Five drown in Lakshadweep boat capsize

Five persons, including two children and a woman, died when a fishing boat used for inter-island passenger transit sank near Kadamat Island in Lakshadweep on Saturday. There were 30 passengers in the boat. Rescued persons were given first aid at the ...

Lack of adequate and proper transportation facilities often force Lakshadweep islanders to depend on fishing boats for inter-island movement. This seems to be the primary reason behind the Saturday boat tragedy in the island that claimed five lives.

V C Pandey, managing director, Lakshadweep Development Corporation, addressing the meeting on DBT implementation at Lakshadweep. In the wake of the Union Government decision to extend Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) to 78 districts across the country ...

On account of non-availability of state policies to promote wind power development, transportation problems and gusty nature of winds, as per information available with ministry, there is no proposal for installation of wind power projects in ...

New Delhi: Minister of State for Petroleum & Natural Gas Panabaaka Lakshmi informed the Lok Sabha that Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) has initiated action for restarting work for setting up bulk storage facilities for handling High Speed ...

The Cochin Shipyard on Friday entered into a tripartite memorandum of understanding with the Lakshadweep administration and the Lakshadweep Development Corporation Limited (LDCL) for repairing LDCL-owned vessels that act as the lifeline linking the ...

Scientists have for the first time recorded coral spawning in the picturesque Lakshadweep islands, a clear indication that the coral and marine systems there are in a healthy condition. Coral spawning (popularly referred to as ‘sex-on-the-reef) is ...

A forecast valid until Thursday said thundershowers would lash Kerala, south Karnataka and Lakshadweep and one or two places in Tamil Nadu and north Karnataka.

Boat-building has grown into a profitable industry for the fish folk in the Union Territory of Lakshadweep. Local fishermen make customized fishing boats as per their needs.