The High-Level Meeting was led by Inspector General Anupam Rai, Deputy Director General (Operations and Coastal Security) from the India Coast Guard side whereas the Vietnam Coast Guard side was led by Major General Ngo Binh Minh, Commander of VCG Region-3, informed the Indian Coast Guard.
Five Sri Lankan nationals, including a man, a woman, and three girls, were rescued from a sandbank near Mandapam on Wednesday morning after being stranded for nearly 24 hours.
According to the Indian Coast Guard (ICG), "Indian Coast Guard chief Director General Rakesh Pal today met Deputy National Security Advisor Pankaj Kumar Singh, and briefed him about the ICG charter, role and function, including additional responsibilities of maritime safety and coastal secur
Ahead of the 15th anniversary of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, Indian Coast Guard Director-General Rakesh Pal said that the coastal security in territorial waters has been enhanced through patrolling and surveillance capabilities to prevent any terrorist activity in the country's maritime domain
The Indian Coast Guard handed over the fishermen, who crossed the border into Indian waters near the 5th sandbar in the Adam Bridge sandbar near Arichalmunai, Dhanushkodi in the Rameswaram island region, to Tamil Nadu Coastal Security Group Police for further legal action.
The coastal security exercise 'Sagar Kavach' will be conducted on November 16- 17, 2023 in Kerala and Mahe. It is a half-yearly exercise with the objective to check coastal security mechanisms and validate standard operating procedures.
As per police, the body of the deceased woman was discovered by pilgrim guides who were on duty in the area, after which they informed the matter to the Coastal Security Group police.
"About 50 kg of boiled sea cucumbers were seized by the coastal police while the accused involved in the processing of sea cucumbers managed to escape from the spot," officials said.
About 2,500 personnel from the Indian Navy, Coast Guard, State and the union territory administration, Marine Police, fisheries, customs, intelligence agencies, light houses, ports forest were engaged in the exercise, an official press release stated.
A Sri Lankan piper boat was found washed ashore on Munaikkadu beach near Mandapam area of Tamil Nadu's Ramanathapuram district, officials said on Tuesday.
A joint patrol of the security forces was held in the uninhabited islands in the Gulf of Mannar on Tuesday to prevent prevent illegal activities, Coastal Security Group Police, Mandapam said