Indian coast guard captures Pakistan boat, seven arrestedSeptember 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.
Security beefed-up in Mumbai ahead of Clinton's visitJuly 17th, 2009 MUMBAI - Mumbai witnessed tightened security measures today, following intelligence agencies warning about possible militant strikes in at least seven places in the country. The beefed up security arrangements are also being attributed to the fact that US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton will begin her five-day visit to India by landing in Mumbai today around 10 pm and spending a day in the city.
Panel reviews security measures on western coastJuly 11th, 2009 MUMBAI - A joint security mechanism formed after the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks Saturday reviewed coastal security measures at a meeting here, an official said. The Joint Operations Centre (West) (JOC-W) is headed by the commander of the navy's western command and includes representatives of the Coast Guard, the Maharashtra Police, the Mumbai police, the Mumbai Port Trust and the customs and fisheries departments.
Indian Coast Guard rescues a police boat off Mumbai coastJuly 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.
Chidambaram inaugurates NSG Chennai hubJuly 1st, 2009 CHENNAI - Union Home Minister P Chidambaram inaugurated the second hub of the National Security Guard (NSG) at Nedunkundaram near Chennai, here this morning. This is the first hub of the elite commando unit in South India.
Operationalisation of National Security Guard hub at MumbaiJune 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - After the Mumbai terror attacks, the National Security Guard (NSG) hub at Mumbai will be operationalised on Tuesday. The NSG hubs at Chennai, Hyderabad and Kolkata will become operational on July 1.
High-level committee to review coastal securityJune 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Government on Thursday set up a high level committee under the chairmanship of Cabinet Secretary K M Chandrasekhar to review the measures taken for coastal security at regular intervals and monitor developments taken after the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks. The other members of the committee will include the Chief of Naval Staff, Secretaries of all concerned Ministries such as Defence, Home, Petroleum and Chief Secretaries of Coastal States.
Navy commanders meet to review coastal security in Visakhapatnam todayApril 13th, 2009 VISAKHAPATNAM - Naval commanders will meet in the port city of Visakhapatnam today to review the coastal security situation. The commanders are likely to talk about the special security measures laid down by the government.
Navy to head Indian maritime security: AntonyFebruary 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.
Post Mumbai, fast track military purchases justified: governmentFebruary 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.
Alert after speedboats vanish off Mumbai coastFebruary 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.
Mumbai relieved, 'mysterious' boats belong to armyFebruary 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.
NSG flip-flop on Mumbai's Al Qaeda linkFebruary 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - J.K. Dutt, chief of the National Security Guard (NSG), Wednesday blamed the Mumbai terror attack on Al Qaeda, Taliban and Lashker-e-Taiba (LeT).
PM sanctions Rs.200 mn for NSG welfare fundJanuary 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday sanctioned a grant of Rs.200 million for the welfare fund of the country's elite National Security Guard (NSG). 'Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has sanctioned a grant of Rs.20 crore out of the National Defence Fund for augmenting the corpus of the National Security Guard (NSG) central welfare fund,' the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) said here Tuesday evening.
Elite German force chief may visit to discuss NSG trainingJanuary 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Chief of the German counter-terrorism force GSG-9 Olaf Lindner is likely to visit India next week to discuss counter-terrorism training for the National Security Guard (NSG) that is modelled on it. Lindner's visit follows an agreement between the two countries in the aftermath of the Mumbai terror attack that the GSG-9 would help train and upgrade the NSG, which was set up over two decades ago and is now being expanded to have six regional hubs.
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