New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday commissioned three Indian Coast Guard (ICG) ships including one Offshore Patrol Vessel and two interceptor boats at Goa, via video conferencing from here.
Guwahati (Assam) [India], May 9 (ANI): The ferry boat services have re-started from May 7 at the Brahmaputra river in Guwahati even as the coronavirus-induced lockdown continues.
Tokyo, [Japan] May 1 (ANI): Tokyo had over a hundred rivers and canals used to move and reach the capital, but because of the development of train and highway transport network, the use of boats and ferries has declined.
Guwahati (Assam) [India], April 29 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal was on Wednesday chaired a flood preparedness meeting at Janata Bhawan to tackle flood amid COVID-19.
Panaji (Goa) [India], April 29 (ANI): The Goa Boat Owners Association has demanded relief from the government as people in the fishing industry are facing financial problems due to the coronavirus-induced lockdown.
Geneva [Switzerland], April 28 (ANI): The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has urged Bangladesh to "immediately allow" two boats with 500 Rohingya refugees onboard "to come ashore and receive necessary food, water and health care."
Krishna (Andhra Pradesh) [India], April 28 (ANI): Over 90 people, who arrived here in Edurumondi village of Nagayalanka Mandal in four boats on Monday, were stopped by the villagers in view of COVID-19 lockdown.
Patna (Bihar) [India], April 19 (ANI): A woman was drowned while the search is on for three others after an overloaded boat, carrying around 20 to 25 people, capsized in river Ganga here on Saturday.
Malad (Maharashtra) [India], April 16 (ANI): Two people died and one went missing after the boat they were traveling in capsized at Madh Jetty of Malad West in Mumbai on Wednesday, said Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Disaster Management Unit on Thursday.
Dhaka [Bangladesh], April 16 (ANI): Authorities in Bangladesh said on Thursday that they are ready to send back more than 300 members of Rohingya Muslim minority community, who tried to enter the country in a boat from the southern coast, amid fears of coronavirus infection.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 15 (ANI): Four persons were rescued while 3 others went missing after the boat they were traveling in, capsized at Madh Jetty of Malad West in Mumbai on Wednesday.
New Delhi [India], April 14 (ANI): India has strongly condemned the attack on two Indian fishing boats by Pakistan Maritime Security Agency and warned the neighbouring country to not repeat such "heinous" act.