File photo used for representational purpose. | Photo Credit: AP Several people are feared stranded in a high-rise in south Mumbai’s Byculla area as a major fire erupted in the multi-storey tower around midnight, on June 1, a civic official said. According to preliminary information, the blaze erupted in a flat on the 10th floor … Read more
Former CM and TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu was arrested in connection with an alleged Skill Development scam. | Photo Credit: PTI Tension gripped different parts of south coastal Andhra Pradesh in the wake of the arrest of Telugu Desam Party (TDP) national president and former Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu at Nandyal on Saturday. Scores of TDP … Read more
These pilgrims are said to be stranded in a tent at Panchtarni, 6 km away from the shrine. File | Photo Credit: PTI At least 80 people from Karnataka are stranded en route to the pilgrimage to Amarnath cave due to bad weather. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has tweeted to say that he has directed the … Read more
Residents of villages in Sharavathi river backwaters depend on ferries to commute to nearby places in Sagar taluk of Shivamogga district in Karnataka. | Photo Credit: Sathish GT Usually, we hear of people being stranded by heavy rains and flooding. But residents of Karuru and Barangi hoblis in Sagar taluk of Karnataka are stranded because … Read more
Srikakulam Member of Parliament Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu on May 7 asked the Union Government to take steps immediately to bring back 23 Srikakulam workers who were stranded in Lagos of Nigeria for the last few days. In a press release, he said that Srikakulam residents along with other 150 workers of other States were … Read more
One of the vessels with 273 personnel on board, which was stranded near Bombay High during the impact of Cyclone Tauktae, has sunk. The Indian Navy has managed to rescue 177 people till Tuesday morning while search is on for the others. Rescue and search operations were intensified on Tuesday, a day after the severe … Read more