Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Dec 15 (ANI): Due to the ongoing agitation following the implementation of the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Act, several trains on Sunday were cancelled in the Howrah-Kharagpur railway section of South Eastern Railway.
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Dec 12 (ANI): Indian Railways will run a special train named Baristha Nagarika Tirtha Yatra for Government of Odisha on December 13 between Balasore and Haridwar, a statement from the East Coast Railway said.
Heraklion [Greece], Dec 11 (Sputnik/ANI): A 5.4 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of the Greek island of Crete on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey said.
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], Dec 10 (ANI): The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) on Monday recovered a fishing boat 'Moin' off the coast of Gir Somnath in Gujarat.
Wellington [New Zealand], Dec 9 (ANI): A volcano erupted on White Island, New Zealand on Monday, located about 48 kilometres from the eastern coast of North Island, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said.
Mogadishu [Somalia], Dec 8 (ANI): The UN food agency has said that the northeastern parts of Somalia are experiencing extreme weather conditions since the past two days as a tropical storm made landfall in the eastern coast of Africa in the weekend.
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], Dec 7 (ANI): A city engineer and his wife are among the 18 Indians who have been kidnapped by pirates near the western coast of Nigeria earlier this week.
Nouadhibou [Mauritania], Dec 5 (ANI): At least 58 migrants are confirmed dead after a vessel carrying them sank as it approached the coast of Mauritania on Thursday, according to the UN's migration agency.
New Delhi [India], Dec 5 (ANI): With the onset of winter, dense fog is very likely over south Assam, Meghalaya and Nagaland on Thursday, predicted India Meteorological Department (IMD).
New Delhi [India], Dec 5 (ANI): The Indian mission in Abuja is in touch with the Nigerian authorities after reports surfaced of 18 Indians on board a Hong Kong-flagged vessel was kidnapped by pirates near the western coast of the African country, government sources told ANI on Thursday.
New Delhi [India], Dec 5 (ANI): The Ministry of Defence on Thursday authorised every member of the Coast Guard to "visit, board, search and seize" suspicious vessels within an exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and its continental shelf.