Death of sailors: Directors of Mumbai shipping firm held

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......

Cyclone 'Nilam': Over 100 rescued from two AP districts

Naval teams on Monday rescued over 100 people from various villages in Visakhapatnam and West Godavari districts of Andhra Pradesh who were trapped following heavy rains following cyclone 'Nilam'......

Pix: Heavy rains lash Andhra; 25 dead, 80,000 evacuated

At least 25 people were killed in rain-related incidents in different districts in the last three days, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy, who reviewed the flood situation in the......

AP rain toll reaches 22; CM monitors relief operations

22 people have been killed in rain-related incidents in Andhra Pradesh as heavy rains continued to batter several regions under the influence of 'Cyclone Nilam'. Coastal Andhra Pradesh continued to......

Uttarakhand: Insurers on high alert

Public general insurance companies to collaborate for speedy settlement of claims Flashfloods in Uttarakhand, which have claimed the lives of over 500 people in the past few days, have also got......

How victims of catastrophe can get faster relief

India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka faced an estimated total economic loss of Rs 1,517.1 crore (Rs 15.17 billion) in 2012 from natural disasters - including floods and Cyclone Nilam - according to Aon......

Managing insurance policies in disaster-prone area

The cyclone 'Nilam', which recently ravaged Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu's Mamallapuram coast, caused severe damage - 28 lives were lost, 150,000 individuals displaced and crops in 1.2 million......