full fury bringing heavy rains, strong gales of over 60-75 km/hr, which wreaked havoc by uprooting scores of trees, damaged some homes, and disrupted road traffic, though there are no human casualties,…

Extremely Severe Cyclone Tauktae at 210kmph to touch Guj by evening

Gandhinagar (IANS) The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has warned that Cyclone Tauktae will take an extreme shape in the east central Arabian Sea by Monday night, with wind speed reaching 180-190 kmph gusting to 210 kmph likely to prevail during…

Mamata starts dharna at CBI's Kolkata office

Kolkata (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has started a sit-in in CBI's Kolkata office to protest the arrest of four of her Trinamool Congress leaders, provoking an unusual Centre-state confrontation of sorts.

Banerjee rushed…

Narada case: CBI arrests TMC's Firhad, Subrata, Madan, Sovon

Kolkata (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested two Trinamool Congress ministers -- Firhad Hakim and Subrata Mukherjee, apart from former Trinamool Minister and present MLA Madan Mitra and former Kolkata Corporation Mayor Sovon Chattopadhyay…

Cyclone Tauktae: Ahmedabad airport shut for 9 hours

Gandhinagar (IANS) With Cyclone Tauktae likely to hit Gujarat in about an hour, the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad shut all its operations for nine hours from 7.30 p.m. on Monday to 5 a.m. Tuesday.

Cyclone Tauktae,…

O2 concentrator case: Navneet Kalra sent to 3 days police custody

New Delhi (IANS) A Delhi court on Monday sent businessman Navneet Kalra, who was arrested late on Sunday night, to three days' police custody in connection with oxygen concentrator hoarding case.

Metropolitan Magistrate Archana Beniwal…

Allegations fly thick and fast as political drama deepens in Bengal

Kolkata (IANS) Amid allegations and counter allegations being levelled against each other by the leaders of both the ruling Trinamool Congress and opposition BJP inn West Bengal, Trinamool Youth Congress President Abhishek Banerjee on Monday asked…

Cyclonic Tauktae very likely to intensify in next 24 hrs

New Delhi (IANS) The Severe Cyclonic Storm "Tauktae" (pronounced as Tau'Te) over east central Arabian Sea is likely to intensify further in the next 24 hours.

The cyclone is very likely to move north-northwestwards and reach Gujarat coast…