8 Indians among 9 rescued from capsized ship off Oman coast

Eight Indians and a Sri Lankan national were rescued by an Indian warship while carrying out a rescue operation to trace the crew members of a Comoros-flagged oil tanker that capsized off the Oman......

We survived only because ..., Navy veteran recalls ordeal in Qatar jail

Ragesh Gopakumar, one of the 8 ex-Indian Navy personnel released by the Qatar government, said on Wednesday that they survived the prison days only due to their defence training. IMAGE: Senior BJP......

Centre Assesses Threats As Sea Piracy Surges

'Due to the Israel-Hamas conflict, a faction operating in the Red Sea -- which is a typically safe area - has been firing projectiles arbitrarily.''Additionally, there have been two incidents......

Will find attackers of merchant navy ships even from depths of seas: Rajnath

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday vowed to ferret out the perpetrators of the attacks on merchant navy ships MV Chem Pluto and MV Sai Baba even from the "depths of the seas" and take tough......

L&T to consolidate foreign business

Policy changes and a provision for guaranteed returns must be put in place to boost infrastructure development, which requires large-scale funding, said Larsen & Toubro (L&T) Chairman A M Naik.......

Govt may fund strategically important Iranian port

The Jawaharlal Nehru and Kandla port trusts are in discussion with the government of Iran for operating a multi-purpose terminal at the port of Chabahar on the Gulf of Oman, near Iran’s......

How CAG plans to do corporate audits

The Comptroller and Auditor General's report on the allocation of 2G spectrum is expected soon; the CAG is in the process of auditing the capital expenditure of Reliance Industries Limited's KG......

HDFC, Apollo plan hospitals in Mumbai

Housing Development Finance Corporation may join hands with Apollo Hospitals to set up two-three super-specialty hospitals in Mumbai.The Pratap Reddy-promoted Apollo is planning to invest about Rs......

Football Extras: Bailey double as Leverkusen stun Bayern

IMAGE: Leon Bailey celebrates scoring Bayer Leverkusen's first goal against Bayern Munich, in Saturday's Bundesliga match at Allianz Arena, Munich. Photograph: Andreas Gebert/Reuters Jamaica......