Arabian Sea

Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat attacked Rajasthan minister Shanti Dhariwal for his remark last year that linked "masculinity" with rapes, and said the Congress leader should be "thrown into the Arabian Sea" for his comments.

The Indian Coast Guard, on Wednesday, rescued a Chinese national from a vessel en route to UAE from China after he complained of chest pain and symptoms of cardiac arrest.

Two fishermen died and five others were hospitalised after they consumed unidentified liquid in a can found floating in the Arabian Sea off the Porbandar coast in Gujarat, police said on Saturday.

Cyclone Biparjoy made landfall near Jakhau Port in Gujarat's Kutch district on Thursday evening after a 10-day journey across the Arabian Sea. Emergency teams were on standby for relief and rescue efforts, and about 100,000 people had been evacuated

The Mandvi beach - from where an NDTV crew had reported since Tuesday evening - was inundated by the rising waters of the Arabian Sea around noon today. The swelling waves are moving in further.

Cyclone Biparjoy: Over 74,000 people have been evacuated from coastal areas to safer shelters.

Nearly one lakh people have been shifted to shelters from Gujarat's coastal region ahead of cyclone Biparjoy's expected landfall in Kutch district this evening. Red and Orange alerts have been issued in several districts of the state.

The Mumbai civic body on Wednesday said it has decided to depute 120 trained security guards at popular beaches and seafronts, a move that comes days after three boys drowned in the Arabian Sea off the city coast.

Cyclone Biparjoy is expected to make landfall in Gujarat's Saurashtra and Kutch regions and adjoining Pakistan coasts tomorrow evening. The storm is currently located over the east-central Arabian Sea, about 350 kilometers southwest of Porbandar.

As Cyclone Biparjoy has further weakened to very severe cyclonic storm over the northeast Arabian Sea, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has sounded an Red alert as cyclone warning for the Saurashtra and Kutch coasts this morning.

Cyclone Biparjoy, expected to cross the Gujarat coast on June 15, is on course to become the cyclone with the longest lifespan in the Arabian Sea, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD) data.

Cyclone 'Biparjoy' was likely to make landfall near Jakhau port in Gujarat's Kutch district on Thursday afternoon as a 'very severe cyclonic storm' with maximum wind speed reaching up to 150 kilometres per hour.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today held a review meeting as cyclone Biparjoy intensified into an "extremely severe cyclonic storm". It is likely to make landfall between Gujarat's Kutch and Karachi in Pakistan on Thursday afternoon.

Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on Sunday paid a visit to the State Emergency Operation Center to review the preparedness of coastal districts of the state against possible cyclones.

Cyclone Biparjoy: Amid heatwave conditions likely over several parts of the country, Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) on Sunday gave a cyclone alert for Saurashtra and Kutch coast in Gujarat.

Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat attacked Rajasthan minister Shanti Dhariwal for his remark last year that linked "masculinity" with rapes, and said the Congress leader should be "thrown into the Arabian Sea" for his comments.

The Indian Coast Guard, on Wednesday, rescued a Chinese national from a vessel en route to UAE from China after he complained of chest pain and symptoms of cardiac arrest.

Two fishermen died and five others were hospitalised after they consumed unidentified liquid in a can found floating in the Arabian Sea off the Porbandar coast in Gujarat, police said on Saturday.

Cyclone Biparjoy made landfall near Jakhau Port in Gujarat's Kutch district on Thursday evening after a 10-day journey across the Arabian Sea. Emergency teams were on standby for relief and rescue efforts, and about 100,000 people had been evacuated

The Mandvi beach - from where an NDTV crew had reported since Tuesday evening - was inundated by the rising waters of the Arabian Sea around noon today. The swelling waves are moving in further.

Cyclone Biparjoy: Over 74,000 people have been evacuated from coastal areas to safer shelters.

Nearly one lakh people have been shifted to shelters from Gujarat's coastal region ahead of cyclone Biparjoy's expected landfall in Kutch district this evening. Red and Orange alerts have been issued in several districts of the state.

The Mumbai civic body on Wednesday said it has decided to depute 120 trained security guards at popular beaches and seafronts, a move that comes days after three boys drowned in the Arabian Sea off the city coast.

Cyclone Biparjoy is expected to make landfall in Gujarat's Saurashtra and Kutch regions and adjoining Pakistan coasts tomorrow evening. The storm is currently located over the east-central Arabian Sea, about 350 kilometers southwest of Porbandar.

As Cyclone Biparjoy has further weakened to very severe cyclonic storm over the northeast Arabian Sea, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has sounded an Red alert as cyclone warning for the Saurashtra and Kutch coasts this morning.

Cyclone Biparjoy, expected to cross the Gujarat coast on June 15, is on course to become the cyclone with the longest lifespan in the Arabian Sea, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD) data.

Cyclone 'Biparjoy' was likely to make landfall near Jakhau port in Gujarat's Kutch district on Thursday afternoon as a 'very severe cyclonic storm' with maximum wind speed reaching up to 150 kilometres per hour.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today held a review meeting as cyclone Biparjoy intensified into an "extremely severe cyclonic storm". It is likely to make landfall between Gujarat's Kutch and Karachi in Pakistan on Thursday afternoon.

Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on Sunday paid a visit to the State Emergency Operation Center to review the preparedness of coastal districts of the state against possible cyclones.

Cyclone Biparjoy: Amid heatwave conditions likely over several parts of the country, Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) on Sunday gave a cyclone alert for Saurashtra and Kutch coast in Gujarat.