The Gujarat government has announced a relief package of Rs 105 crore for fishermen affected by cyclone Tauktae which caused severe damage in the state's coastal belt last month, officials said on Wednesday.
Though the BJP will form the next government in Gujarat after a sixth straight victory in the state, the results came as a blow to the party with six of its ministers and the Speaker of the Assembly, Ramanlal Vora, losing to the Congress.
Rajkot: Already reeling under the destruction caused by cyclone Tauktae, the cattle breeders of Amreli district are now witnessing a 30% reduction in .
William Dobbs didn’t miss the boat.
But the ship the young soldier was assigned to take from North Africa to the China-Burma-India theatre during World War II, His Majesty’s Transport Rajula, had to turn back to port. It couldn’t keep up with its sister ship, HMT Rohna, in a convoy crossing the Mediterranean.
Too many barnacles attached to its hull and engine trouble slowing the ship down might have saved Dobbs’ life.
As he looks back on his war experiences this Memorial Day, Dobbs a North Jersey native now living in Warminster took time to remember the 124 members of his 31st Signal and Construction Battalion who were among 1,015 American soldiers killed when a Nazi-guided missile sunk the Rohna on Nov. 26, 1943.