Lakshadweep

LAKSHADWEEP - In a major coordinated operation, the Indian Navy and the Coast Guard personnel apprehended a pirate mother ship Prantlaya 11 along with 28 Somali pirates in the Arabian Sea.

LAKSHADWEEP - India can "neglect" the security of the seas at its own "peril", Defence Minister A.K.

MINICOY - India is on the radar of terrorists and has thwarted more than hundreds of threats from terror outfits in the aftermath of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, according to Defence Minister AK Antony.

MINICOY - Defence Minister AK Antony on Friday inaugurated two Coast Guard establishments in Lakshadweep in order to strengthen the coastal security in the aftermath of the Mumbai terror attacks and against the backdrop of rising incidents of piracy near the 7,500 km-long Indian coastline in the past few weeks.