Indian coast guard ships conclude Exercise Dosti, head to Galle, Sri LankaIndian Coast Guard (ICG) ships Samarth and Abhinav have arrived in Galle, Sri Lanka, following the completion of Exercise Dosti in Male. Th...
28 Feb, 2024, 02.30 PM IST
India, Maldives & Sri Lanka's 'Dosti-16' kicks off in MaldivesThe trilateral exercise 'Dosti' brings together the coast guards of Maldives, India, and Sri Lanka to address shared maritime security conc...
24 Feb, 2024, 07.05 PM IST
Chinese research vessel moors near Male; Indian & Sri Lankan coastguard ships reach for trilateral exerciseA Chinese research vessel moored close to the Male port in the Maldives while Indian and Sri Lankan military ships participated in a trilat...
22 Feb, 2024, 04.44 PM IST
Maldives government asks India why its coast guard boarded 3 fishing boatsThe Maldives government has asked for clarification regarding the Indian coast guard personnel boarding three Maldivian fishing vessels ope...
03 Feb, 2024, 03.40 PM IST
India, Maldives explore deploying civilian operators for platformsIndia has always maintained that it did not deploy any troops on the ground in the Maldives as claimed by the current ruling dispensation. ...
21 Jan, 2024, 08.42 AM IST
Join hands to counter transnational crimes, make seas safer, says Defence Secretary Giridhar Aramane to CSC nationsInaugurating the maiden Coastal Security Conference (CoSC) organised by the Indian Coast Guard under the aegis of Colombo Security Conclave...
01 Dec, 2022, 07.12 PM IST
Maldives defends defence pact with IndiaThe Parliament Committee on National Security (241 Committee) of Maldives recently stated that agreements between Maldives National Defense...
30 Nov, 2021, 10.08 PM IST
India, Sri Lanka and Maldives hold maritime exercisesA two-day trilateral maritime drill conducted by the coast guards of India, Sri Lanka and the Maldives to bolster security in the Indian Oc...
28 Nov, 2021, 02.33 PM IST
Biennial trilateral exercise ‘Dosti’ underway for stability of Indian Ocean RegionIndian Coast Guard vessels, ICGS Vajra, ICGS Apoorva and, Sri Lanka Coast Guard, SLCGS Suraksha have arrived in the Maldives for the exerci...
22 Nov, 2021, 10.42 PM IST
India and Maldives upgrade defence tiesDuring Foreign Minister S Jaishankar's two-day visit to the Maldives over the weekend, the two sides decided to convene the first meeting o...
22 Feb, 2021, 12.01 PM IST
Japan signs pact with Maldives, announces $7.6 million support for security infrastructureThe Maldives and Japan on Sunday signed the Exchange of Notes under the Economic and Social Development Programme of the Government of Japa...
22 Nov, 2020, 02.17 PM IST
Expanding strategic cooperation: India provides aircraft to Maldives defence forcesThe requirement for a Dornier Maritime Surveillance aircraft was raised during the Visit of Former President Yameen to India in 2016. Maldi...
29 Sep, 2020, 05.22 PM IST
India hands over off-shore patrol vessel to Sri LankaThe ship has been allocated pennant number SLCG-60 by Sri Lanka Coast Guard and will be commanded by Captain Neville Amara Ubayasiri.
14 Jul, 2018, 02.30 PM IST
India gives over 2k ltr of pollution dispersant to MaldivesIndia on Tuesday handed over 2,000 litres of pollution dispersant to Maldives after recent incidents of oil spills in the waters of the isl...
20 Dec, 2016, 11.20 PM IST
Indian Coast Guard rescues crew of Maldivian cargo shipThe vessel, carrying food products to Maldives, had set off from the Vizhinjam port last evening. After it sailed for about three hours, it...
05 Feb, 2015, 01.11 PM IST
- India, Sri Lanka and Maldives take part in joint naval exercises
Coast Guards of India, Sri Lanka and Maldives are taking part in a joint exercise off the coast of Male.
23 Apr, 2012, 02.14 PM IST
- Ind deploys 4 warships in to check pirates
Officials said the measures have been taken after it was observed that a piracy "hot spot" was emerging there with rise in such incidents.
28 Dec, 2010, 08.52 PM IST