Somali pirates have come very close to Indian territorial waters off the Lakshadweep island, a top Indian admiral has said, calling for a joint and sustained efforts to contain and eliminate them.

Sixteen Somali pirates caught by Indian Navy after it foiled an attack on a foreign merchant vessel were on Tuesday brought to Mumbai, Navy sources said.

After a gun-battle in the high seas, the Indian Navy has apprehended a pirate mother ship rescuing 13 crew members and arrested 61 Somali sea brigands about 600 nautical miles off the western coast in the Arabian Sea.

With Somali pirates striking at will in the gulf of eden, government is working on a tough law to deal with the problem of sea brigands who still have 53 Indians in their custody but ruled out negotiations with them.

External affairs minister S.M. Krishna has met Egyptian ambassador Khaled el Bakly and discussed the recent incident of Somali pirates hijacking a ship which had among others six Indian sailors on board.

The head of a private security company says his guards retook a yacht from Somali pirates after the Dutch couple on board locked themselves in a safe room.

Chandigarh: The Haryana government has assured the families of six Indians who have been held hostage by Somali pirates since August last year that it will ensure their safe return.

These Indians wer

Copenhagen: Indian Ocean pirates have captured a yacht with seven Danes including three children aboard and are sailing towards Somalia, the Danish foreign ministry said on Monday.

The sailboat captu

A Japanese vessel freed by Somali pirates who captured it nearly five months ago arrived on Tuesday in the Kenyan port of Mombasa, an AFP correspondent said.

Dubai: The Irene SL, a Greek-flagged oil-laden supertanker pirated off Oman was headed toward the Somali coast on Thursday, but there has been no contact with the ship, the Combined Maritime Forces s