Indian Coast Guard Station to be commissioned at Karwar

October 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Defence Minister AK Antony on Wednesday announced a quantum jump in the number of Indian Coast Guard personnel to make it a potent force to counter terrorism from the sea. Addressing the 28th Coast Guard Commanders' Conference here, he said the Government has sanctioned nearly 3,000 additional personnel at various levels and this needs to be filled up on a priority basis.

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.

August 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Commandant Deepak Sharma of the Indian Coast Guard has been decorated with this year's Tatrakshak Medal (Gallantry). According to a communiqui issued by the Coast Guard, President Pratibha Patil has also approved two Bar to Tatrakshak Medal (Gallantry) and three Meritorious Service award.

August 8th, 2009 PORTBLAIR - 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. Sources said the ship MV Musen, had dropped anchor off Andaman and Nicobar coast without taking permission from Indian authorities.

July 1st, 2009 MUMBAI - The Coast Guard on Wednesday rescued nine persons from a police patrol boat that got entangled in a fishing net under the newly opened Bandra-Worli Sea Link bridge in Mumbai. "We got the news around 7 in the morning that people were struck in swamp and thus were not able to come out due tidal conditions.

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.

April 11th, 2009 RAMESHWARAM - Indian Coast Guard officials handed over 34 Sri Lankan fishermen to the island's naval authorities here Saturday, an official said. The fishermen from southern Sri Lanka had trespassed into Indian waters and were arrested along with seven craft and a sizeable catch March 26.

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 1st, 2009 KOCHI - Against the backdrop of the increased terror threat from the sea, the Indian government Saturday unveiled measures to increase the security of the country's far-flung island territories and to raise a specialized 'Sagar Prahari Bal' marine security force to strengthen coastal security. Asserting that lessons need to be learnt after the 26/11 'tragic incident', Defence Minister A.K.

February 8th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - In the background of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attackers using the sea route to enter the country, the three wings of the Indian armed forces Monday jointly conducted one of their largest ever amphibious exercises - Tropez-2009 - at Madhavpur beach in Gujarat. This is the first time the Joint Doctrine on Amphibious Warfare of the Indian armed forces, formulated last year, was put into practise with its full scope.

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 18th, 2009 BHUJ - Seventeen Pakistani fishermen have been awaiting interrogation in this Gujarat city after they were caught for entering Indian waters at the Kori Creek last week. The fishermen, caught Thursday from the Kori Creek by the Coast Guard, are in the custody of the Narayan Sarovar Police Station and the police of the border district of Kutch have already interrogated them, police sources said Monday.

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.