Indian Coast Guard rescues a police boat off Mumbai coast

October 4th, 2009 VADAKARA - A North Korean ship, Hyang Ro, has been detained by the Indian Navy and the Coast Guard off the coast of Kerala at Vadakara in Kozhikode district. According to a Navy spokesperson, a North Korean ship was detained after it anchored in Indian waters without mandatory clearance from authorities.

September 26th, 2009 GANDHINAGAR - Indian Coast Guard reportedly captured a suspicious Pakistani Boat which intruded the Indian waters on the Gujarat coast on Saturday evening. The Coast Guard arrested seven Pakistan nationals riding the boat, a Zee News report stated.

September 19th, 2009 CHENNAI/ MUMBAI - As part of spreading awareness about cleanliness, International Coastal Cleanup day was organized by the Indian Coast Guard in Chennai and Mumbai on Saturday to clean the beaches of India. Thousands of volunteers from schools, colleges, non-governmental organizations, civil administration and government organizations gathered around the main beaches to execute a mass cleanup operation.

June 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - 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 miles off Okha coast due to rough weather in the Arabian sea. The ships were returning from Dubai but due to rough weather they got stranded in the Arabian sea.

March 24th, 2009 PORBANDER - The Coast Guard have cautioned the Gujarat customs against inadvertently straying into Pakistani waters, an error that hundreds of Indian fishermen commit while operating close to the country's maritime boundary. 'We have been conveying a cautionary note to the field formations of Gujarat customs personnel patrolling on boats not only to be wary of their co-ordinates (position) while patrolling about 30 nautical miles off Jhakhau's coastal waters close to the Gulf of Kutch but also report on any boat of the Pakistani Maritime Agency spotted far into the Indian side,' a senior Coast Guard official told IANS.

March 2nd, 2009 AHMEDABAD - The Coast Guard has roped in fishermen to tip them off on suspected terrorists who might use the 1,600-km Gujarat coastline to infiltrate the country as the 26/11 attackers had used the sea route from Pakistan to India. The Coast Guard has been educating fishermen at Okha, Jakhau, Valsad and Porbander ports to be alert and inform about any suspicious movements of vessels or people on boats by calling the toll-free number 1554, a senior coast guard official told IANS from Jamnagar over phone.

February 28th, 2009 KOCHI - The Indian Navy will be responsible for the overall maritime security of the country, including coastal and off-shore security, Defence Minister A.K. Antony announced Saturday.

February 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The government Wednesday defended the fast track military hardware purchases in the wake of the Mumbai terror attacks, saying the acquisitions could not be left to normal procedures that would take three-four years to fructify. 'After Mumbai, we have to strengthen the Coast Guard and the navy,' Defence Minister A.K.

February 23rd, 2009 MUMBAI - Mumbai Police, the Coast Guard and Indian Navy were on alert Sunday after fishermen reported sighting two apparently mysterious speedboasts off the coast near here, an official said. The Coast Guard's ships and an aircraft were searching the Arabian Sea coast off Mumbai to trace out the two mysterious speedboats, the Coast Guard official said in the evening.

February 23rd, 2009 MUMBAI - The Coast Guard and Mumbai Police were on alert after fishermen reported sighting two unidentified speedboats Sunday afternoon off the north Mumbai coast, an official said. Some fishermen saw the speedboats around 110 km to the north near Tarapur, where sensitive installations of national importance are located.

February 23rd, 2009 MUMBAI - Fishermen reported mysterious spotting and disappearance of two speedboats near the Mumbai coast, raising alarms here Sunday, but the Coast Guard later said the vessels belonged to the Indian Army. A Coast Guard spokesman said the army speedboats were on a sailing expedition from Mumbai to Porbandar in Gujarat when they were spotted around the Satpati coast near Palghar sub-district, around 110 km north of Mumbai.

February 1st, 2009 AHMEDABAD - A day after the Indian Coast Guard apprehended four Pakistani fishing boats off the Gujarat coast, the 26 crew members were Monday handed over to police for interrogation, an official said. Wing Commander Satish Menon told IANS that the Coast Guard vessel 'Tarabai' had apprehended the four Pakistani fishing boats - 'al Imran', 'al Basheer', 'Bismillah' and 'Abdullah' - Sunday evening off Jakhau coast following a tip-off about the boats being in Indian waters.

January 14th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - The Indian coast guard Thursday evening seized two Pakistani boats with 17 Pakistanis onboard off the Gujarat coast for straying into Indian waters, the police said. The boat was seized at Jakhau.

January 12th, 2009 PANAJI - A fishermen's body has accused Coast Guard and Indian Navy officials of harassing and assaulting fishermen working on trawlers in the Arabian Sea. The Coast Guard Tuesday denied the charge.

December 27th, 2008 NEW DELHI - Donning a humanitarian role, the Indian Navy and Coast Guard have rescued about 100 Bangaldeshis, who were illegally taken to Thailand for fishing, and were drifting in the Indian Ocean for 12 days, an official here said Sunday. The Bangladeshis, rescued off the Andaman and Nicobar islands, were being interrogated at the Little Andaman Island.