Cyclone Tauktae: Two killed as ferocious winds, heavy rain hit Goa

Panaji (IANS) Stormy winds and heavy rains caused by Cyclone Tauktae claimed two lives and uprooted more than 1,000 trees in Goa, disrupting normal life and road traffic and causing power outage in most parts of the coastal state on Sunday.

"Two…

Cyclone Tauktae: Heavy rains claim 4 lives in Karnataka

Bengaluru (IANS) Four persons died in isolated incidents across coastal and central Karnataka due to heavy rains and gusty winds triggered by Cyclone Tauktae during the last 24 hours, a weather official said on Sunday.

"The isolated incidents…

Missing Kerala fishing boat located off Mangaluru, all crew safe

Thiruvananthapuram (IANS) A fishing boat, with 15 aboard, which had sailed from Beypore in Kerala's Kozhikode from May 5 and was declared missing as there was no contact with it for the past couple of days, has been located off the Mangaluru coast,…

Cyclone Tauktae hits K'taka coast, brings in heavy rainfall

Bengaluru (IANS) Cyclone Tauktae has hit the coastal region of Karnataka resulting in heavy rainfall especially in Dakshina Kannada district, where wind speed of around 75 km per hour was recorded, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said here…

ULFA (I) declares ceasefire days within Sarma's appeal, cites Covid situation

Kolkata (IANS) The banned separatist group, United Liberation Front of Asom (Independent) or ULFA(I) has declared a unilateral ceasefire for three months following an appeal by new Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.

The ULFA-I chief Paresh…

China enjoys sweet spot in global trade, calls US confused

New Delhi (IANS) Despite the belligerent rhetoric against the Chinese Communist Party regime across the world, China is likely to enjoy its exorbitant value to the US and the global economy.

Consider this: Even as the war of words between the…

Govt ready to defend 'illegal' enforcement action if pursued by Cairn: Sources

New Delhi (IANS) Government and other public sector undertakings have not received any notice from courts in US and other countries for attachment of any property in pursuance to UK-based energy major Cairn Energy Plc. plea to recover $ 1.2 billion…

Goa oxygen shortage claims 13 more; 75 dead in 4 days

Panaji (IANS) Thirteen Covid patients died at Goa's apex government hospital, the Goa Medical College, in the early hours of Friday owing to oxygen mismanagement, even as the death toll of patients who died between 2 am and 6 am at the premier…

Modi releases 8th instalment of Rs 19,000 cr for PM-KISAN scheme

New Delhi (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday released the eighth instalment of financial benefits worth Rs 19,000 crore under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme to benefit more than 9.5 crore farmers that includes first-time…

Why China's Wolf Warrior Diplomacy has begun to backfire

New Delhi: A Foreign Policy magazine report has recently spotlighted that Chinese President Xi Jinping appreciates the confrontational style of rhetoric called "wolf warrior diplomacy", that has been radiating from Beijing.

The offensive diplomatic…