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  Navy Chief RK Dhowan does not rule out human error in submarine tragedy

  India | December 03, 2014 22:16 IST

  New Delhi: Nearly 18 months after an explosion on board submarine INS Sindhurakshak sunk the vessel, killing 18 personnel, Navy Chief Admiral R K Dhowan today indicated that human error besides other factors could have

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  24 naval submarines involved in mishaps since 2011: Government

  Politics | December 02, 2014 17:26 IST

  New Delhi: There have been 24 mishaps involving Indian naval submarines since 2011, claiming the lives of 22 personnel besides four others going missing, Rajya Sabha was informed today.While Boards of Inquiry (BoIs) have been

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  Defence Minister reviews Scorpene submarine project

  India | August 27, 2014 20:01 IST

  New Delhi: With the Navy facing shortage of under-water vessels, Defence Minister Arun Jaitley today reviewed in Mumbai the progress of the long-delayed Scorpene submarines which are planned to be deployed on the western sea-board

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  Know about INS Sindhurakshak tragedy

  India | August 27, 2014 8:16 IST

  New Delhi: The loss of the INS Sindhurakshak, which was commissioned on 24 December 1997, was a big blow for the Indian Navy. It was the ninth of the ten Kilo-class submarines in the Navy.

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  Arun Jaitley to visit Western Naval Command today

  India | June 07, 2014 9:04 IST

  New Delhi: Defence Minister Arun Jaitley may get to see the salvaged INS Sindhurakshak submarine during his Mumbai visit today where he will review the operational preparedness of the Western Naval Command.The submarine had sunk

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  10 months after sinking, submarine INS Sindhurakshak salvaged

  India | June 06, 2014 23:55 IST

  Mumbai: Almost 10 months after submarine INS Sindhurakshak sank after an accident killing 18 sailors, it has been fished out of the water, official sources said here Friday.The Russian-built Kilo-Class submarine was lifted out of

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  Exact cause of Sindhurakshak's explosion yet to be ascertained

  India | December 11, 2013 16:17 IST

  New Delhi: Indian Navy's inability to salvage INS Sindhurakshak, which exploded and subsequently sank off the Mumbai coast on August 13-14 night this year, has made it difficult to establish the reason behind the incident.

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  INS Sindhurakshak: Navy to spend Rs 500 crore on salvage operation

  India | December 05, 2013 10:17 IST

  New Delhi: INS Sindhurakshak sank four months ago following a deadly explosion and fire in Mumbai but navy divers are still looking for bodies of missing sailors in the wreckage of the warship.On August 14,

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  Three more bodies of INS Sindhurakshak crew to be flown home

  India | September 11, 2013 10:15 IST

  Mumbai: The bodies of three more Indian Navy personnel, who lost their lives in the August 14 disaster on board submarine INS Sindhurakshak, will be flown to their respective hometowns from Mumbai, a navy official

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  Watch exclusive pics of INS Sindhurakshak salvage operations

  India | August 20, 2013 9:46 IST

  Mumbai: India TV has received exclusive pictures of the ill-fated submarine INS Sindhurakshak, which sank after a blast and fire killing 18 Navy personnel. Preliminary investigations have indicated that blasts on the submarine were caused

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  INS Sindhurakshak: Five disfigured bodies of Navy mariners found in sunk submarine

  India | August 16, 2013 20:56 IST

  Mumbai: The "severely disfigured" bodies of five sailors were recovered Friday from the submarine which sank here Wednesday with 18 men. The navy declared that finding any survivor was unlikely.The five bodies were found by

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  INS Sindhurakshak: Karunanidhi demands probe into sabotage, terror angle

  Politics | August 15, 2013 17:46 IST

  Chennai, Aug 15: DMK president M. Karunanidhi Thursday said the probe into the loss of INS Sindhurakshak should cover possible sabotage and act of terror besides the reasons for the safety system's failure.In a statement

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  Sindhurakshak tragedy: 18 families mourn missing Indian Navy mariners

  India | August 16, 2013 15:51 IST

  Kanpur/Udhampur/Mumbai: The family of missing Naval Officer Lt. Commander Alok Kumar Sahu in Old Central Park, Kanpur is presently in mourning, with little chances of survival of all 18 Navy personnel in the sunk submarine

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  Know more about Navy submarine INS Sindhurakshak, gutted in fire

  India | August 14, 2013 17:44 IST

  New Delhi: A huge explosion and fire destroyed India's most advanced diesel-electric submarine, the INS Sindhurakshak, which was docked at a high-security military dockyard in Mumbai.  Before this, the submarine had suffered fire incident in

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  Navy chief to visit dockyard

  India | August 14, 2013 11:30 IST

  New Delhi: Navy chief Admiral D.K. Joshi will visit the naval dockyard in Mumbai where an explosion rocked an Indian Navy submarine that caught fire, informed sources said.“Navy chief will be visiting the dockyard,” sources

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  Indian Navy submarine Sindhurakshak sinks after blast, fire, all 18 officers, sailors feared dead

  India | August 14, 2013 21:59 IST

  Mumbai: In one of the worst disasters to have struck the Indian Navy, a series of explosions rocked its submarine INS Sindhurakshak at the dockyard here around midnight, sinking it partially in the shallow sea,