The Indian Navy on January 27 doused the fire on Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker Marlin Luanda. The vessel was struck by a Houthi anti-ship missile in the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Navy responded quickly. According to Reuters, the tanker was on fire but no deaths or injuries were reported after the vessel was hit. Indian Navy’s guided missile destroyer INS Visakhapatnam deployed in Gulf of Aden responded to the distress call. The vessel had 22 Indian and 1 Bangladeshi crew onboard. Based on request, the firefighting team comprising 10 Indian Naval personnel embarked the vessel in early hours. Notably, Yemen’s Houthi militants have launched waves of exploding drones and missiles at vessels post Israel’s attack in Gaza.
28 January,2024 11:37 AM IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off Vande Bharat Express between Secunderabad and Tirupati on April 08. It will reduce the travel time between the two cities by almost three and a half hours. He also inspected Secunderabad-Tirupati Vande Bharat Express and interacted with school children.
09 April,2023 03:07 PM IST
A two-storey residential building is being lifted up to six feet above the ground level in port city of Visakhapatnam in southern India's Andhra Pradesh state.
15 December,2015 02:55 PM IST
Four persons were reportedly killed after a landslide at Sanjeev Nagar area in Visakhapatnam. Three injured members of the family have been admitted to the hospital.
21 December,2015 11:18 AM IST
Police arrested Neelakanta Reddy and his associate who ran the website Vizag call girls during a raid at a house. Two girls, along with a client were arrested from the premises.
30 December,2015 06:04 PM IST
Lok Sabha Member of Parliament (MP) Kothapalli Geetha, whose husband was kidnapped in connection to a property dispute and later released, expressed her anguish against the administration and asserted that she will meet the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu in this regard.
31 March,2016 12:16 PM IST
A massive fire engulfed a bio-diesel manufacturing unit at Duvvada Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Visakhapatnam on Tuesday night. A total of 18 diesel tanks were present at the unit, of which 12 tanks blasted and got burnt.
27 April,2016 12:43 PM IST
A massive fire that engulfed a bio-diesel manufacturing unit at Duvvada Special Economic Zone continues to rage in Visakhapatnam. Over 40 fire tenders are still battling the Duvvada inferno at Biomax Fuels Limited.
28 April,2016 03:18 PM ISTADVERTISEMENT
