The Indian Navy has once again responded to a piracy attack on a merchant vessel, Bangladesh-flagged MV Abdullah, but could not intervene because the crew had been taken hostage by the armed pirates. The pirates have taken the hijacked vessel, which was enroute to UAE from Mozambique, to the territorial waters of Somalia.

Kavitha, a member of the Telangana Legislative Council, was arrested by the central probe agency at 5:20pm from her Banjara Hills residence in Hyderabad.

“The turnaround of the first team of personnel who were operating the ALH helicopter has been completed. The first batch of people that had to be replaced has been completed. The turnaround has happened,” external affairs ministry spokesperson