Pak boat with drugs worth Rs 480 crore held off Gujarat coast

In a sea-air coordinated operation, narcotics worth Rs 480 crore were seized from a Pakistani boat with six crew in the Arabian Sea near Porbandar by a multi-agency team led by the Indian Coast......

Record 3,300 kg of drugs seized off Gujarat coast in major drug haul

Indian agencies Wednesday made their highest-ever narcotics bust from the sea as they seized 3,300 kg drugs, which sailed from an Iranian port, off the Gujarat coast and arrested five foreigners......

Will attacks on ships in Red Sea affect India?

'Given that the situation is quickly escalating, such attacks will affect the flow of crude in the short term from West Asia' Subhayan Chakraborty and Dhruvaksh Saha report. IMAGE: A view of the......

India deploys 3 warships in Arabian Sea after attack on merchant ship

Chemical tanker MV Chem Pluto was struck by a drone off India's west coast but the origin of the strike and the amount of explosive used for it could be known after further forensic and technical......

Benefits of port liberalisation

In contrast to the rest of India, where it is the government that predominantly owns and manages ports, Gujarat has implemented various forms of port liberalisation since the 1990s. This has helped......

50% of fishing vessels:western coast unregistered

Over 50 per cent of the fishing vessels operating near the major ports on the country's western coast are unregistered, posing a threat to India's maritime security. Most of these ports are......

Terrorists one-up on tech

Terrorist attacks are becoming increasingly sophisticated and consistently exploiting India's gaping security loopholes -- both on terra firma and in cyberspace. Yet, India's seriousness about......

Outlook for infrastructure in 2008

Aviation The Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, which is being developed by GMR on the outskirts of Hyderabad, will be the first greenfield public-private partnership (PPP) airport to be......

'It's a dream come true to bowl to Sachin, Rahul'

If his exciting talent and the rich encomiums showered on him by the likes of Wasim Akram and Sourav Ganguly are any indication, then India may have unearthed a potentially world-class fast bowler......