Panaji: January 4, 2026
Union Minister for Defence Shri Rajnath Singh was accorded a warm welcome for his two days visit to the State of Goa today. Minister for Protocol, Shri Mauvin Godinho received him on his arrival at INS Hansa, Dabolim.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will commission Indian Coast Gaurd (ICG)
first indigenous pollution control vessel “Samudra Pratap”, at Goa Shipyard Ltd Vasco tomorrow
Also present on the occasion were Collector South Ms. Egna Cleetus, IAS, Commondore ( Commanding officer) INS Hansa M.R.Harish, DG Coast Guard Shri Paramesh Shivamani, Flag Officer Goa Naval Area, Commondore K. Srivatsa, IG Coast Guard Shri Bhisham Sharma, Superintendent of Police South Shri Tikam Singh Verma, IPS and others.

