Shyamaprasad floored by ‘torrential’ response of Arike
While piracy cases loom and several people are being booked for uploading and watching Malayalam movies online, director Shyamaprasad says he is happy his movies are being watched on YouTube and Torre
US House OKs cybersecurity bill despite veto threat
The House of Representatives ignored Obama administration objections and approved legislation aimed at helping stop electronic attacks on critical US infrastructure and private companies.
On a bipar
Pirate activity extended to waters off the coast of India: US
Pirate activities have extended to as far as the waters off the coast of India, making it difficult for patrolling and effective action, a US official has said.
"Pirate activity has even extended as
Somalia should itself give solution to piracy problem: India
India has said the solution to the problem of piracy off the coast of Somalia should come from institutions within Somalia, as it asked the African country to bring in a national anti-piracy legislati
Hit hard, Seychelles seeks Indian help against pirates
With its $1-billion economy losing about four per cent of GDP to piracy, Seychelles has sought India's help in putting an end to this threat to trade in the Indian Ocean, particularly in prosecuting t
Somali pirates release Indian ship with 21 crew
The all-Indian crew of a chemical oil tanker that was hijacked by Somali pirates in August last year has been released, alongwith the ship, Indian authorities said.
The vessel, MT Fairchem Bogey, is
Asylum boat with 93 on board intercepted
Australian Naval authorities on Monday intercepted a boat suspected of carrying 93 asylum seekers. According to a media report, Home Affairs minister Brendan O'Connor said initial indications suggest
Indian warship thwarts another pirate attack
An Indian warship warded off a five-boat pirate attack on merchant vessels it was escorting in the Gulf of Aden, captured three of the boats, caught 26 Somali pirates and confiscated their weapons, a
US, British forces free hijacked Italian ship off Somalia
Italy's defence ministry said on Tuesday that British and US commandos had freed an Italian vessel with a crew of 23, which had been hijacked by eleven pirates off Somalia.
The ship's crew also inclu
Navy thwarts pirate attack on two cargo ships
Attacks by Somali pirates on two cargo ships in the Gulf of Aden were thwarted by an Indian Navy warship last week, navy officers said here on Monday.
INS Sukanya, an offshore patrol vessel on anti-p