Everything you need to know about A. H. Guard: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about A. H. Guard: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Mumbai, June 17 (IANS) In a humanitarian gesture, the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Mumbai, coordinated operations to help rescue 26 sailors from a massive container vessel which snapped into two and sank off Yemen, a top official said here Monday.
Johannesburg, June 17 (ANI): Israel has warned the international community not to ease sanctions on Iran following the election of a moderate president.
New Delhi, June 13 (IANS) The Indian Coast Guard has rescued 22 crew members, including 18 Maldivian nationals and four Indians, from a cargo vessel which was adrift for the past two days in the Arabian Sea after engine failure, an official release said Thursday.
Washington, June 8 (ANI): Iranian lawmakers have proposed a bill that would outlaw bring dogs in public places or driven around in cars.
New York, June 4(ANI): Brad Pitt is a fan of British band Muse, who has given the sound scores in the actor's new film 'World War Z'.
Dehradun, May 31 (ANI): The eighteenth National Oil Spill Disaster Contingency Plan (NOSDCP) and preparedness meeting was held here on Friday.
Hyderabad, May 31 (IANS) Filling a vital gap, the Indian Air Force (IAF) Friday inducted the Pilatus PC-7 basic trainer for pilots at the Air Force Academy here.
Bangkok, May 30 (ANI): India and Thailand have agreed to strengthen cooperation in the field of counter terrorism and intelligence sharing through expedited follow-up of each other's requests for legal assistance.
Bangkok, May 30 (IANS) With Thailand expressing its interest in India's defence industry and the Indian defence minister scheduled to visit Thailand next month, defence ties between both the countries are likely to get stronger.
Beijing, May 28 (Xinhua-ANI): A U.S. F-15 jet crashed off Japan's Okinawa prefecture Tuesday morning, according to Japan's Kyodo News.
Washington, May 21 (IANS) As rescuers searched for survivors of Monday's devastating tornado that pulverized a vast swath of the Oklahoma City suburbs, authorities revised the death toll down to 24 from 91. Nine of the fatalities are children.
Tuticorin, May 21 (IANS) Indian Coast Guard Ship ICGS Vaibhav, the third in the series of 90-meter-class offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) was commissioned Tuesday at Tuticorin by Vice Admiral Anurag G. Thapliyal, the director general of the force.
Washington, May 21 (IANS) At least 91 people were killed, 20 of them children, as a massive tornado ripped through parts of Oklahoma City and its suburbs in the US, flattening homes and businesses and severely damaging a hospital and two elementary schools.
New Delhi, May 15 (ANI): Defence Minister A.K. Antony today reviewed the progress on various steps and actions taken to enhance coastal security.
New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) Defence Minister A.K. Antony Wednesday called upon various agencies to work together to ensure a seamless and robust coastal security architecture and said that fishermen should be made an integral part of the planning process.
New Delhi, May 14 (ANI): Defence Minister A.K. Antony today called upon the top brass of Indian Navy and Indian Coast Guard to ensure timely implementation of measures envisaged under Phase - II of Coastal Security Plan.
Gurgaon, May 6 (IANS) Home Secretary R.K. Singh Monday said religious fundamentalism was a big threat to the nation and it was increasing among the educated section of society.
New Delhi, Apr. 29 (ANI): Defence Minister A.K. Antony on Monday said AgustaWestland has participated in bids to procure choppers for Indian Navy and Coast Guard as no decision has been taken by the Central Government to debar it from the procurement process.
London, April.28 (ANI): Former martial arts instructor Everett Dutschke has been arrested in Mississippi under accusations that he had been sending letters to U.S. President Barack Obama, a senator and a judge containing ricin, a toxic element from a castor oil plant.
Panaji, April 26 (IANS) The Goa government will work out a compensation package for 29 fishermen -- of whom five are missing and one is dead -- involved in a mid-sea collision with an Indian Coast Guard (ICG) ship, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said here Friday.
Mumbai, April 26 (IANS) Two fishermen were killed and four went missing when an Indian fishing vessel sank after it was hit by a large vessel off the Goa-Karwar coast in the Arabian sea Thursday, an official said Friday.
Panaji, April 25 (IANS) Six fishermen are missing after a trawler collided presumably with a merchant ship on the deep seas off the coast of Canacona sub-district, in south Goa, police said Thursday.
Tokyo, April 23 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Japan has lodged a note of protest after eight Chinese maritime surveillance vessels entered Japanese territorial waters Tuesday near a chain of islands claimed by both Tokyo and Beijing, Kyodo news agency reported.
Kolkata, April 22 (IANS) Indian Coast Guard Ship Rajdoot, designed and built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers here, was commissioned by Controller General of Defence Accounts Arunava Dutt at a function here Monday.
Kolkata, Apr. 22 (ANI): Indian Coast Guard Ship 'Rajdoot', designed and built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers, Kolkata, was commissioned by Arunava Dutt, the Controller General of Defence Accounts, at an impressive ceremony here on Monday.
Bangalore, April 19 (IANS) Even two days after a bomb blast near the ruling BJP's office here that left 16 injured, there was no breakthrough till late Friday, as investigations by sleuths of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and the state police did not lead to any suspects or motive behind the terror attack.
Washington, April 18 (IANS/EFE) US authorities Wednesday returned to Spain a 16th-century tapestry that was stolen in 1979 from the San Vicente Martir Cathedral.
Washington/Boston, April 16 (IANS) At least three people were killed and at least 141 others were injured as two powerful explosions rocked the Boston Marathon finish line in a potential terrorist attack Monday afternoon.
Washington, April 16 (IANS) Two explosions rocked the finish line at the Boston Marathon Monday, injuring at least half a dozen people, CNN reported.
Mumbai, Apr. 10 (ANI): Indian Coast Guard Ship H-191, the fifth of the series of twelve Air Cushion Vehicles (ACVs), was commissioned here on Wednesday by Director General Indian Coast Guard Vice Admiral Anurag G. Thapliyal.
Mumbai, April 4 (IANS) A small shipping vessel suspected to be involved in smuggling activities was seized off Mumbai harbour early Thursday, officials said.
New Delhi, Mar 26 (ANI): The ceremonial "Changing of Guards" at Rashtrapati Bhavan will not be held on March 30.
New Delhi, March 21 (IANS) Batting for a well "strategised Coast Guards" to guard the country's coastline, the Supreme Court Thursday said the three-layer security system involving the Indian Navy, Coast Guard and custom officials had failed to live up to task and prevent the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts.
Islamabad, March 16 (Xinhua-ANI): Egyptian President Dr. Mohamed Morsy will pay a state visit to Pakistan on March 18 at the invitation of his Pakistani counterpart, Asif Ali Zardari, the Foreign Ministry said Saturday.
Muscat, Mar. 8 (ANI): The Indian Coast Guard's first pollution control vessel, Samudra Prahari, has arrived in Oman for a four-day friendly visit.
New Delhi, Mar. 6 (ANI): A group of Members of Parliament from Tamil Nadu met Minister of State for Defence Jitendra Singh here today, regarding recent arrest of fishermen from Tuticorin by the Sri Lankan Navy in the Gulf of Mannar.
Bogota, March 5 (IANS) The Colombian Navy has seized 1.564 tonnes of cocaine which were being smuggled by boat to central America, officials said.
Chennai, Mar 2 (IANS) Six fishermen stranded on the high seas off Kanyakumari after their boat developed a snag have been rescued, the Indian Coast Guard said Saturday.
Dhaka, Mar 1 (IANS) The toll in fierce clashes in Bangladesh between activists of an Islamist party and law enforcers over a war-crime trial verdict has risen to 42, the authorities said.
Colombo, Feb 26 (IANS) Twenty-one Sri Lankan fishermen have been released from India and are due to arrive here Wednesday, the fisheries ministry said here.
Mumbai, Feb 26 (IANS) The Indian Navy rescued nine crew members of a sinking fishing vessel off Goa in the Arabian Sea, an official said here Tuesday.
Washington, Feb. 24 (ANI): Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard has said it has captured a foreign unmanned aircraft during a military exercise in southern Iran.
Mumbai, Feb 22 (IANS) The Indian Coast Guard Friday inducted a new generation Arneson surface drive (ASD) propulsion system-equipped interceptor boat at a ceremony here.
Agartala, Feb 22 (IANS) Though the western and northern borders of India have become challenging, the security forces are ready to face any challenge and are adopting new strategies to deal with them, BSF chief Subhash Joshi said here Friday.
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) Elite teams of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and the National Security Guard (NSG) will be flying to Hyderabad, which has been rocked by twin blasts that killed 10 people and injured 50, an official said.
New Delhi, Feb 14 (ANI): The ceremonial "Changing of Guards" at Rashtrapati Bhavan will not be held on February 16 due to rehearsals of President Pranab Mukherjee's address to both the Houses of Parliament.
New Delhi/Male, Feb.13 (ANI): Indian Naval Ship 'Kalpeni' is in the Maldives on a five-day joint exercise with the Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF) Coast Guard.
New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) Indian Coast Guard ship Rajratan, the fifth in a series of eight inshore patrol vessels (IPVs), was commissioned by Director General Indian Coast Guard Vice Admiral M.P. Muralidharan in Kolkata Monday.
Santa Cruz (Spain), Feb 11 (IANS/EFE) Five crewmen from a British cruise ship docked in Santa Cruz de La Palma, a city in Spain's Canary Islands, were killed and three injured Sunday when a lifeboat plunged into the water during an evacuation drill, authorities said.
New York, Feb 10 (IANS) Over 450,000 homes and businesses shivered without power in northeastern America as workers began the massive task of digging out cities and towns left buried under mounds of snow by a monster blizzard.
New York, Feb 9 (IANS) Tens of thousands of homes in northeast America were without power in peak winter, thousands of flights were cancelled and people were asked to stay off roads as a monster blizzard carpeted cities from New York to Boston under several feet of snow and paralysed normal life.
New York, Feb 9 (IANS) A monster blizzard that is expected to pile up to three feet of snow from New York to Boston and beyond has already knocked out power from tens of thousands of homes in northeast America.
Caracas, Feb 8 (IANS/EFE) The Venezuelan government has announced that authorities confiscated 106 firearms, including rifles and submachine guns, ammunition and grenades, along with assorted illegal drugs, at the Uribana prison, where Jan 25 a riot by inmates resulted in the deaths of 58 people.
Gurgaon, Feb 6 (IANS) Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh has demanded Z-plus security provided by the elite National Security Guard (NSG), an official said here Wednesday.
Manesar (Haryana), Feb 6 (IANS) A top National Security Guard (NSG) official Wednesday said the ingenuity of Naxalites in using IEDs in Jharkhand is worrisome.
London, Feb. 3 (ANI): Iran is intensifying a campaign to destabilise the Middle East by smuggling anti-aircraft weapons to militant allies through its international paramilitary force, outgoing US defence secretary Leon Panetta has warned.
Tokyo, Feb. 3 (ANI): Japanese coast guard have arrested the captain of a Chinese boat on suspicion of illegally fishing for coral in Japan's exclusive economic zone near Miyako Island, Okinawa Prefecture.
Bangalore, Feb 1 (IANS) Electric and electronics goods major V-Guard Industries Ltd reported net profit of Rs.15.4 crore for the third quarter (October-December) of fiscal 2012-13, registering 23 percent year-on-year (YoY) increase from Rs.12.5 crore in the like quarter a year ago.
London, Jan 31 (ANI): Manchester United star Wayne Rooney's wife Coleen posted a picture of her son Kai dressed as a member of the Royal Guard to her Twitter account on Tuesday.
Kolkata, Jan 29 (IANS) City-based Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) will be doubling its capacity by the end of the next financial year, a top official of the defence establishment said Tuesday.
Rome, Jan 29 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A search is underway for a US F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jet that went missing on a training flight off the coast of Italy.
Online application for Indian Coast Guard Navik (GD) Recruitment 2013 has begun. The candidates who have passed their 10+2 or secondary examination with Maths and physics as subjects can apply online for the post of Navik General Duty (GD) with Indian Coast Guard.
Long Beach (California), Jan 24 (IANS) The Indian Air Force (IAF) has received its first Boeing C-17 strategic airlifter for flight testing by the US Air Force (USAF).
Long Beach (California), Jan 24 (IANS) The Indian Air Force (IAF) has received its first Boeing C-17 strategic airlifter for flight testing by the US Air Force (USAF).
Wellington, Jan 24 (IANS) New Zealand mounted an international search operation Thursday for three Canadian men who were reported missing on a flight from the South Pole to the Italian base at Antarctica's Terra Nova Bay.
London, Jan 20 (ANI): Olympic figure skating champion Michelle Kwan married the director for strategic planning on the National Security staff at the White House, Clay Pell on Saturday at the First Unitarian Church of Providence, Rhode Island.
Kochi, Jan. 17 (ANI): Indian Coast Guard apprehended a Panama-flagged merchant ship, allegedly involved in the sinking of a fishing boat off the off kochi coast in Kerala, injuring three fishermen on Wednesday.
Kochi, Jan 17 (IANS) The crew of a Panama-flagged cargo vessel that allegedly rammed into and severely damaged a fishing boat off the Kozhikode coast Wednesday was being questioned after the ship was tracked down by the Coast Guard, officials said.
New Delhi, Jan 17 (ANI): The ceremonial "Changing of Guards" at Rashtrapati Bhavan will not be held on January 19 and 26 due to rehearsals of the Republic Day Parade and Beating the Retreat Ceremony.
Agartala, Jan 15 (IANS) Tension prevailed along the India-Bangladesh border in western Tripura after Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) troopers ordered a stop to work going under the rural job scheme in Indian territory, an official said Tuesday.
Tokyo, Jan. 14 (ANI): Japan is preparing long-term responses to Chinese provocations that are challenging its administrative control of the disputed Senkaku Islands.
Mexico City, Jan 13 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Venezuelan law-enforcers have seized a light plane transporting 530 kg of cocaine but the plane's crew managed to escape.
Washington, Jan 11 (IANS) Michael Haley, the husband of South Carolina's Indian American Governor Nikki Haley, is preparing for a year-long deployment in Afghanistan as part of a unit that will teach Afghan farmers to grow sustainable crops.
Chennai, Jan 8 (IANS) The Indian Coast Guard further augmented their patrolling capacity with the commissioning of inshore patrol vessel 'Rajkamal' by union Minister of State for Defence Jitendra Singh here Tuesday.
Chennai, Jan. 8 (ANI): Indian Coast Guard Ship 'ICGS-Rajkamal', the fourth in the series of eight Inshore Patrol Vessels (IPVs) designed and built by M/s Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers, Kolkata, was commissioned in Chennai today by Minister of State for Defence Jitendra Singh.
London, Jan 1 (Xinhua-ANI): The skipper and all other crew of a Chinese fishing boat Japanese authorities detained Saturday near the Kagoshima Prefecture were released Monday, said the Chinese Consulate General in Fukuoka.
Tokyo, Dec 30 (IANS) The Japanese Coast Guard has detained a Chinese fishing boat for allegedly fishing in the country's exclusive economic zone without authorisation, Xinhua reported Sunday.
Mumbai, Dec 23 (IANS) The Coast Guard Sunday apprehended two fishing boats involved in smuggling of liquor and cigarettes and bartering of goods with other ships 30 km off Mumbai shores, an official statement said.
Mumbai, Dec 20 (IANS) The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) received its first indigenously designed and constructed high-speed interceptor boat capable of speeds of 40 knots, an official said here Thursday.
New Delhi, Dec 18 (IANS) The government Tuesday appointed Ajay Chadha, special secretary (internal security) in the home ministry, as Director General of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP).
Havana, Dec 16 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Colombian rescuers saved 14 people and recovered eight bodies after a cargo ship sank in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Colombia.
Beijing, Dec 14 (IANS) The row over the disputed East China Sea islands "could easily veer into a serious military clash", a state-run Chinese daily warned Friday, a day after Japan scrambled fighter jets after a Chinese plane flew into its airspace.
Toronto, Dec 13 (IANS) The shorthanded Toronto Raptors lost 88-94 against the Brooklyn Nets in NBA action here for their 19th defeat.
New Delhi, Dec 12 (IANS) India's winding coastline is vulnerable to "illegal cross border activities", the government has said.
New York, Dec 11 (ANI): Iranian authorities have claimed that they have decoded all of the data from an advanced CIA spy drone it captured in 2011.
New Delhi, Dec 10 (IANS) The BJP Monday demanded a meeting between Indian fishermen and the Sri Lanka Navy following the deaths of fishermen from Tamil Nadu in alleged attacks by the island nation's navy.
New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) To the haunting strains of "Auld Lang Syne", the President's Bodyguard, the oldest regiment in the Indian Army, resplendent in their red tunics, cream breeches and black boots, rode off toward Rashtrapati Bhavan to mark a new era in the Change of Guard ceremony every Saturday that will now be more public-friendly.
Washington, Dec 5 (ANI): The United States has denied reports that Iran 'caught' and landed a small American drone flying over the Persian Gulf.
London, Dec. 2 (ANI): The British Army is embroiled in a damaging row after a Sikh soldier was allowed to wear a turban rather than a bearskin on ceremonial duties suffered abuse from his colleagues.
Ramallah, Nov 27 (IANS) The remains of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat have been exhumed as part of an investigation into his death.
In a bid to confirm the probe of poison tests, the remains of the Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has been exhumed on Tuesday amid top secrecy and security, a Palestinian source said Tuesday................
Tokyo, Nov. 27 (ANI): Japan's effective nationalization of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea has opened a Pandora's box of conflicting sovereignty claims that China's late leader, Deng Xiaoping, tried in the late 1970s to keep sealed.
Ramallah, Nov 27 (IANS) Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's remains have been exhumed for poison tests, a Palestinian source said Tuesday.
Gurgaon, Nov 26 (IANS) On the fourth anniversary of the Mumbai terror attack, the NSG commandos Monday donated blood at a camp held at their Manesar training campus near here in Haryana as a mark of respect to their colleagues' sacrifice during the carnage, an official said.
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Bangalore, Nov.25 (ANI): I must have been in the fifth grade in Frank Anthony Public School. Lunch break in school was always an extremely crowded time of the day with loads of kids running around on the field and multiple games of football and cricket being played side-by-side.
Dhaka, Nov 25 (IANS) At least nine people were killed and many injured when an under?construction flyover collapsed in Bangladesh's southeastern port city of Chittagong, police said Sunday.
New Delhi. Nov. 22 (ANI): The government on Thursday rubbished allegations levelled by India Against Corruption (IAC) activist Arvind Kejriwal and a National Security Guard (NSG) commando of apathy towards commandoes who risk their lives to counter terrorists during the 26/11 terror strike in Mumbai.
New Delhi, Nov. 22 (ANI): A day after the hanging of Ajmal Kasab, civil society activist Arvind Kejriwal questioned the government over not doing anything to improve the lives of National Security Guard (NSG) commandos, some of whom were involved in neutralising and killing the Pakistani terrorists involved in the 26/11 terror strike on Mumbai about four years ago.
New Delhi, Nov. 21 (ANI): India and Singapore have agreed to further enhance the bilateral defence relationship in the mutual interest of both countries, as it would contribute to regional peace and stability.
