The sunken pirated vessel was a Thai trawler

A suspected pirate vessel that was destroyed by India's INS Tabar last week in the Gulf of Aden was in fact a Thai fishing trawler which had been hijacked, a maritime bureau confirmed today. Noel......

In 2012, pirates find themselves in troubled waters

Pirate attacks worldwide has witnessed a sharp decline in the first half of 2012 as international naval efforts played a key role in "frustrating" the menace posed by Somali pirates, a global......

700 kg drugs seized, 8 'Iranians' held along Gujarat coast

A joint operation by anti-narcotics agencies led to the seizure of about 700 kg of drugs and the arrest of eight foreign nations claiming to be Iranians from Indian territorial waters off the......

'Indian waters are fairly safe'

Jayant Abhyankar discusses piracy and terrorism in the concluding part of an exclusive telephone interview from Essex with Assistant Managing Editor Archana L Masih. Abhyankar is deputy director of......

Force China to open its markets for Indian goods

India needs to adopt a more proactive policy of triggering exports to China, notes China expert Srikanth Kondapalli. IMAGE: China's currency was devalued recently by nearly 4 per cent. Photograph:......