Cyclone Remal to hit Bengal on Sunday, Kolkata airport to suspend flights

A deep depression over the Bay of Bengal intensified into a cyclonic storm, named Remal, on Saturday evening and is likely to turn severe before making landfall between the coasts of West Bengal......

Pirates hijack ship with 24 Indian crewmembers

At least 24 Indians were taken hostage by Somali pirates, who hjacked an Indian-managed and Panamanian-flagged ship near Seychelles on Thursday, officials said. The 22,000-tonne bulk carrier, MV Al......

At 7 days and 12 hrs, Biparjoy set to have longest lifespan in Arabian Sea

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......

Cyclone Biparjoy may prove to be killjoy for onset of monsoon

Cyclone 'Biparjoy', the first storm brewing in the Arabian Sea this year, rapidly intensified into a severe cyclonic storm with meteorologists predicting a "mild" monsoon onset over Kerala and......

Staff at Indian plant in Oman out of reach

Cyclone Gonu which hit Oman's east coast leaving a trail of destruction of property and leading to power cuts and telecom disruptions has cut off all communication with the $1 billion Oman India......

BPCL to invest Rs 6,000 cr in exploration business

Bharat Petroleum Corporation lans to invest around Rs 6,000 crore (Rs 60 billion) in the exploration and production business over the next few years. The company already has stakes in nine assets......

Reliance keen to take over Dabhol plant

Reliance Industries Ltd, India's largest private firm, is keen to take over the Dabhol power plant to fulfill its long planned ambition of having an LNG import facility on the west coast, a company......

A-I to launch 3 new flights to US from June

India's international carrier Air-India said on Thursday that it would launch three new weekly flights to the United States from Mumbai starting June 11, bringing its total weekly flights there to......

Football: Asia's World Cup qualifiers postponed to 2021

IMAGE: India's last international match was the joint qualifying round match against Oman in Muscat in November last year, which they had lost 0-1. Photograph: AIFF Media The Indian football team......