Challenging Union Shipping Minister T R Baalu to a debate on the Ram Setu issue, Janata Party president Dr Subramanian Swamy on Tuesday demanded the issue of a White Paper by the Centre on surveys......
Amidst the Sangh Parivar's opposition to dredging in the Ramar Sethu or Adam's Bridge area in Palk Straits for the Sethusamudram Ship Canal Project, Union Shipping Minister T R Baalu spent more......
With a view to creating a central command to focus on maritime security in the wake of Mumbai terror strikes, the Union Shipping Ministry is mulling the formation of a Bureau of Maritime Security,......
M T Stolt Valor, a cargo ship with 18 Indian sailors on board and hijacked by Somalian pirates in the Gulf of Aden two months back, has been released, National Union of Seafarers of India said on......
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday took potshots at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi for participating in Dussehra celebrations in New Delhi and sought to know......
The 12 striking transporters' associations of the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust, Nhava Sheva, have called off their strike temporarily following assurances from the Union shipping minister TR......
India, which has a 7,500 km long coastline and nearly 200 ports, will soon come out with a National Cruise Shipping Policy to promote tourism. The draft policy, prepared by a steering group headed......
The Union government has reconstituted the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as its chairman.The reconstituted CCEA would have ten other ministers including......
The 13 major ports in the country are now planning to tighten their security systems, following reports that terrorists used the sea route via Gujarat to enter Mumbai for the recent terror attacks......
Union Minister for Shipping, Road Transport and Highways TR Baalu has said the new toll policy has been finalised by the government, while the toll rules are under formulation. Speaking at the......