Panaji, May 11 (IANS) The construction of the first-ever indigenously fabricated and built Air Cushion Vehicles (ACVs) for the Indian Coast Guard is progressing rapidly at Chowgule & Company Private Limited in Goa, officials said on Monday. The Ministry of Defence had signed a contract with the company on October 24, 2024, for the construction of six Air Cushion Vehicles for the Coast Guard as part of the country’s push towards indigenous defence manufacturing.In a major milestone for the pr…
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Panaji, May 9 (IANS) The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) on Saturday marked a significant capability enhancement with the commissioning of Indian Coast Guard Ship (ICGS) Achal, a new-generation Adamya-class Fast Patrol Vessel series, at Goa Shipyard Limited.The ship was formally commissioned into service by Additional Secretary & DG (Acquisition) in the Ministry of Defence, A. Anbarasu, in the presence of Commander Coast Guard Region (North West) Inspector General Tekur Sashi Kumar, senior official…
Bhuj, April 24 (IANS) A special court in Gujarat’s Kutch district has sentenced six Pakistani nationals to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for attempting to smuggle heroin worth over Rs 380 crore into India through its territorial waters. The Sixth Additional Sessions and Special NDPS Court in Bhuj, presided over by Judge V.A. Badhu, held the accused guilty under provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.The court observed that the operation was part of a …
New Delhi, March 27 (IANS) The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), chaired by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, on Friday granted acceptance of necessity (AoN) for various proposals to buy military hardware worth an estimated cost of about Rs 2.38 lakh crore.For the Indian Army, approval was accorded for the Air Defence Tracked System, Armoured Piercing Tank Ammunition, High Capacity Radio Relay, Dhanush Gun System and Runway Independent Aerial Surveillance System, according to a Defence Ministry s…
Veraval, March 12 (IANS) In a swift and coordinated search and rescue operation on Thursday, an injured fisherman was safely evacuated by the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) after a distress call from a fishing vessel in the Arabian Sea. The ICG’s ship C‑149, stationed at Veraval, was dispatched after a medical distress alert was received from the Indian Fishing Boat (IFB) ‘Guru Krupa’ operating nearly 23 nautical miles off the Gujarat coast.The Coast Guard crew located the fishing boat and emb…
New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) The Nepal to Sri Lanka route via India to smuggle drugs has come under the scanner of the agencies. The route which had gone relatively quiet has once again become active and is being used to smuggle Hashish oil and Charas. The multi-state operation that was launched by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) units of Chennai and Hyderabad Zonal units had led to the seizure of Hashish oil and Charas to the tune of Rs 10 crore.The operation was carried out as part of the Modi…
New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) The NCB has busted an international drug trafficking network linking Nepal, India and Sri Lanka with arrest of five accused and seizure of 77.60 kg Hashish Oil and 2 kg Charas valued at nearly Rs 10 crore, an official said on Friday.Acting on credible intelligence regarding the movement of narcotic drugs across multiple states, officers of NCB Hyderabad Zonal Unit intercepted a Tata Safari Storme car on March 3 near Raikal Toll Plaza on the Bengaluru–Hyderabad Highway…
Mandapam (Tamil Nadu), March 5 (IANS) The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Station Mandapam executed a rapid and successful anti-smuggling operation in the coastal waters off Vedalai, seizing around 280 kg of illegally harvested sea cucumbers, an official said. The action on March 3 came after the ICG received credible intelligence inputs, enabling swift deployment of an Air Cushion Vessel from the station.The team intercepted the consignment in the near-shore waters, preventing what could have been ano…
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) The Ministry of Defence on Tuesday signed two major contracts worth Rs 5,083 crore to strengthen the capabilities of the Indian Coast Guard and the Indian Navy. The agreements were signed in the presence of Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh at South Block in the national capital.Out of the total amount, a contract worth Rs 2,901 crore has been signed with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited for the acquisition of six Advanced Light Helicopters (ALH) Mk-III in the Maritime …
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) Air Commodore B.S. Vijay Rao assumed command of Base Repair Depot, Palam, New Delhi, as the Air Officer Commanding on Sunday, a Defence Ministry official said.Commissioned into the Aeronautical Engineering (Electronics) Branch of the Indian Air Force on 27 November 1995, Air Commodore Vijay Rao brings with him over three decades of distinguished service, said the Ministry official in a statement.An Electrical Engineer and an Executive MBA, he is an alumnus of the presti…