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ICGS Raziya Sultan has offered its service for the last 21 years and is named as ‘Sultan’ of the Indian Coast Guard. The ship has also glorified the name in Indian and foreign shores and has been the last of its kind in the fleet of ICG. During the decommissioning…
National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval on Saturday commissioned offshore patrol vessel ‘Sahaj’ virtually. The ship has been built by Goa Shipyard Limited for the Indian Coast Guard (ICG), an official statement stated. Doval praised the Indian Coast Guard for its support to the coastal population, undertaking rescue operations during cyclones,…
India sent three special Indian Coast Guard ships and an aircraft to assist Sri Lanka to douse a massive fire on a container ship off the island country’s coast amid mounting fears of major oil leakage. Indian Coast Guard ships Vaibhav and Vajra braved all odds of the adverse weather…
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday praised the efforts of the armed forces and the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) in carrying out search and rescue operations in the areas battered by Cyclone Tauktae. A barge with 38 members on board sank in the Arabian Sea five days ago, and they are still…
The Indian Navy and Coast Guard have rescued 314 people on board two barges that went adrift in the Arabian Sea near Mumbai hours before Cyclone Tauktae made landfall on the Gujarat coast, an official said on Tuesday. Three barges and an oil rig with 611 personnel on board had been drifting…
Eight Pakistani nationals onboard a boat were arrested with heroin worth around Rs 150 crore off the Gujarat coast in the Arabian Sea early Thursday morning, the state ATS said. The Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad and the Indian Coast Guard acting on a specific tip-off caught the boat, in an operation carried out…
The sixth offshore patrol vessel, the Indian Coast Guard ship ‘Vajra’ was officially commissioned into service on Wednesday, at the Chennai Port Trust. Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat formally unveiled a plaque and ship’s name board ‘Varja’ which means ‘Thunderbolt’ at the commissioning event. This ship is indigenously designed and…
Three foreign boats were intercepted off Lakshadweep coast on Thursday by the Indian Navy and Coast Guard and they recovered arms, ammunition, and narcotics from them. Indian Navy and Coast Guard in close coordination with the administration of Lakshadweep conducted a swift operation to seize the boats that belonged to…
The Indian Coast Guard does not have a military training academy. The officers of Coast Guard receive their training from the Indian Naval Academy, Ezhimala along with the officers of the Indian Navy. This helps in the mutual interchange of Officers among these two sister services. But soon they will get an…
The Indian Coast Guard was formally inaugurated on 18th August 1978 as an independent armed force of the Union with the enactment of the Coast Guard Act 1978. But on 1st February 1977, an interim Indian Coast Guard came into effect. Hence every year 1st February is celebrated as Indian Coast Guard Day.…
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