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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 deities of Hinduism—whose temple once stood in what is now the southeastern section of the city. It bec...

Sunken tugboat's wreckage found near Bombay High Fields ​ By IANS | ​ 0 Views Sunken tugboat's 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 natural calamity last week. The development came two days after the wreckage of the Barge Papaa-305 was...

Inadequate advance notice and miscalculations of cyclone Tauktae's 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 firm's oilfield went adrift after their anchors gave away in the storm on Monday night. A massive day-night operation by the Indian Navy, Coast Guards and ONGC vessels helped save those on ...

World over offshore oil and gas operations are neither shut nor personnel evacuated in every adverse weather event.

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 Tuesday night, more than 20 hours after their barge sank 38 nautical miles off the Mumbai coast in the...