Coast Guard

The huge consignment of Methamphetamine drug was supposed to be delivered in Thailand and could be part of drug cartels, police sources said.

Coast Guard seizes vessel carrying 6,000 kg methamphetamine

The drugs were found packed in around 3,000 packets of 2 kg each, which are worth several crores of rupees in the international market.

Coast Guard helicopter crashes into sea off Gujarat coast; 3 crew members missing

While one of the four crew members on board the ICG's advanced light helicopter (ALH) was rescued, a search operation is on for three others.

Coast Guard Director General Rakesh Pal passes away due to cardiac arrest in Chennai

He had taken charge as the 25th Director General of the Indian Coast Guard on July 19 last year.

Major blaze on merchant navy ship off Karnataka coast extinguished: Coast Guard

"The vessel is presently 13 nautical miles west of New Mangalore and heading towards open sea," the ICG stated in a release

Japan Coast Guard ship arrives in Chennai for joint exercise

The joint exercise, being coordinated by Headquarters, Coast Guard Region East, will be held on January 12 off the coast of Chennai, a Defence release said.

Coast Guard plane wasn’t cleared for runway before Tokyo crash

The readout of communications just prior to the crash was released on January 3 by Japanese officials in Tokyo. It appears to contradict the coast guard captain, who reportedly said he had “obtained permission to take off.”

Coast Guard helicopter crashes soon after takeoff, one injured

Sources said the chopper, which was on a training flight, crashed as it began taking off from the helipad.

Ten people from missing Japanese boat confirmed dead, says coast guard: Report

There were 24 passengers, two of them children, and two crew members on board.

ONGC mid-sea mishap: Vessel Varaprada with 11 people still missing

As hopes begin to sink, it continues to out of range and was last reported on May 17 at around 9.24 am

Indian coast guard rescues 81 Rohingya on drifting boat, 8 dead, one missing

Another refugee was missing, External Affairs Ministry spokesman Anurag Srivastava said on Thursday, giving news of the rescue.

Coast Guard fully geared up for cyclonic storm 'Bulbul'

The team of Commandant Deepak Singh, Coast Guard, Haldia, is also keeping a close watch on the situation.

Interceptor boat handed over to Indian Coast Guard

The vessel is the sixth of a series of 15 such interceptor boats delivered by BDIL.

PM to perform bhoomipujan of Shivaji memorial shortly:Fadnavis

Maharashtra government has received all the necessary clearances from all authorities concerned for setting up of a huge statue of Maratha warrior king Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj off Arabian Sea in Mumbai.

Govt to amend Shipbreaking Code; invites stakeholders comments

Government has decided to amend the Shipbreaking Code, 2013, to address issues like disposal of radioactive materials and oil spills

Defence ministry red-faced on coast guard DIG‘s claims

The DIG made a bombastic claim in Surat on 16 February and said the Pakistani boat was blown off under his orders. He claimed he told his men who were following the boat, "Blow the boat off We don‘t want to serve them biryani".

ISRO launches GSLV-3 from Sriharikota

The operation is expected to continue for approximately 20 minutes and the capsule is expected to be recovered in the Bay of Bengal by the Coast Guard and a team of ISRO's officials stationed near the Andamans Islands.

Number of IAF officers leaving force doubles in three years

The number of officers taking premature retirement from the Indian Air Force (IAF) has shot up by more than 90% in last three years, according to the Defence Ministry.

Fishermen deaths: Italian ship crew members detained

The Italian Consul General, Giampaolo Cutillo, was meeting Kochi Police commissioner MR Ajay Kumar on Friday over the killing of two Indian fishermen by the guards of an Italian ship off the coast of Kochi on Thursday.

Coast Guard to Italian captain: Go back aboard!

"You go on board! Is that clear? Do you hear me?" the Coast Guard officer shouted as the captain of the grounded Costa Concordia sat safe in a life raft and frantic passengers struggled to escape after the ship rammed into a reef off the Tuscan coast.

Oil leakage from sunken ship on the decline: DGS

The Directorate of Shipping (DGS) today said the rate at which oil is leaking from the sunken ship M V Rak has come down to a third from its peak.

No cause of concern over oil spill, says Natarajan

Ruling out any cause of concern over the oil spill from a sunk cargo vessel off the Mumbai coast, Union Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan today asked the pollution authority to lift samples of the slick.

Oil spill from sunken ship has decreased: Coast Guard

The oil spill from cargo vessel MV Rak off the Mumbai coast has decreased in quantum as compared to yesterday even as the authorities continued their efforts to neutralise resultant environmental pollution.

ABG Shipyard expects govt to up subsidies in FY12

D Datar, CFO of ABG Shipyard tells CNBC-TV18 that EBITDA shrink in Q4 was mainly due to servicing the Coast Guard which does not draw subsidy. The project is nearing completion, and hence, the subsidy is expected to go up, he says.