Mumbai coast oil spill stops ship movement; Moradabad exporters incur losses
August 14th, 2010 - 5:02 pm ICT by ANI
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0By Vibhav PoravMoradabad, Aug 14 (ANI): Exporters in Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad district ... Read more...
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Jairam Ramesh visits oil spill site
August 14th, 2010 - 1:57 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 14 (IANS) A week after the ship collision, Union Minister for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh Saturday visited the site of the oil spill off Mumbai coast to take stock ... Read more...
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Mumbai ports eager to resume normal operations
August 12th, 2010 - 10:01 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 12 (IANS) The government's prime concern is to restore normalcy at the Mumbai Port Trust (MbPT) and Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) at the earliest, Shipping Minister G.K. Vasan said ... Read more...
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Maritime activity resumes five days after collision (Lead)
August 12th, 2010 - 9:23 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 12 (IANS) Five days after two ships collided near the Mumbai harbour, leading to a massive oil spill, maritime activity resumed Thursday with the help of the Indian Navy, an ... Read more...
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Skeletal maritime activity resumes after ship-collision
August 12th, 2010 - 4:46 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 12 (IANS) Five days after two ships collided near Mumbai harbour, skeletal maritime activity was resumed here early Thursday, an official said.
Seven ships have so far been allowed in and ... Read more...
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After ships collide, captains on collision course
August 11th, 2010 - 11:23 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 11 (IANS) After the devastating mid-sea collision of two massive cargo container ships off the Mumbai coast, the captains of both the vessels appeared to be on a collision course ... Read more...
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Companies rule out ports closure hitting fuel supply
August 11th, 2010 - 3:11 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 11 (IANS) State-run oil marketing companies have ruled out a fuel shortage following the closure of the Jawaharlal Nehru and Mumbai ports, which has disrupted shipment of crude oil to ... Read more...
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The Navy, Coast Guard tries to contain oil spill off Mumbai coast
August 9th, 2010 - 8:42 pm ICT by ANI
Mumbai, Aug 9 (ANI): The Navy and the Coast Guard are continuing their effort to contain the oil spill off the coast of Mumbai on Monday caused by the collision between two ... Read more...
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Indian Navy, Coast Guard making frantic efforts as Mumbai oil slick spreads
August 9th, 2010 - 3:11 pm ICT by ANI
Mumbai, Aug 9 (ANI): The Indian Navy and Coast Guard are making frantic efforts to contain the oil leak following the collision of two cargo ships off the Mumbai coast, which has ... Read more...
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Efforts on to check oil spill off Mumbai (Lead)
August 8th, 2010 - 9:21 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 8 (IANS) The authorities Sunday launched efforts on a war footing to combat the oil spill from a Panaman ship which crashed into another vessel in Mumbai harbour, an official ... Read more...
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Panamanian ships collide near Mumbai, 33 sailors rescued
August 7th, 2010 - 5:26 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 7 (IANS) The Indian Coast Guard rescued all 33 sailors from two Panamanian cargo ships which collided off the Mumbai Harbour here Saturday morning, an official said.
The two vessels -- ... Read more...
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British ship found after 157 years in Canada
July 30th, 2010 - 8:32 am ICT by IANS
Washington, July 30 (DPA) Canadian scientists said Thursday that they have rediscovered the HMS Investigator, a famous British rescue ship that got trapped in Arctic ice 157 years ago while trying to ... Read more...
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Oil flow stopped at BP oil well
July 16th, 2010 - 2:03 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, July 16 (IANS) For the first time in nearly three months, oil has stopped flowing into the Gulf of Mexico as a robotic submersible slowly closed a valve ... Read more...
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Obama calls for clarification of ‘facts’ after Gaza flotilla clashes
June 1st, 2010 - 5:45 am ICT by BNO News
WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday told Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu that "he deeply regretted the loss of life" and called for clarification of the "facts" after ... Read more...
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Abbas orders three days of mourning after ’slaughter’ at sea
May 31st, 2010 - 3:47 pm ICT by BNO News
JERUSALEM (BNO NEWS) -- Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday ordered three days of mourning after the deadly clashes between pro-Palestinian campaigners and the Israeli Navy, Israeli media reported.President Abbas condemned ... Read more...
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Ship collision causes oil spill off Singapore coast
May 25th, 2010 - 3:40 pm ICT by BNO News
SINGAPORE (BNO NEWS) -- An estimated 2,000 tonnes of crude oil may have spilled into the Singapore Strait after two ships collided off Singapore's southeastern coast on early Tuesday, authorities said.The collision ... Read more...
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Six Somali pirates get death sentence in Yemen
May 18th, 2010 - 6:21 pm ICT by IANS
Sana'a (Yemen), May 18 (DPA) A Yemeni state security court Tuesday convicted six Somalis to death, and sentenced six others to 10 years in jail, for attacking two Yemeni oil tankers and ... Read more...
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India-Singapore annual naval exercise begins Saturday
April 2nd, 2010 - 6:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) The Indian and Singaporean navies will undertake their annual fortnight-long SIMBEX exercise off the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and in the Bay of Bengal from ... Read more...
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Iran’s nuclear program monitoring committee issued a briefing
March 5th, 2010 - 4:09 am ICT by BNO News
UNITED NATIONS (BNO NEWS) – The United Nations announced Thursday that the Security Council was briefed by the head of its committee that is monitoring Iran’s nuclear program.The Council, which consists of ... Read more...
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Multi-nation exercise Milan concludes successfully in Andaman
February 8th, 2010 - 9:40 pm ICT by ANI
By Praful Kumar SinghPort Blair, Feb 8 (ANI): The multination naval exercise hosted by the Indian Navy at Andaman and Nicobar islands with an aim to build mutual confidence between the navies ... Read more...
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Agni-III successfully test fired, ready for induction (Third Lead)
February 7th, 2010 - 6:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Bhadrak, Feb 7 (IANS) India Sunday successfully test-fired its indigenous nuclear-capable Agni-III missile with a range of over 3,000-km and which can hit targets deep in China, paving the way for ... Read more...
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Navy Chief says Milan not a security bloc
February 5th, 2010 - 4:20 pm ICT by ANI
Port Blair, Feb 5 (ANI): Navy Chief Admiral Nirmal Verma on Friday said that Exercise Milan, the largest naval conglomeration hosted by India, is not a security bloc aimed at any particular ... Read more...
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Indian Navy’s largest war game begins in Andaman
February 5th, 2010 - 10:51 am ICT by ANI
Port Blair, Feb 5 (ANI): Exercise Milan, the largest four-day naval war game hosted by India started on Friday with the participation of 12 navies of the Asia-Pacific region within the context ... Read more...
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1,415 Canadians missing in Haiti
January 16th, 2010 - 10:25 am ICT by IANS
Toronto, Jan 16 (IANS) Canada confirmed Friday that a former MP is among 1,415 of its nationals missing in Haiti after this week's devastating earthquake which may have killed more than 100,000 ... Read more...
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India-China to hold joint army exercise in 2011
January 11th, 2010 - 8:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) The Indian and Chinese armies will conduct their next round of joint military exercises in 2011, three years after they initiated the process, an official said Monday
The ... Read more...
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International media parks itself in cruise liner for CHOGM summit
November 27th, 2009 - 8:40 am ICT by ANI
Port of Spain, Nov.27 (ANI): The Caribbean Princess is a little city in itself and is one of two cruise liners placed at the seafront not far from the Hyatt Hotel, the ... Read more...
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Indian warships to stay in Gulf of Aden till piracy ends: official
November 9th, 2009 - 2:46 pm ICT by IANS
Paradip (Orissa), Nov 9 (IANS) The Indian Navy warships stationed in the Gulf of Aden to protect Indian merchant ships from frequent attacks by Somali pirates will remain in the region until ... Read more...
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The Largest Cruise Terminal Of The World Open At Port Everglades
November 8th, 2009 - 7:47 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
South Florida, Nov.8, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Friday witnessed the opening of the biggest ever cruise terminal in the world at Port Everglades. The event took place almost 7 days before the ... Read more...
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“Whale Wars” Joined By EarthRace
October 29th, 2009 - 6:23 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Oct. 29, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The weekly documentary "Whale Wars", featuring Paul Watson, as the captain of the crew 'Sea Shepherd' is now not alone in his venture to stop whale ... Read more...
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Search team to hunt for Polish explorer’s plane that got lost in 1928
August 24th, 2009 - 2:42 pm ICT by ANI
London, August 24 (ANI): A Norwegian team is set to embark on an expedition to find the submerged wreck of a plane which carried Norway's great polar explorer Roald Amundsen in 1928. ... Read more...
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Indian Coast Guard jawans rescue 20 crew members from Arabian sea
June 28th, 2009 - 11:13 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, June 28 (ANI): The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) jawans in a heroic act on Saturday rescued 20 crew members of two ships, which had sunk two days back 20 nautical ... Read more...
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Two ships sink off Gujarat coast, 20 rescued
June 26th, 2009 - 8:59 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 26 (IANS) Two Indian ships sank at different locations in the Arabian Sea off the Gujarat coast Thursday. There were no casualties and 20 crew members were rescued, an Indian ... Read more...
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Saudi ship caught in storm, feared sunk off Gujarat coast
June 25th, 2009 - 5:30 pm ICT by IANS
Okha (Gujarat), June 25 (IANS) A Saudi merchant ship named Al-Jawaz-e-Karam was reported missing and feared sunk about 12 nautical miles off the Okha port in the deep waters of the ... Read more...
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Air France plane experienced technical problems before crash (Lead)
June 6th, 2009 - 8:50 pm ICT by IANS
Paris, June 6 (DPA) Signals from the Air France jetliner that vanished over the Atlantic suggest that the aircraft experienced a number of technical breakdowns before it plunged into the sea, ... Read more...
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Pakistani Navy to induct two Chinese-built frigates
June 4th, 2009 - 6:19 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 4 (IANS) The Pakistani Navy's combat capabilities will be greatly enhanced with the induction later this year of two Chinese-built state-of-the art frigates later this year.
"The construction of the first ... Read more...
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