Jamnagar, 22 May 2012 21 Somali pirates in Gujarat's Dwarka jail couldn't be deported from India due to airline's refusal to board them apprehending hijack. The Gujarat Police had arrested 21 Somalians on 26 June at Dwarka coast. After prolong investigation and interrogation the central government decided to deport them. Following this, on 24 April Dwarka Police took them to Mumbai's Sahar airport to deport them by air via Dubai. However the security and immigration agencie...Read More

By Rupang Bhatt, Bhuj, 23 February 2012 Since March 2010, as many as 350 dhow operators of Gujarat are denied permission by central Shipping ministry's arm Marine Mercentile Department(MMD) to sail beyond Oman's Salala port citing danger of Somalian pirates. Now the Kutchi Vahanvati Association(KVA) has raised voice against this. A delegation of KVA will be soon visiting central Shipping minister GK Vasan in Delhi in this regard. According to an estimate, the state of Gujarat ...Read More

New Delhi, 17 August, 2011 The Indian Navy and Coast Guard have been equipped to carry out enhanced surveillance while intelligence mechanism has been strengthened to secure the coastline against piracy, government told the Rajya Sabha Wednesday. Defence Minister A K Antony told Parimal Nathwani in a written reply that installation of radars covering the country's entire coastline and islands is also an essential part of this process. He was answering a question whether the So...Read More

Porbandar, 15 August, 2011 The Indian Navy today towed the 500-tonne intercepted cargo ship M.V. Nafis-I to Porbandar port of Gujarat. The ship and the crew members five Yemenis, two Tanzanians, one Somali and one Kenyan on board are to be handed over to the local police. Different agencies will further investigate into the ship's origins, its movements close to the Indian shores and also the crew which will reveal whether the ship was hijacked and used for smuggling contraband. ...Read More