Lakshadweep Islands

Cyclone Ockhi: Narendra Modi asks BJP workers in Gujarat to devote themselves to helping people

Narendra Modi said he is constantly monitoring the situation in various states arising out of Cyclone Ockhi battering parts of Kerala, Tamil Nadu and now heading towards Gujarat

Cyclone Ockhi: Rains coupled with strong winds lash Lakshadweep islands, several houses suffer damage

Several houses suffered damage and communication lines were disrupted as rains lashed the Lakshadweep islands under the influence of Cyclone Ockhi

Cyclone Ockhi lashing Tamil Nadu, Kerala to approach Lakshadweep archipelago in next 24 hours, says official

Cyclone Ockhi, lashing parts of Tamil Nadu and Kerala with torrential rains and gusty winds, was approaching the Lakshadweep archipelago, an official at the Ministry of Earth Sciences said on Thursday.

15 Somali pirates arrested for hijacking fishing boat in 2011 get seven years in jail

A court on Wednesday convicted 15 Somali pirates who had hijacked a fishing boat and taken 22 Thai and Myanmarese nationals hostage in 2011.

Maldives jumps into Saudi lap to embrace radical Islam: India has reason to be concerned

Maldives, the only South Asian country that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s outreach has not covered since he was elected in 2014, has its controversial president Abdulla Yameen visiting India on a two-day visit that began on Sunday

Navy holds drill to test readiness for dealing with tsunamis

The exercise was designed to validate the navy's capability for providing immediate succour and relief to the affected people, an official statement said.

Lok Sabha polls: Voting begins in Lakshadweep islands

Polling in the Lakshadweep Lok Sabha constituency in the Lakshadweep Islands began this morning.