NEW DELHI: The depression in the Bay of Bengal has intensified into a cyclonic storm, and lies centred 400 km east of Chennai on Tuesday evening.

According to a bulletin issued by the India Meteorological Department, the system is likely to intensify further and cross the Andhra Pradesh coast, between Ongole and Visakhapatnam, by the early hours of Thursday.

BHUBANESWAR: Orissa Monday hoisted storm warning signal in four of its ports as a depression formed over south-east Bay of Bengal was likely to intensify into a cyclonic storm, an official said.

Hyderabad, May 17: The state government on Sunday alerted the collectors of all the coastal districts about the formation of a depression in the Bay of Bengal.

Visakhapatnam, May 5: The Visakhapatnam zonal base of Fishery Survey of India would hold two-day national inception workshop here on the

Sriharikota (AP): The first test flight of India's indigenously developed cryogenic upper stage was "not successful" as the vehicle lost control 293 seconds after the launch and crashed into the Bay of Bengal.

Once a flashpoint in Indo-Bangla ties, the New Moore island or Purbasha in the Bay of Bengal, which Dhaka called the South Talpatti, has ceased to exist, consumed by hungry tides and the rising sea.

This was announced on Monday by the School of Oceanographic Studies, Jadavpur University after it scrutinised recent satellite maps of the region.