India, Sri Lanka, Maldives hold maritime exercise
April 24th, 2012 - 11:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) India, Sri Lanka and Maldives have embarked on a five-day maritime exercise off the Maldivian coast to strengthen the capabilities of their coast guards to ... Read more...
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Ahead of naval war game, Antony reviews national security
February 6th, 2012 - 8:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) Ahead of his visit to Visakhapatnam to witness a major naval war game in the Bay of Bengal beginning Tuesday, Defence Minister A.K. Antony Monday ... Read more...
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US forces rescue six more Iranian sailors
January 11th, 2012 - 7:06 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 11 (IANS) US forces have rescued six more Iranian sailors in distress after freeing 13 Iranians from pirates earlier this week, the Pentagon said Tuesday.The rescue took place ... Read more...
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President to review Indian Navy fleet next month
November 22nd, 2011 - 9:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 22 (IANS) President Pratibha Patil, the supreme commander of the armed forces, will review Indian Navy's fleet in the Arabian Sea off Mumbai Dec 20, when ... Read more...
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South Asian nations seek total elimination of piracy
November 18th, 2011 - 9:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 18 (IANS) Maritime nations of Asia Friday want piracy eliminated from the Indian Ocean waters, even as it was projected that the cost of tackling Somali pirates ... Read more...
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Mumbai oil spill decreasing, say officials (Lead)
August 8th, 2011 - 11:13 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 8 (IANS) Indian defence and maritime authorities Monday said the oil spill from the sunken ship Rak Carrier has decreased, compared to a day earlier and that ... Read more...
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Mumbai oil spill decreasing: Defence ministry
August 8th, 2011 - 3:52 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 8 (IANS) Indian defence and maritime authorities Monday said the oil flow from the sunken ship Rak Carrier has decreased, compared to a day earlier.According to a statement ... Read more...
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Indian Navy saves Chinese ship from pirates (Roundup)
May 6th, 2011 - 6:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Mumbai, May 6 (IANS) Prompt action by the Indian Navy staved off a pirate attack on a Chinese cargo vessel far out in the Arabian Sea, forcing the brigands ... Read more...
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Indian Navy thwarts pirate attack; rescues Chinese vessel, crew (Lead, with Images)
May 6th, 2011 - 4:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) An attack by Somali pirates on a Chinese cargo ship with 24 crew members on board in the Arabian Sea was successfully thwarted by Indian ... Read more...
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Tragedy averted in Mumbai harbour (Lead)
March 23rd, 2011 - 12:35 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 22 (IANS) A tragedy was averted in Mumbai harbour last week when ill-fated container cargo ship MSC Chitra - which had partly sunk after a collision last August ... Read more...
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Another menacing pirate mother vessel neutralized by Indian Navy and Coast Guard
February 6th, 2011 - 9:44 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Feb 6(ANI): In a well coordinated and jointly conducted operation, the Indian Navy and the Coast Guard intercepted Prantalay-11, a pirate mother vessel which was being used by Somali pirates ... Read more...
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Navy, coast guard ships sink pirate mother-vessel
January 29th, 2011 - 8:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 29 (IANS) A pirate mother ship of Somali pirates was sunk by an Indian naval fast-attack craft in a gun battle in the Arabian Sea off Lakshadweep Islands Friday ... Read more...
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Ship with 24 Chinese crew sinks off Philippines
December 4th, 2010 - 4:28 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Dec 4 (IANS) A cargo ship with 24 Chinese crew on board sank in the waters off the Philippines Friday. Fourteen people have been saved while 10 were still missing, a ... Read more...
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23 crew members rescued from burning Liberian ship
March 27th, 2010 - 9:06 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 27 (IANS) The Indian Navy and Coast Guard Saturday rescued 23 crew members of a Liberian cargo ship MV Maersk Miami, which had caught fire in the high seas off ... Read more...
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Two Coast Guard men rescued from Sri Lankan fishermen
December 11th, 2009 - 6:38 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Dec 11 (IANS) The Indian Navy Friday afternoon rescued two Indian Coast Guard personnel held captive by two Sri Lankan fishermen in their boat since Wednesday.
"The Lankan fishing vessel was located ... Read more...
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Coastal security is Centre’s highest priority: Antony
November 25th, 2009 - 7:20 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Nov 25 (ANI): By giving top priority to coastal security the Union Government has placed an integrated approach to look after this.In a written reply to lawmaker A. Vijayaraghavan in ... Read more...
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India to have integrated coastal security: Antony
November 25th, 2009 - 5:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 25 (IANS) A day before the first anniversary of the attack on Mumbai by sea-borne terrorists, Defence Minister A.K. Antony Wednesday said an integrated approach has been put in ... Read more...
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Six trawlers, 50 Goan fishermen missing in cyclone
November 13th, 2009 - 12:35 am ICT by IANS
Panaji, Nov 12 (IANS) A senior Goa fisheries department official said Thursday that six trawlers, one canoe and more than 50 fishermen were missing in the aftermath of Cyclone Phyan, that passed ... Read more...
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Investigation of detained North Korean ship continuing
August 11th, 2009 - 2:56 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Aug 11 (ANI): Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Sureesh Mehta has said that interrogation of the crew of a suspicious North Korea ship detained by Indian coastguards at Andaman and ... Read more...
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Naval Chief says investigation of North Korean ship is going on
August 8th, 2009 - 4:46 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Aug 8 (ANI): Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Sureesh Mehta, said on Saturday that there was nothing to panic and the investigation of crewmembers of the North Korean ship detained ... Read more...
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Coast guard detains suspicious North Korean ship in Andaman
August 8th, 2009 - 1:48 pm ICT by ANI
Portblair, Aug 7 (ANI): The Indian Coast Guard detained a suspicious North Korean ship with 39 crew members on board late on Friday in the Indian Ocean near Andaman and Nicobar Island. ... Read more...
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Major security operation in Maharashtra, Gujarat following terror warning
April 24th, 2009 - 7:41 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 24 (IANS) Following intelligence reports about the possibility of terrorists sneaking into India through the sea route, security forces have completed a major three-day long operation code-named "Raah Bandh", according ... Read more...
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Canadian chopper crashes into Atlantic, 16 missing (Lead)
March 13th, 2009 - 9:13 am ICT by IANS
Toronto, March 13 (IANS) A Canadian helicopter with 18 people on board plunged into icy Atlantic waters Thursday morning off its Newfoundland coast.
One person was confirmed dead and another one was rescued. ... Read more...
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