Stranded Fishing Boat

A dozen people lost their lives in various rain-related incidents in and around the city while personnel on fishing boats and farm tractors were engaged in rescuing stranded people on Tuesday.

The Coast Guard on Tuesday said its vessel had towed a stranded fishing boat with six crew off Tamil Nadu to safety.

Navy officer Abhilash Tomy, stranded in the Indian Ocean near Australia since Friday after a deadly storm hit his solo boat, has been rescued, the Navy spokesperson said. Commander Tomy, who suffered a spinal injury, is conscious, relievedand has been shifted to the French fishing vessel Osiris.The Osiris had sent a stretcher, water and first aid k...

Cyclone Ockhi, which claimed 13 lives in Tamil Nadu and Kerala, has now moved beyond Lakshadweep, the weather department said bringing huge relief to the people of the rain-battered states. However, many fishermen are still missing and warships have been deployed to comb the southeastern coast for fishing boats missing in wild seas.

Images of Bengaluru, deluged with knee-high water, people fishing on the streets, boats out to rescue stranded commuters, turned national attention late last month to India's Silicon Valley in utter shamble.

Sri Lanka's navy on Sunday rescued more than 100 Bangladeshi and Myanmar nationals from a sinking fishing vessel off the island's eastern coast, a spokesman said.

Owners of more than 100 mechanised fishing trawlers that sailed from the Kasimedu Fishing Harbour five days ago and now stranded near the Nizampatnam Bay in Andhra Pradesh, have appealed to the Tamil Nadu government and the Indian Coast Guard (Eastern Region) to rescue their boats and 700-odd men onboard, before the arrival of Cyclone Thane.

A dozen people lost their lives in various rain-related incidents in and around the city while personnel on fishing boats and farm tractors were engaged in rescuing stranded people on Tuesday.

The Coast Guard on Tuesday said its vessel had towed a stranded fishing boat with six crew off Tamil Nadu to safety.

Navy officer Abhilash Tomy, stranded in the Indian Ocean near Australia since Friday after a deadly storm hit his solo boat, has been rescued, the Navy spokesperson said. Commander Tomy, who suffered a spinal injury, is conscious, relievedand has been shifted to the French fishing vessel Osiris.The Osiris had sent a stretcher, water and first aid k...

Cyclone Ockhi, which claimed 13 lives in Tamil Nadu and Kerala, has now moved beyond Lakshadweep, the weather department said bringing huge relief to the people of the rain-battered states. However, many fishermen are still missing and warships have been deployed to comb the southeastern coast for fishing boats missing in wild seas.

Images of Bengaluru, deluged with knee-high water, people fishing on the streets, boats out to rescue stranded commuters, turned national attention late last month to India's Silicon Valley in utter shamble.

Sri Lanka's navy on Sunday rescued more than 100 Bangladeshi and Myanmar nationals from a sinking fishing vessel off the island's eastern coast, a spokesman said.

Owners of more than 100 mechanised fishing trawlers that sailed from the Kasimedu Fishing Harbour five days ago and now stranded near the Nizampatnam Bay in Andhra Pradesh, have appealed to the Tamil Nadu government and the Indian Coast Guard (Eastern Region) to rescue their boats and 700-odd men onboard, before the arrival of Cyclone Thane.