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Hyderabad: In the early hours of Tuesday, an earthquake of magnitude 7.7 on the Richter scale hit Flores Sea in Indonesia, roughly 4,300 km away from the Bay of Bengal. Within minutes of Indonesia issuing a local Tsunami warning, Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Sciences (INCOIS), the Hyderabad-based Indian tsunami warning agency issued a […]

Suryapet: Stating that Telangana was witnessing a blue revolution, Energy Minister G Jagadish Reddy on Thursday said that Integrated Fisheries Development Scheme (IFDS) has improved the livelihood of fishermen and also made fish available for consumption in the State. Releasing fishlings into the Pedda Cheruvu of Nemmikal of Athmakur(S) mandal in the district, Jagadish Reddy […]

Karimnagar: Finance Minister T Harish Rao said that a Rs 6 lakh insurance facility would be provided to fishermen on par with Rythu Bima. Mobile fish outlets would also be sanctioned to all mandals in the coming days. Speaking at a Mudiraj community meeting held in Veenavanka on Wednesday, Harish Rao said that previous governments […]

TITA Global President Sundeep Kumar Makthala met fishermen at the banks of the river Krishna and discussed with them various issues they were facing.

Residents of Dharmapuri temple town, Baki Rajanarsu (58) and his son Mahender (30) were struck by lightning while they were arranging nets to hunt fish in Godavari river

Chief Minister Vijay Rupani took the decision about the relief package after reviewing the situation during a meeting on Tuesday evening, an official release said.

According to state government officials, three boats, which were tied at the Veraval harbour, drifted into the sea in the early hours of Tuesday.

Following a complaint, the ACB officials have caught Fisheries Department Deputy Director Mohammed Khadeer Ahmed in his office in Karimnagar town for accepting bribe of Rs 40,000 and Senior Assistant Anjaiah

The boat, IFB Rabah, with 14 fishermen on board, had set off from Beypore in Kozhikode district of Kerala Sunday evening.

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre, said the victims' kin have consented for compensation of Rs 10 crore above the ex-gratia amount already paid in the case.

Smooth-coated otter was listed as an endangered animal by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

Earlier, Rahul Gandhi had demanded the setting up of a separate ministry for fisheries at a meeting in Puducherry.

Since the district received heavy rains in the last monsoon, all the water bodies in the district are brimming

Under Integrated Fisheries Development scheme, the Minister said fishermen were being given mopeds, four-wheelers, fishing nets, mobile fish kiosks and other facilities at subsidised rates.

A total of 22 fishermen were onboard the ill-fated boat at the time of the incident, police said.

Speaking to ANI, Arunpal Singh, Protocol Officer (Police) said, "These fishermen had entered India mistakenly and have completed their imprisonment. They are being handed over to Pakistan."

Ramesh and Rajabapu drowned when the boat capsized at a deepest spot of the project allegedly due to overload, when the five were casting nets in it for catching fish.

This year, some 500 migrants have died trying to cross the Central Mediterranean.