Kavaratti

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  Lakshadweep BJP Leader Charged With Insulting National Flag

  Kavaratti Police on Tuesday registered a case against Lakshadweep BJP general secretary Mohammed Kasim HK for allegedly insulting the national flag.

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  Indian Navy Rescues 3 Civilians From Drowning In Lakshadweep

  A Fast Interceptor Craft (FIC) of the Indian Navy's Sagar Prahari Bal (SPB) squadron rescued local civilians from drowning close to the Kavaratti island harbour mouth in Lakshadweep, a defence release said on Thursday.

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  Coast Guard Rescue 322 Passengers, 85 Crew Stranded On Ship Off Lakshadweep

  A ship with over 322 passengers and 85 crew which was stranded off the coast of Lakshadweep a day ago was safely towed by a Coast Guard vessel to Androth island and reached there on Thursday morning.

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  Lakshadweep Government To Establish Paramedical College In Kavaratti

  The administration has decided to set up a Paramedical College at Kavaratti, the capital of the islands.

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  Lakshadweep Cops Question Filmmaker Aisha Sultana For Over 3 Hours In Sedition Case

  Filmmaker Aisha Sultana, facing sedition charges in Lakshadweep, today appeared before the Kavaratti police in connection with the case.

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  Court Seeks Police Statement In Lakshadweep Filmmaker's Bail Plea In Sedition Case

  The Kerala High Court on Tuesday directed the Kavaratti Police of Lakshadweep to file a statement in the anticipatory bail petition filed by filmmaker Aisha Sultana in the sedition case against her.

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  Made In India Stealth Corvette INS Kavaratti Commissioned Into Navy

  Chief of Army Staff General MM Naravane today commissioned the Anti-Submarine Warfare stealth corvette INS Kavaratti into the Indian Navy at the Naval Dockyard in Visakhapatnam.

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  Indigenously-Built Stealth Corvette INS Kavaratti To Be Commissioned Today

  Chief of Army Staff General MM Naravane will commission the last of four indigenously built anti-submarine warfare (ASW) stealth corvettes "INS Kavaratti" into the Indian Navy in Visakhapatnam on Thursday.

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  In Lakshadweep, A Cup Of Chai Was The First Clue Something Had Changed

  Each morning, Kamarunisa Poovummada sips her cup of tea while watching waves from the Arabian Sea crash around a water treatment plant opposite her house on Kavaratti island, off India's southwest coast. She links the taste of her perfectly brewed cup to the desalination plant that has brought potable water to the doorsteps of islanders, and almost...

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  Navy Dispatches Relief To Ockhi Cyclone-Hit Lakshadweep

  The Indian Navy has provided humanitarian assistance and disaster relief to people affected by cyclone Ockhi in Lakshadweep, a Defence spokesperson said here today.

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  Ships with Yemen Evacuees to Arrive in Kochi Tomorrow

  Scripting another successful rescue mission by India through the sea route, two Navy-escorted ships with 475 passengers, including 337 Bangladesh nationals and 65 Yemenese of Indian origin, evacuated from conflict-hit Yemen, would be arriving in Kochi tomorrow.

• Kilanji

  Chef Naseer prepares an authentic sweet dish from Lakshwadeep. Kilanji is a paper thin treat made of rice and eaten with a banana and coconut milk accompaniment.

• Indian Navy gets new base in Lakshadweep islands

  In an effort to augment the security infrastructure at the strategically important Lakshadweep islands, a new naval base of the Indian Navy has been commissioned at Kavaratti today.

• Kavaratti: Ship runs aground off coral island

  Efforts to salvage a barge which ran aground on the coral reef off Kavaratti island, the Capital of the Lakshadweep islands are presently underway.  A tug with the ability to carry out this operation will try to drag the barge away from the reef which are of critical importance for the long term survival of all the Lakshadweep islands.The cora...