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Mumbai, formerly Bombay, city, capital of Maharashtra state, southwestern India. It is the country’s financial and commercial centre and its principal port on the Arabian Sea. Located on Maharashtra’s coast, Mumbai is India’s most-populous city, and it is one of the largest and most densely populated urban areas in the world. It was built on a site of ancient settlement, and it took its name from the local goddess Mumba—a form of Parvati, the consort of Shiva, one of the principal deiti...

Sunken tugboats wreckage found near Bombay High Fields ​ By IANS | ​ 0 Views Sunken tugboats wreckage found near Bombay High Fields. Image Source: IANS News Mumbai, May 24 : The Indian Navy Ship INS Makar has located the wreckage of the Tugboat Varaprada in the Arabian Sea where it had capsized last week during the cyclone Tauktae fury, an official said here on Monday. Divers are now underwater to find out if any more missing persons are trapped in the tugboat during the devastating natur...

Inadequate advance notice and miscalculations of cyclone Tauktaes ferocity and its path may have contributed to a false belief that oilfield operations in the Arabian Sea need not be paused, said top sources close to ONGC whose vessels with 700 onboard were struck by the storm. A drillship of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and three barges of private contractor Afcons working on the state-owned firms oilfield went adrift after their anchors gave away in the storm on Monday night. A m...

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Cyclone Tauktae: 638 ONGC men rescued, 93 still at sea off Mumbai coast Cyclone Tauktae: 638 ONGC men rescued, 93 still at sea off Mumbai coast ByMateen Hafeez,V NarayanMateen Hafeez and V Narayan / Updated: May 19, 2021, 09:19 IST (This story was first published in the Times of India on May 19, 2021) Five Indian Navy ships, along with naval helicopters and the Coast Guard, were racing against time to locate and rescue 93 crew members of Barge Papaa ( P-305) who were still missing till late Tue...

Five Indian Navy ships, along with naval helicopters and the Coast Guard, were racing against time to locate and rescue 93 crew members of Barge Papaa

Cyclone Tauktae: 22 bodies recovered from sunk barge, 55 still missing, says Navy  This barge as well as two other barges that were hit by the cyclone were deployed by Afcons for a contract it had got from state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC). Share Via Email   |  A+A A- Cyclone Tauktae made landfall on Monday night on the Gujarat coast, which is dotted with oil and gas installations. By Express News Service NEW DELHI: As many as 22 out of the 75 people missing from the b...

URL copied Image Source : PTI Mumbai: Fishermen on a fishing boat try to recover their smaller boat which had drifted away due to rough sea owing to Cyclone Tauktae The Indian Navy (IN) and Indian Coast Guard (ICG) continued their search for missing 89 personnel from a barge with 273 people which went adrift and later sank near the Bombay High Fields unable to withstand the fury of Cyclone Tauktae, officials said here on Wednesday. By late Tuesday, the IN-ICG ...

Cyclone Tauktae: 93 crew members of sunken ONGC barge still missing off Maharashtra coast, massive search operation on A total of 638 people who were aboard ships near Maharashtra and Gujarat had either been rescued or their vessel had been secured by Tuesday evening. Three personnel rescued by Sea King helicopter from Barge P305 being taken for medical attention at INS Shikra. (Photo: IANS) Share Updated: May 19, 2021, 08:44 AM IST Even as Cyclone Tauktae is weake...

Search on for 89 missing from barge during Cyclone Tauktae ​ By IANS | ​ 0 Views Search on for 89 missing from barge during Cyclone Tauktae. Image Source: IANS News Mumbai, May 19 : The Indian Navy (IN) and Indian Coast Guard (ICG) continued their search for missing 89 personnel from a barge with 273 people which went adrift and later sank near the Bombay High Fields unable to withstand the fury of Cyclone Tauktae, officials said here on Wednesday. By late Tuesday, the IN-ICG teams manage...