Kochi, Feb 28 : In wake of last year''s terror attacks on Mumbai and the failure of on the part coastal security to nab the perpetrators, the Indian Navy will create a new specialized force called the " Sagar Prahari Bal" to protect naval bases, assets and the island territories of India.
Defence Minister A. K. Antony said the Government has taken a number of steps to strengthen maritime security agencies like the Navy and the Coast Guard by increasing their assets like manpower, ships, boats, helicopters, aircrafts, boats, etc.
The tell-all autobiography of a former nun has left the Catholic Church in Kerala squirming in embarrassment, like a pair of earthworms picked out of the mud while having sex. While it basked in the global recognition brought by Sister Alphonsa's sainthood last year, Sister Jesme's rebellion has brought exactly the opposite kind of attention. The 52-year-old's exposé comes at a time when the Church is already smarting from the arrest of two priests and a nun in the infamous Sister Abhaya murder case of November 2008. 
Kochi (Kerala), Feb 28 : Defence Minister A. K. Antony on Saturday expressed the hope that India will operate two to three aircraft carriers simultaneously in near future in order to ward off threats from terrorism and low intensity conflict perpetrated by state with help of non state actors.
Kochi, Feb 28 : To enhance security and maintain the supremacy of the country in wake of the Mumbai terror attacks and to minimize threats from the sea, the Government has completely overhauled coastal security by designating the Navy as the nodal authority responsible for overall maritime security.
Calicut (Kerala), Feb. 27 : A former catholic nun in Kerala has penned down an autobiographical account of sexual abuses prevailing in convents besides ill treatment being meted out by superiors to nuns.
