As the threat of mischievous drone attacks and piracy bids loom large in Arabian Sea, Indian Coast Guard Director General Rakesh Pal assured that the organisation is ready to tackle threats of drone attacks in Arabian sea and protect India’s maritime interests. “We have got eyes and ears everywhere, we have got aviation assets are flying day and night. When we generally spot hostile ships or vessels, we generally track them down. If the ships are not responding we zero on to them and make sure they are boarded,” said ICG DG Rakesh Pal while talking to ANI on the drone attacks in the Arabian Sea.
01 February,2024 06:18 PM IST
Indian Coast Guard, along with local administration and other agencies carry out a search and rescue operation at the spot of Morbi Bridge on November 01. Gujarat government has constituted a five-member committee headed to probe the bridge collapse incident. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Morbi today.
01 November,2022 02:47 PM IST
According to an official press release, a joint operation by the DRI with Indian Coast Guard (ICG) codenamed Operation Khojbeen was launched on May 7. Under the said operation, Coast Guard ship Sujeet, with DRI officials onboard, maintained a close watch near the Exclusive Economic Zone. After several days of continuous search and monitoring amidst very rough seas, two suspected boats 'Prince' and 'Little Jesus' were noticed moving towards India. Both the Indian boats were intercepted by officers of ICG and DRI on May 18, off the coast of Lakshadweep Islands. A thorough search of both the boats was carried out at the Coast Guard District Headquarters at Kochi, which resulted in the recovery of 218 packets of 1 kg each of heroin, estimated to be around Rs 1,526 crore.
21 May,2022 05:41 PM IST | Mumbai
In a daredevil coordinated sea-air operation during inclement weather, an Indian Coast Guard ship and two helicopters undertook the successful rescue of all 16 crew from the sinking ship MV Mangalam, near Revdanda port in Maharashtra’s Raigad district.
17 June,2021 12:00 AM IST | Mumbai
Indian Coast Guard helicopter picks up survivors from water during a mock drill during the 6th National Maritime Search and Rescue Workshop and Exercise (SAREX-14) off the Mumbai coast
21 March,2014 07:15 PM IST
The ongoing search operations for the missing Indian aircraft indicate the coast guard personnel might still be trapped inside the plane, an official said. Inspector General of the Indian Coast Guard, SP Sharma said search teams from the navy, coast guard and the police were continuing their search for the 'Dornier' aircraft which went missing on June 08 off the coast of Chennai in Tamil Nadu.
18 June,2015 11:26 AM IST
Indian Coast Guard intercepted a suspicious boat off southern Kerala coast and arrested its 12 crew members. Acting on an intelligence input, the coast guard personnel intercepted the fishing trawler off Alapuzha coast by deploying aircrafts and vessels and brought it to Vizhinjam harbour.
06 July,2015 11:45 AM ISTConfirming that the body remains matched the DNA samples of the three crew members of the missing Dornier aircraft, Indian Coast Guard paid tribute to the deceased coast guard officials.
12 August,2015 12:04 PM ISTThe Indian Coast Guard commissioned two of its ships Apoorva and C-421 off Mumbai coast on Monday (September 21). The ships were commissioned by Flag Officer Commanding in Chief, Western Naval Command, Mumbai, Vice Admiral SPS Cheema, off the naval dockyard in Mumbai.
21 September,2015 06:20 PM ISTIndian Coast Guard commissioned ICGS Arinjay, 15th in the series of 20 Fast Patrol Vessels, in Kochi city, at the Southern Naval Command.
03 November,2015 12:28 PM ISTADVERTISEMENT
