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Shashi Tharoor after attack on India-bound Thai ship| India News

Shashi Tharoor after attack on India-bound Thai ship| India News

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Thursday said that Iranians should “show some respect for those who have been friendly,” after a Thai cargo ship bound for Gujarat’s Kandla port was hit by Tehran on Wednesday. Congress MP Shashi Tharoor stressed that the issue with the current conflict between Israel, the US and Iran is that “people are being dragged into this, whose war it isn’t.” (ANI) The Gujarat-bound ship, Mayuree Naree, operated by Precious Shipping, was struck by projectiles while sailing through the Strait of Hormuz, triggering a fire, and damaging the engine room/. “Already, a Thai ship bound for Kandla with Indian crew members onboard was hit twice… Iranians must show some respect for those who have been friendly and reasonable with them,” news agency ANI quoted Tharoor as saying. He also stressed that the issue with the current conflict between Israel, the US and Iran is that “people are being dragged into this, whose war it isn’t.” Also read: 3 crew missing, Iran’s Guard says we hit it: Attack on India-bound Thai ship …

Keep bulk carrier vessel under arrest until further orders: HC to Port Officer, Customs | Legal News

Keep bulk carrier vessel under arrest until further orders: HC to Port Officer, Customs | Legal News

4 min readVadodaraJan 31, 2026 09:10 PM IST The Gujarat High Court (HC) on Friday directed the Port Officer and the Customs Authorities at Kandla Port to “arrest” and “keep under arrest until further orders” a bulk carrier vessel involved in a maritime dispute of “short delivery” of cargo to a Vadodara-based pharmaceutical company. The HC also imposed a total cost of Rs 2.89 crore on the defendants “interested” in the vessel in order to ensure that the warrant of arrest of the vessel is not executed. The HC was hearing an Admiralty Suit filed by Vadodara-based manufacturer of quality API’s, Nandesari Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Pvt. Ltd, against a bulk carrier, MV Nikator, seeking a maritime claim under the relevant sections of the Admiralty (Jurisdiction and Settlement of Maritime Claims) Act, 2017 as well as “an order of arrest” of the vessel for securing its maritime claim arising out of “short delivery” of 407.3 metric tonnes of cargo containing ‘Bright Yellow Crude Sulphate’. Justice N R Mehta, in an oral order on Friday, ordered the …