Coastal Security

After budget announcement, Centre to revise guidelines for coastal ferries

Coastal shipping is an important cog in the Centre's larger plan to meet its net-zero carbon emission targets

Congress Prez Kharge lauds Indian Coast Guard's 'unparalleled' commitment

Extending greetings on the 47th Raising Day of the Indian Coast Guard, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge lauded the organisation's personnel for their commitment towards securing Indian coasts

Centre nods for Goa like beach shacks across coastal states to lift tourism

Shacks are crucial to tourism and local businesses in Goa and Maharashtra and currently, they have to be removed in the monsoon months (June to August)

Centre approves common communication plan for ramping up coastal security

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has approved a common communication plan for coastal security that envisages integrating marine law enforcement agencies into a single network for better coordination and seamless exchange of mission-critical information. The plan will be able to integrate all coastal security agencies in a common communication network with a dedicated spectrum for the purpose, a senior Indian Navy official has said. The dedicated spectrum will use a common band and it will be a big step in terms of boosting coastal security, said the official of the Western Naval Command, headquartered in Mumbai, who declined to be named. The construct of coastal security involves joint operations, exercises, and activities, which require coordination between multiple agencies at the Command and Control Centre of the Navy and at the field - be it ashore or at sea, he said. So communication between agencies and units involved with coastal security, especially those operating at se

Third, and the biggest, edition of coastal defence exercise from today

"Coastal security being a major sub-set of coastal defence, the concept of 'Exercise Sea Vigil' is to activate the coastal security apparatus across India," stated the Ministry of Defence

Working towards making coastal security impenetrable with new tech: Shah

The home minister appreciated the efforts taken by the BSF Gujarat Frontier and NACP to establish the institution in an area with adverse weather conditions and geographical challenges, the BSF said

Cyclone Tauktae: Death toll in barge sinking rises to 49, says report

Death toll on the barge that sunk after being hit by severe cyclone Tauktae rose to 49 while 37 others still remain missing, government sources said.

Tauktae: Indian Navy, Coast Guard rescue over 300 people from barges

Indian Navy, Coast Guard lead rescue in the Arabian Sea off Mumbai coast

Over 55 flights cancelled at Mumbai airport due to Tauktae cyclone

Pre-pandemic, the airport was handling close to 1,000 aircraft movements per day

Two-day coastal security exercise Sagar Kavach concludes today

A two-day Coastal Security Exercise- 'Sagar Kavach'- to assess the preparedness of all agencies towards dealing with an asymmetric threat emanating from the sea, concluded on Thursday.

Cops baffled as 2 Russian nationals bypass security to land on Mumbai coast

The Russians reached the coast by accident and were let off after their identities were confirmed

Seoul to launch protests against China's boats sinking a coast guard vessel

Seoul's coast guard vessel was trying to stop Chinese boats from illegal fishing off South Korea's west coast

As tension with neighbour intensifies Gujarat reviews coastal security

Gujarat is connected with Pakistan through sea route