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Coast Guard rescues 85 foreign nationals from volcanic island Coast Guard rescues 85 foreign nationals from volcanic island Port Blair, December 21, 2011 Indian Coast Guard Ship Bhikhaji Cama today rescued 85 marooned survivors - 37 Myanmarese and 48 Bangladeshis - from Barren Island, where...

TN to soon become first state with 3 Coast Guard air stations Chennai, Dec 9 (PTI) Tamil Nadu will soon become the first state in the country to have three Coast Guard air stations, a senior Coast Guard official today said. "The Coast Guard is planning to build two Coast Guard stations in...

Coast Guard revokes plan for fishing ban along maritime line

At present, 152 ships are being built for the Indian Coast Guard in various shipyards, he said. "There are 35 ships with Larsen & Toubro being built in Hazira near Surat and Kattupali near Chennai. These are high speed jet engines capable of going up to 40-42 knots and they are purely for...

Radar systems to augment surveillance along coast Nov 30, 2011 KOCHI: Kerala will very soon have fast interceptor crafts (FICs) patrolling its seas and a chain of radar systems scrutinizing its coastal belt for intruder presence. Vice Admiral KN Sushil, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief...

Major security exercise along State's coast today

28-November, 2011 16:13 IST Coast Guard Stations Coast Guard stations at a particular place are set up after taking into account the threat perception, vulnerability gap analysis and presence of other stations in the vicinity, There are seven Coast Guard stations in Gujarat located at...

Major security exercise along State's coast today

India's coastal security plan yet to take off By Sarwar Kashani, IANS | 25 November 2011 New Delhi/Mumbai : India's much hyped maritime defence plan remains hurdled by procurement delays and turf wars, three years after 10 Pakistani terrorists sailed into Mumbai undetected, exposing the holes...

Coast Guard floats tender for 16 choppers New Delhi: The Indian Coast Guard has floated a global tender worth over USD 200 million to procure 16 light helicopters to be deployed on its warships for preventing any 26/11 type attack. "The global Request for Proposal (RFP) for procuring these...

Exercise Neptune – IV to begin at Lakshadweep Islands tomorrow Exercise Neptune – IV to begin at Lakshadweep Islands tomorrow November 14th, 2011 Exercise Neptune, the periodic exercise to test the coastal defence preparedness of Lakshadweep and Minicoy Islands will commence tomorrow. This...