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  Sinking of Torpedo Vessel: Navy orders inquiry

  India | November 07, 2014 10:24 IST

  New Delhi:  The Navy today ordered a Board of Inquiry into the sinking of a Torpedo Recovery Vessel off the Visakhapatnam coast last night that left a sailor dead.  In view of the incident, Navy

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  Navy to commemorate Rajendra Chola's 1000th-year of coronation

  India | November 03, 2014 14:46 IST

  Chennai: Indian Navy is gearing up to commemorate the 1000th anniversary of the coronation of ancient Tamil King Rajendra Chola, who is credited with expanding his empire across the seas to South-East Asia and to

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  Navy orders inquiry into alleged financial irregularities

  India | October 26, 2014 23:36 IST

  New Delhi: The Eastern Naval Command has constituted a Board of Inquiry (BoI) to look into allegations of financial irregularities against some senior naval officers.The board will investigate the allegations made by Shipwright Artificer Sunil

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  Thousands evacuated in AP, Cyclone Hudhud to hit near Visakhapatnam by Sunday noon

  India | October 11, 2014 13:22 IST

  Bhubaneswar/Visakhapatnam: The Very Severe Cyclonic Storm 'Hudhud' lay centred about 380 km south southeast of Visakhapatnam on Saturday morning, and is likely to make landfall by Sunday noon. Indian Meteorological Deparment said today that the cyclone

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  Relief distribution in flood-affected areas hit by chaos

  India | September 16, 2014 13:12 IST

  Srinagar: ‘Might is right' seems to be the rule of the game as relief distribution in flood-affected areas of Kashmir has been hit by chaos due to lack of civil administration on ground.Scuffles between various

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  Navy's largest patrolling vessel INS Sumitra commissioned

  India | September 04, 2014 13:04 IST

  Chennai: Aimed at enhancing the Navy's coastal surveillance, its largest offshore patrol vessel INS Sumitra was formally commissioned by Chief of Naval Staff Admiral R K Dhowan here today.The vessel is the fourth in its

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  Navy holds war room brief for Jaitley on critical requirements

  India | June 05, 2014 22:18 IST

  New Delhi: Navy chief Admiral Robin Dhowan today briefed Defence Minister Arun Jaitley on the issues facing the maritime force including the depleting under-water force levels and the status of the indigenous nuclear submarine programme.The

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  Sindhuratna submarine Mishap: Navy recommends Court Marshal of top Navy officer

  India | April 10, 2014 8:06 IST

  New Delhi: A Commodore-rank officer may face a court martial on the basis of a probe into the submarine mishap off the Mumbai coast recently which led to the resignation of Admiral DK Joshi as

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  Vizag incident 'industrial, not related to Navy': DRDO

  India | March 10, 2014 19:18 IST

  Chennai: DRDO, inquiring into the March 8 accident at Visakhapatnam, in which one civilian worker was killed and two injured, today said “it was not related to the Navy but an industrial accident.”"What happened at

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  12 Tejas light combat aircraft will be produced every year

  India | December 30, 2013 9:36 IST

  New Delhi: Tejas, India's first indigenous Light Combat Aircraft (LCA), which is all set to replace the MiG-21 series, is a result of several years of design and development work from the DRDO.It was cleared

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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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  Navy hopeful of reusing sunken INS Sindhurakshak

  India | December 03, 2013 18:55 IST

  New Delhi: Expressing hope of reusing the sunken INS Sindhurakshak submarine, the Navy today said its record was “not all that bad” in terms of accidents when compared to other navies in the world.  “These

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  INS Sindhurakshak tragedy: Navy inquiry yet to be completed

  India | November 07, 2013 20:37 IST

  Vishakhapatnam: Almost three months after the INS Sindhurakshak sank in the Mumbai harbour area, the Navy is yet to complete its inquiry to ascertain the reasons behind the accident.“Of course, it was a tragedy that

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  INS Sindhurakshak mishap: Navy fails to meet probe deadline

  India | September 19, 2013 22:15 IST

  New Delhi: The Navy has failed to meet the four-week deadline of completing its inquiry into the INS Sindhurakshak mishap and has not yet issued a tender to salvage the submarine.Soon after the mishap, Navy

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  Russia capable of saving nationals from Syria: Navy

  World | August 31, 2013 9:48 IST

  Moscow: The Russian naval forces stationed in the Mediterranean Sea are capable of evacuating its nationals from Syria if they receive such a order, the Navy said Friday."The group of Russian warships consisted of the

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  Sindhurakshak: No indication of sabotage, says Navy, as five bodies recovered so far

  India | August 17, 2013 8:49 IST

  New Delhi/Mumbai: The Indian Navy  has  said it has been getting Intelligence warnings of terror threats to its assets in Mumbai but there has been no indication so far of sabotage being a reason behind

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  Navy orders board of inquiry into submarine blast, fire

  India | August 14, 2013 9:48 IST

  Mumbai:The Navy on Wednesday ordered a board of inquiry to probe the explosion and subsequent fire onboard its submarine INS Sindurakshak which has sunk.The fate of 18 persons onboard the submarine is being ascertained, a

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  Sri Lankan navy detains Indian fishermen with 10 boats

  India | July 07, 2013 6:45 IST

  Rameswaram, July 7: Sri Lankan naval personnel on Saturday night detained an unspecified number of fishermen from here along with their ten boats near the Lankan territory.The fishermen were detained when they were fishing near

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  INS Trikand commissioned into Indian Navy

  India | June 29, 2013 21:46 IST

  New Delhi, June 29: INS Trikand, a frigate built in the Russian Federation, was commissioned into the Indian Navy Saturday at Kaliningrad in Russia by Vice Admiral R.K. Dhowan, vice chief of the naval staff,

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  Arms-laden ship drifting towards Goa coast

  India | June 25, 2013 22:44 IST

  Panaji, Jun 25: Goa government has expressed concern over a ship carrying arms and ammunition, which has begun drifting towards its shore after being stranded mid-sea and is reportedly on the verge of being wrecked.Goa