May 21, 2026 11:30 pm (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
Big twist in RG Kar case! Calcutta HC orders fresh probe into evidence destruction allegations | Pulwama mastermind Hamza Burhan shot dead in PoK by unknown gunmen: Reports | NIA arrests Kolkata man for spying for Pakistan intelligence network | Cockroach Janta Party X handle withheld! Founder Abhijeet Dipke launches comeback account | Bengal govt makes Vande Mataram compulsory in all madrasas, extends school directive | RBI on alert! Interest rate hike may be coming as rupee crashes to fresh low | Big relief for Maharashtra employees! Fadnavis govt hikes DA to 60% | Twisha Sharma death mystery deepens as crucial evidence ‘not shared’ during autopsy: Report | Balcony Smiles, Colosseum Walks and ‘Melodi’ Magic: Modi-Meloni Chemistry Has The Internet Swooning Again | Big relief signal for Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam? Supreme Court questions earlier bail denial

Andhra Pradesh: Boat capsizes in Anantapur, 13 killed

| | Apr 29, 2017, at 04:56 am
Anantapur , Apr 28 (IBNS): At least 13 people were drowned when the ferry, in which they were travelling, capsized in a water body in Andhra Pradesh's Anantapur district on Friday, media reports said.

They were reportedly belonging to the same family.

Four people are still missing.

The mishap occurred in Yerra Timmaraju Cheruvu tank.

Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu mourned the loss of lives in the mishap.

"Saddened to hear about the boat mishap in Anantapur, the situation is being monitored and thorough search operations are being conducted," he tweeted.

 

Image: Wikimedia Commons

 

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.