9 pirates caught off Somalia coast in Mumbai police custody

The Mumbai police arrested nine pirates who were brought to India on Wednesday, days after the Navy caught them for hijacking an Iranian fishing vessel with 23 Pakistani crew members on board off......

Rescued Pakistanis shout 'India Zindabad'

As many as 23 Pakistani nationals rescued by the Indian Navy from Somali pirates after a daring operation in the Arabian Sea on March 29 thanked India and raised slogans of 'India Zindabad'.......

Indian Navy forces 35 Somali pirates to surrender

In a calibrated operation, the Indian Navy on Saturday 'coerced' 35 Pirates onboard a merchant ship around 1,400 nautical miles from the Indian coast to surrender and ensured the safe evacuation of......

Navy foils piracy bid, rescues 8 Pakistanis among 19

The Indian Navy foiled a piracy attempt on an Iranian-flagged, fishing vessel along the East coast of Somalia, officials said on Friday. IMAGE: India's security personnel during rescue operation......

Special screening of Captain Phillips for Indian naval officers

In a rare move, Tom Hanks-starrer Captain Phillips was screened for the Indian naval officers recently in Mumbai. Commander-in-Chief, Western Naval Command, Shekhar Sinha (left) was one of the......

Review: Captain Phillips is gripping

Captain Phillips is good entertainment that, thankfully, has its brain intact, writes Paloma Sharma. When Richard Phillips leaves home and family behind in Vermont to captain a container ship,......

Kipruto takes maiden London Marathon title, Yehualaw storms to victory

IMAGE: Kenya's Amos Kipruto celebrates winning the men's TCS London Marathon in London on Sunday. Photograph: Paul Harding/Getty Images Kenyan Amos Kipruto won his first London Marathon title on......

Ali takes only a minute to win first female pro fight in Saudi

IMAGE: British-Somali boxer Ramla Ali celebrates winning her bout against the Dominican Republic’s Crystal Garcia Nova, at King Abdullah Sports City Arena, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on......

This Olympic champ says he was victim of child trafficking

IMAGE: Multiple Olympic and world champion Mo Farah celebrates. Photograph: Richard Heathcote/Getty Images Multiple Olympic and world champion Mo Farah was brought to Britain from Djibouti at the......

Somali women's basketball team defy prejudice, hostility

'We cannot openly say we are going to play. We put our playing clothes and shoes in school bags and carry them that way to the field and we pretend we are going to school or university.' IMAGE:......

Gold for grapplers Tomar, Satyawart, Ritu Phogat at Singapore event

Rio Olympian Sandeep Tomar, Amit Dhankar and Satyawart Kadian have bagged gold medals in their respective men's freestyle categories at the Commonwealth Wrestling championships in Singapore.......