The statement said that a collision was reported earlier the same day between a Sri Lankan naval vessel and an Indian fishing boat 5 nautical miles north of Katchatheevu Island
At least 10 people have died and the concrete bridge and footbridge on the Kedarnath route have been damaged, following heavy rain in the area informed Uttarakhand State Disaster Secretary Vinod Kumar Suman on Thursday.
Speaking to ANI, Suresh said that the death toll has been increasing every day in Wayanad. He added that Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi did not go to Wayanad on Wednesday because of the weather conditions.
Protests outside the coaching institutes in Delhi's Rajinder Nagar continued for the fifth day on Thursday after three UPSC aspirants lost their lives in a flooding incident at the basement of the IAS coaching centre.
Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday headed to Wayanad to take stock of the situation of the constituency, which has been rocked by massive landslides leading to 167 deaths.
The United States has reached a plea deal with alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two other defendants, the US Department of Defence said on Wednesday (local time).
Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin sent condolence messages to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Droupadi Murmu over landslides in Wayanad
Iran offered condolences on the killing of Hamas Political Bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh in an attack in Iran's capital, Tehran and stated that Mujahid's death, who spent his life fighting against Israel, "will not go in vain."
Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) Commissioner Ashwani Kumar met a delegation of UPSC aspirants at the agency headquarters on Wednesday amid protests following the deaths of three students at a coaching centre in Old Rajinder Nagar in Delhi.