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  INS Brahmaputra, Navy warship, severely damaged in fire, sailor missing

  India | July 22, 2024 22:18 IST

  A sailor is missing after a fire broke out on the Navy's multi-role frigate INS Brahmaputra at Mumbai's Naval Dockyard on July 21. The fire, controlled by the ship's crew and dockyard firefighters, caused the ship to list severely and ultimately rest on one side by July 22.

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  Sailor Abhilash Tomy completes prestigious circumnavigation Golden Globe race, finishes second

  Cricket | April 30, 2023 10:56 IST

  A retired Indian Navy officer, Tomy finished second in the race, a solo around-the-world sailing competition that started on September 4, 2022, from Les Sables-d'Olonne in France.

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  Goa: Indian Navy sailor found dead in Vasco town

  India | December 08, 2020 17:20 IST

  ​A 33-year-old sailor posted at INS Hansa was found dead near an under-construction building in the Naval area of South Goa's Vasco town, a senior official said on Tuesday.  

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  Indian Navy discharges sailor who underwent sex-change operation

  India | October 10, 2017 14:03 IST

  Indian Navy has discharged sailor Manish Giri who underwent a sex-change operation.

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  70 sailors stranded in Yemen, MEA says working on evacuation

  India | September 14, 2015 0:09 IST

  New Delhi/Ahmedabad:  India today said it is taking steps to ensure safe evacuation of its nationals from Yemen after a sailors group claimed that 70 seamen from Gujarat are stranded in the war-torn county.  “Our

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  Was pained by the news of sailor's death: Manohar Parrikar

  Politics | November 07, 2014 23:45 IST

  Panaji: Outgoing Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, who is expected to get the defence portfolio in the expansion of the union cabinet on Sunday, today termed the death of a sailor in the mishap involving

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  22 Indian sailors stranded in Singapore eager to return home

  World | September 18, 2013 16:02 IST

  Singapore: Twenty-two Indian sailors stranded in Singapore's waters on board a seized Taiwanese oil tanker since February are desperate to return home.  The sailors, along with a Romanian, have been stranded on the oil carrier

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  Sailor Ainslie will kickoff UK Olympic torch relay

  Other Sports | May 10, 2012 20:34 IST

  London, May 10: London's Olympic organizers have named three-time Olympic gold medalist Ben Ainslie to be the first person to carry the torch during its 70-day relay in Britain.The sailor will begin the trip on

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  South Korean Sailor Killed, 6 Injured In Tanker Blaze

  India | March 24, 2012 21:08 IST

  Mumbai, Mar 24: A South Korean crew member of a Marshal Island-flagged tanker vessel was today killed and six others, including two foreigners, were injured when fire broke out on the ship following an explosion