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Indian Coast Guard escorts 3,741 pilgrims from Katchatheevu to Rameswaram
Chennai: The Indian Coast Guard provided security and surface-to-air escort to 3,741 pilgrims, who travelled from Tamil Nadu and other states to Katchatheevu Island for the annual two-day festival at St Antony’s…
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ICG seizes Indian fishing boat for ‘smuggling’ betel nuts from Bangladesh
New Delhi: Indian Coast Guard (ICG) authorities stationed in West Bengal have confiscated an Indian fishing boat for “smuggling betel nuts from Bangladesh,” officials said on Saturday, January 24. Based on intelligence…
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Indian Coast Guard’s Fast Patrol Vessel ‘Atal’ launched in Goa
New Delhi: ‘Atal’, the sixth in a series of eight state-of-the-art indigenously designed Fast Patrol Vessels (FPVs) being constructed for the Indian Coast Guard by the Goa Shipyard Limited, was launched on…
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Cyclone Dana: Odisha, Bengal to evacuate people; Close schools in vulnerable areas
Bhubaneswar: As Odisha and West Bengal are bracing for a severe cyclonic storm, governments of both states have decided to evacuate people and close educational institutions in vulnerable areas. The Indian Coast…
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2 women officers of Indian Coast Guard participate in foreign engagement
New Delhi: In a first, two women officers of the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) were on board a patrol vessel on an overseas deployment. ICG offshore patrol vessel Sujay made a port…
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Indian Coast Guard Director General Rakesh Pal dies of heart attack
Chennai: Director General of Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Rakesh Pal has died of a massive cardiac arrest here on Sunday. Sources in the ICG told IANS that he was in INS Adyar…
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Iranian boat intercepted off Kerala coast, six Indian fishermen held
New Delhi: The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has detained an Iranian fishing vessel with six Indian crew off the coast of Kerala, the defence ministry said on Monday. The vessel was detained…
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ICG apprehends Pakistani boat with huge consignment of narcotics
Ahmedabad: In a major success, the Indian Coast Guard (ICG), following an overnight aerial-maritime joint operation with the Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) and the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), on Sunday apprehended a…
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Judiciary has to be ‘flag bearer’ & march with nation, says SC
New Delhi: Observing that the judiciary has to be the “flag bearer” and march with the nation, the Supreme Court on Monday pulled up the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) over the treatment…
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Indian Coast Guard Ship Sajag makes port call in Saudi Arabia
Riyadh: The Indian Coast Guard Ship Sajag, an offshore patrol vessel (OPV), made a port call at King Abdul Aziz Port in Saudi Arabia for a three-day visit on Tuesday. The visit…
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35 TN fishermen return to India after held captive for over a month
Thiruvananthapuram: Around 35 fishermen from Tamil Nadu who were arrested more than a month ago from near the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) in the Indian Ocean, and tried and fined 25,000 Pounds…
