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Coast Guard apprehends 26 Pak fishermen on five boats off Gujarat coast
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Ahmedabad [India], Dec. 20 (ANI): The Indian Coast Guard has apprehended 26 Pakistani fishermen and seized their five fishing boats off Gujarat coast near Kutch as they crossed the Indian territorial waters.
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'Lt. Gen Rawat's selection as CoAS is based purely on merit'
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 18 (ANI): The Government of India on Sunday said the appointment of the Chief of Army Staff (CoAS) is based purely on merit from a panel of officers in the rank of Army Commanders, irrespective of the Corps to which the officer originally belonged.
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Army veterans defend Centre, says seniority not only aspect for COAS appoi
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi/Nagpur [India], Dec. 18 (ANI): The Army veterans on Sunday came to the rescue of the government, which has been drawing flak post the decision to appoint Lieutenant General Bipin Rawat as the next Army Chief, and said that seniority was not the only aspect taken into consideration
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Pak army chief attends 2nd anniversary of Peshawar school attack, promises
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Dec. 16 (ANI): Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen. Qamar Jawed Bajwa laid a wreath and offered Fateha on Friday as he attended the second anniversary of the Taliban claimed Peshawar Army Public School attack that took 144 lives, including 132 children.
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Testing times for new Pak army chief as forces working to undermine him
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Dec. 15 (ANI): Having superseded six senior officers to be appointed Pakistan's 16th Chief of Army Staff (COAS) by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, many would have thought that General Qamar Javed Bajwa would ease into the all powerful position, but contrary to expecta
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Cyclone Vardah makes landfall in Chennai
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Dec. 12 (ANI): Cyclone Vardah has hit the coast making landfall close to Tamil Nadu capital Chennai.
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Cyclone Vardah: NDRF closely monitoring situation, teams on standby
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 12 (ANI): As the cyclonic storm Vardah is on its way to make landfall in the coastal region of Chennai today, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), Director-general R.K. Pachnanda on Monday said that their teams have been prepositioned at all the major location and
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Cyclone Vardah likely to cross Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh coasts today
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Chennai [India], Dec. 12 (ANI): Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh are on high alert as the severe cyclonic storm, Vardah over west central and adjoining southwest Bay of Bengal moved further nearly west-southwest-wards and lay centred at about 180 km east-northeast of Chennai and 250 km east-sou
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Cyclone vardah to cross south AP coast, Met issues alert for fishermen
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Chennai [India], Dec. 11 (ANI): The Meteorological Department has issued a cyclone alert for fishermen and advised them not to venture into Andhra Coast. According to the alert, the severe cyclonic storm 'Vardah' over Bay of Bengal is centered at about 580 km south east of Nellore,
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Tamil Nadu on alert as Cyclone Vardah gets set to hit coast
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Dec. 10 (ANI): With Cyclone Vardah intensifying and expected to cross the Bay of Bengal in the next two days, the Tamil Nadu Meteorological Department has predicted that it will make a landfall between Nellore and Machilipatnam on the evening of December 12.
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Over 1,200 stranded tourists evacuated from Andaman
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Port Blair (Andaman and Nicobar) [India], Dec. 9 (ANI): More than 1,200 stranded tourists were evacuated from Neil and Havelock islands of Andaman and Nicobar by five naval ships, two coast guard ships and three Indian Air Force choppers.
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Earthquake of 6.5 magnitude jolts California coast
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
California[U.S.], Dec. 8 (ANI): A 6.5-magnitude earthquake shook the ocean floor about 100 miles off the northern California coast on Thursday morning, causing weak to light shaking in coastal communities in parts of that state and Oregon, the US Geological Survey(USGS) said.
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