High Court orders sale of Pratibha Cauvery

Erratic climatic behaviour and damage caused by Cyclone Nilam in Andhra Pradesh during the sowing season, followed by a week-long spell of unseasonal rainfall during harvesting, are set to substantially hit the rabi crop output.

Nilam Cyclone Brings Heavy Rain, Displaces 100K In India A tropical storm slammed into southern India, bringing heavy rain and a storm surge floodi... published: 01 Nov 2012 author: Nilam Cyclone Brings Heavy Rain, Displaces 100K In India published: ...

Four months after the death of six sailors of an oil tanker that ran aground in Chennai during a cyclone, two directors of the Mumbai-based shipping company have been arrested in Pune by the Tamil Nadu Police in connection with the case. Madan Anand Rao Pawar and Suresh Anand Rao Pawar of the Pratibha Shipping Company Ltd were arrested on Tuesday by a special team probing the incident. The duo were brought here on a transit warrant from a Pune court and were produced before a city court, which ...

A man carries water through a busy alley in Kathmandu. Experts say water management is vital in South Asia due to erratic rain patterns. Credit: Amantha Perera/IPS With a combined population of over 1.7 billion, which includes some of the world's ...

Residents of KVK Kuppam and Nethaji Nagar fishing hamlets in north Chennai are demanding that portions of the damaged seawall along Ennore Expressway be reconstructed. Though the villagers station their 100-odd country boats and fibre ...

The High Court (HC) has accepted the judicial sale of M.T. Pratibha Cauvery, which was put on the auction block to clear the dues of various stakeholders. It may be recalled the motor tanker ran aground close to Elliots beach here on October 31, ...

In order to provide relief to bank borrowers in times of natural calamities, Reserve Bank of India has issued standing guidelines to banks. The relief measures, inter alia, include conversion of the principal amount outstanding in the crop loans and ...

The state road council, mandated to meet once every three months to discuss various road safety measures, has only met five times in the past six years, even as the number of accidents is on the rise. The council should have met 18 times in the last ...

The weather is a hot topic any day. And for a group of enthusiasts in the city, monitoring daily weather changes and recording their observations is nothing short of a passion. The community of amateur meteorologists uses data from various websites, ...