Gujarat: One dead, one missing after boat capsizes during oil survey in Gulf of Khambhat
Bharuch (PTI): One person died and another went missing after a boat carrying oil survey workers capsized due to high tide in an estuary near Gulf of Khambhat in Gujarat's Jambusar, a police official said on Sunday.
The incident occurred around 4 pm on Saturday, he added. Videos captured by locals show the boat losing control before capsizing, with people onboard shouting for help.
"The deceased has been identified as Rohit Makwana, the owner of the boat. Five other persons sustained injuries and were rescued with the help of locals and nearby sailors. A search operation is underway for missing worker Naresh Rathod," the Jambusar police station official said.
The workers were returning after carrying out an oil exploration survey for a private company, when the boat overturned following a sudden rise in tidal waves, he explained.
Efforts to reach the company for a statement were unsuccessful.
An accidental death case has been registered, the official said.
Gulf of Khambhat in Gujarat is a well-known region for oil and natural gas exploration.
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'Ab kya hoga, ye rab jane...': Tharoor takes dig at failed US-Iran talks in Pakistan
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New Delhi (PTI): Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Monday took a swipe at the "failed" US-Iran peace talks in Pakistan with an Urdu couplet, saying only god knows now what will happen.
"Ab kya hoga, ye rab jane; Na woh mane, na ye mane (only god knows what will happen now as both sides did not agree)," Tharoor said on X, tagging a post-talks video clip of US Vice President J D Vance, who led the American delegation at the negotiations in Islamabad.
The United States and Iran failed to reach a peace deal at their historic 21-hour talks in Pakistan, leaving the fate of a tenuous two-week ceasefire in doubt, with both sides attempting to hold each other responsible for the collapse of the negotiations.
अब क्या होगा, ये रब जाने
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) April 13, 2026
ना वो माने, ना ये माने https://t.co/DYrXpa7C8h
Vance said the Iranian side did not accept Washington's terms for ending the war even as the US presented its "final and best offer".
Hours after the talks collapsed, US President Donald Trump said on social media that the negotiations with Tehran failed as "Iran is unwilling to give up its nuclear ambitions".
Trump said the US Navy will actively interdict any vessel in international waters found to have paid tolls to Iran for transiting through the Strait of Hormuz, a critical shipping route that handles roughly 20 per cent of global oil and LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas).
Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the head of the Iranian negotiation team, said it is for the US to decide whether it can "earn our trust or not".
The Iranian foreign ministry, without elaborating, said the US side resorted to "excessive" and "illegal demands".
The failure to reach an agreement has dimmed the prospect of reopening the Strait of Hormuz to stabilise the global energy marke
