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Rameswaram (Tamil Nadu), February 27 – Nearly 4,000 Indian pilgrims set sail on Friday for the uninhabited Katchatheevu islet to participate in the annual two-day festival, which will officially begin at 4 pm at the St Antony's Church, officials said.The festival marks a significant moment of...

Kavaratti (Lakshadweep), February 25 The SAC conducted a joint maritime exercise called 'Kalari Leap' in the Lakshadweep and Minicoy archipelago with the AFSOD and the Indian Coast Guard (ICG).The exercise was designed to validate joint planning, rapid force projection, and precise execution...

Ahmedabad, February 23 Gujarat Director General of Police K L N Rao reviewed the security in the border areas of Kutch, which shares international and maritime boundaries with Pakistan, officials said on Monday.He discussed ways to establish strong coordination between various security...

New Delhi, February 23 – Nemesio Ruben Oseguera Cervantes, better known as “El Mencho,” Mexico’s most wanted and dangerous drug lord, was killed in a military operation. Following his death, there was coordinated violence across several Mexican states, prompting advisories from India, the US...

Ahmedabad, February 22 The Indian Coast Guard has intercepted a foreign vessel in the Arabian Sea off Gujarat and apprehended four Iranian nationals after seizing 200 cartons of foreign brand cigarettes worth nearly Rs 5 crore, the ICG said on Sunday.The operation took place on Saturday off...

Ahmedabad, February 19 Gujarat Director General of Police (DGP) K L N Rao will chair a conference in Bhuj on February 21 and 22 to discuss ways to strengthen security arrangements along the India-Pakistan border and the coastline of Kutch, officials said on Thursday.He will also review the...

Bhuj, February 19 – Gujarat Director General of Police (DGP), Dr. K.L.N. Rao, is scheduled to begin a two-day visit to the border regions of the Kutch district on February 21-22 to assess the security measures in place for villages located near the India-Pakistan international border, as well as...

Feb 18, New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu, as the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, reviewed the International Fleet Review (IFR) 2026 in Visakhapatnam on Wednesday.A total of 85 ships, including 19 foreign warships, participated in the fleet review, reflecting the scale and diversity...

February 17, New Delhi — In an overnight operation on Monday, the Indian Coast Guard, along with the Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad, intercepted a foreign fishing vessel suspected of drug smuggling near the purported International Maritime Boundary Line.Despite the pitch-dark conditions, the ICG...

Ahmedabad/Porbandar, February 17 – The Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) and the Indian Coast Guard have seized 203 kilograms of a suspected narcotic substance from an Iranian speedboat intercepted nearly 140 nautical miles off the Porbandar coast, following an eight to 10-hour joint operation...

Kolkata, February 17 – One Bangladeshi fishing boat, along with 28 crew members, was apprehended in the Bay of Bengal for illegally fishing in India's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) said on Tuesday.The force said that the Bangladeshis, along with their boat, were...

Kolkata, February 16 – The Indian Coast Guard seized a Bangladeshi fishing trawler and detained 28 Bangladeshi fishermen for entering Indian waters in violation of maritime boundaries.The Indian Coast Guard transported the trawler and the fishermen to the Fraserganj Fisheries Port in the South...

New Delhi, February 12 The Ministry of Defence signed a ₹2,312 crore contract with state-owned aerospace major Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd on Thursday to procure eight Dornier aircraft for the Indian Coast Guard.The procurement programme was finalized in the presence of Defence Secretary Rajesh...