The Indian Navy has tested a Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle (DSRV) and transferred personnel under water from a..
Vice Admiral Ajendra Bahadur Singh assumed the duties of Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (Doctrine Orga..
Force modernization and maintaining the high operational tempo will be the two main challenges for new Navy chie..
In a major operation on the high seas, the Indian Coast Guard on early Tuesday seized a Pakistani fishing vessel..
The biggest Indo-French naval exercise yet, Varuna-19, concluded off Goa late on Friday with close range manouve..
In the trend of India and the US intensifying naval links to protect maritime freedom in the Indo-Pacific region..
INS Ranjit, a Rajput class destroyer was decommissioned at a solemn yet grand ceremony at Naval Dockyard, Visak..
The 17th edition of ''Varuna'', an Indo-French naval exercise which is underway off Goa, is the largest ever joi..
The fourth of Indian Navy''s stealth, Scorpene class submarine under Project 75, was launched at the Kanhoji Ang..
On the sixth of May, a glorious era of INS Ranjit being the frontline missile destroyer of the Indian Navy is go..
Extremely severe cyclonic storm Fani made landfall on the eastern coast wreaking havoc in Odisha on Friday. Desp..
Three Indian navy''s warships - Sahyadri, Ranvir and Kadmatt - with relief material and medical teams are tracki..
Indian Coast Guard (ICG) initiated series of pre-emptive measures from first sign of weather disturbance in Bay ..
Based on request from Manipur State Government, a team of 12 Naval divers and 02 hydrographers (survey sailors)..
The first part of the Indo-French joint naval exercise, Varuna 19.1 will be conducted off the Goa coast from 1st..
As the cyclone storm Fani was intensifying into a ''Severe Cyclonic Storm'' over the south-east and adjoining so..
An Indian Navy officer died on Friday while trying to put out a fire on INS Vikramaditya when the ship was enter..
Indigenously-designed and constructed guided missile destroyer ''Imphal'' was launched at the Mazgaon Dock Shipb..
Democratic presidential candidates have slammed Attorney General William Barr for the way he handled the release..
IN Ships Kolkata and Shakti are scheduled to arrive Qingdao, China on 21 Apr 19 to participate in the Internatio..
Admiral Sunil Lanba, PVSM, AVSM, ADC, Chief of the Naval Staff is on a bilateral visit to Thailand from 17 to 19..
The Australian and Indian Navy have concluded a two-week long bilateral maritime exercise code-named AUSINDEX on..
A major catastrophe was averted by the well trained Indian Naval aircrew, when their Chetak helicopter ditched a..
Rear Admiral Rajesh Pendharkar, VSM has assumed the charge as the Flag Officer Commanding Maharashtra Naval Area..
Vice Admiral MA Hampiholi, AVSM NM has assumed charge as Director General Naval Operations today, on 27 Mar 2019..
In a joint operation launched by Marine Task Force (MTF), Indian Coast Guard (ICG) and Anti-Terrorist Squad of G..
The Government have appointed Vice Admiral Karambir Singh, presently Flag Officer Commander-in-Chief (FOC-in-C) ..
Observing that India is facing state-sponsored terrorism, Navy chief Admiral Sunil Lanba on Tuesday warned about..
In a first of its kind, Ministry of Defence has issued Expression of Interest (s) for shortlisting of potential ..
Vice-Admiral Ajit Kumar P. a missiles specialist, took over as the new Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western..
Vice Admiral G Ashok Kumar on Wednesday assumed charge as the Vice Chief of Naval Staff here.
In a major boost to ‘Make in India’ and indigenous shipbuilding, Goa Shipyard signed contract with Govt/ MoD for..
Naval Air Station (NAS) Shibpur was commissioned as INS Kohassa by Admiral Sunil Lanba, PVSM, AVSM, ADC, Chairma..
NIGRANI, NIREEKSHAN AND NAKABANDI
New Delhi: Exercise Sea Vigil, India''s largest-ever Coastal Defence Exercise..
The Indian Navy on Monday recovered eight bodies from the Arabian Sea off Karnataka''s Karwar coast after the bo..
Indian Naval divers have captured pictures of a body inside a 370-feet flooded coal mine in Meghalaya''s East Ja..
Indian naval divers on Monday found wooden structure, coal and a rat-hole coal inside the 370-feet flooded coal ..
In a freak accident, two Naval officers were killed here on Thursday after getting trapped beneath the iron shut..
The surge of national pride at the recent completion of "deterrent patrol" by the Indian Navy''s first home-buil..
The Vice Chief of Navy, Vice Admiral Ajit Kumar P. on Wednesday commissioned the indigenously designed and built..
An Indian Navy ship deployed for anti-piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden, made a second arms seizure in six d..
India has joined an elite group of nations by inducting its first flyaway Deep Sea Submarine Rescue System along..
The US Seventh Fleet and Indian Navy on Wednesday convened the 21st Executive Steering Group (ESG) on bilateral ..
The Indian Navy has continuously evolved and improved its structures and processes, in keeping with the changing..
The Indian maritime forces on Tuesday was celebrated for their role in the 1971 India-Pakistan War as leaders fr..
The Indian Navy is a dominant player in the Indian Ocean region vis-a-vis China though the latter has advantage ..
Indian Navy pilots Commander Vijay Varma and Captain P. Rajkumar have been awarded "Asian of the Year" award, jo..
Maldivian Coast Guard Ship (MCGS) Huravee successfully completed her refit at Naval Dockyard Visakhapatnam and t..
Indian Coast Guard (ICG) initiated a large-scale series of pre-emptive and proactive measures to prevent loss of..
The number of missiles and torpedo firings being undertaken are in fact unprecedented and perhaps the largest th..
The Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS) is an inclusive and voluntary initiative that brings together navies of ..
Defence Ministry spokesperson Swarnashree Rao Rajashekar was on Friday sent on leave after she posted a tweet at..
The Western Naval Command has successfully concluded the maiden trials of the Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle (D..
The Goa Maritime Symposium – 2018, the second edition of the Goa Maritime Symposium (GSM) – a forum towards fost..
The Indian Navy is going to host a day-long symposium on October 16 on the theme of ''building stronger maritime..
An Indian naval Chetak helicopter crashed at the Indian naval Chetak helicopter at Arakkonam in Tamil Nadu on Mo..
In the series of meetings of IONS Working Group (IWG) on Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR), the..
Two Indian naval ships along with one Indian Navy Dornier aircraft will call at Myanmar''s Yangon Port later on ..
India, Australia and other international agencies have launched a massive effort to rescue a seriously injured I..
Admiral Sunil Lanba, PVSM, AVSM, ADC, Chairman Chiefs Of Staff Committee (COSC) and Chief of the Naval Staff (C..
The Indian Navy helped a Norwegian ship manned by an all Indian crew, to retrieve its cable chain and port ancho..
Vice Admiral Anil Kumar Chawla, AVSM, NM, VSM, has taken over the reins of the Southern Naval Command (SNC) as i..
A special court here on Wednesday sentenced former naval officer, Captain Salam Singh Rathore, to seven years of..
Navy chief, Admiral Sunil Lanba is on a "goodwill visit" to Bangladesh from June 24 to 29 to consolidate bilater..
Ambassador MS Raychelle Omamo, Cabinet Secretary for Defence, Kenya, accompanied by high level military delegati..
The raging fire in MV SSL Kolkata that began on June 14 night in the Bay of Bengal was finally extinguished on S..
The Indian Coast Guard on Thursday rescued all 22 crew members of a merchant container vessel after a devastatin..
Indian Naval Sailing Vessel Tarini (INSV Tarini) entered Goa harbour and came alongside the INS Mandovi jetty on..
A 1,000-tonne barge, specially designed for carrying fuel mid-sea to the Indian Navy''s flagship aircraft carrie..
Bollywood star Akshay Kumar and his actor-turned-author wife Twinkle Khanna have been served a legal notice for ..
Senior commanders of the Indian Navy began a four-day conclave here on Tuesday to discuss combat efficiency and ..
The Indian Navy''s reported decision to nominate Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd (MDL) to execute the $8 billion P..
Actor Akshay Kumar is putting up the naval uniform, which he donned in the film "Rustom", for auction.The procee..
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, top legislative functionaries and elected people''s representatives witnessed ..
An injured woman co-pilot of an Indian Coast Guard helicopter which had crash landed in Raigad on March 10, has ..
An Indian Navys Remotely Piloted Aircraft operating from Porbandar in Gujarat crashed close to an airbase on Thu..
Online recruitment service provider Monster India on Friday said it has signed a MoU with the Indian Navy Placem..
A US Navy fighter jet has crashed off the coast of Key West, Florida, killing its two crew members, a media repo..
Three unidentified charred bodies were found on board the container ship Maersk Honam which had caught fire on M..
Admiral Katsutoshi Kawano, Chief of Joint Staff, Japan Self Defence Forces (JSDF), interacted with officers of t..
A container ship off the Agatti island in the Arabian Sea continued to burn after more than 36 hours on Thursday..
With a two-front war in mind, the Indian Navy undertook a gruelling military exercise along with the Army, Air F..
The event will see a mix of professional exercises and seminars, social events and sporting fixtures. The inaugu..
The Flag Officer has undergone the Staff Course at the Defence Services Staff College and the Higher Air Command..
The third indigenously-built diesel-electric Scorpene-class submarine, INS Karanj, was launched at the Mazagaon ..
Indian Navy sailboat INSV Tarini with an all-women crew rounded Cape Horn on Friday morning, completing one of t..
Raksha Mantri (RM) Smt Nirmala Sitharaman presided over India''s show of Naval might on 08 and 09 January 2018. ..
A MiG-29K aircraft caught fire after it skidded off the runway in Goa''s Dabolim International Airport on Wednes..
Global submarine makers have expressed interest in making six submarines in India and have submitted their bids ..
Heralding it as a significant new era to boost India''s defence and security, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Th..
Indian Navy sailboat INSV Tarini left Lyttelton port on Tuesday morning for the next leg of its journey towards ..
Navy chief Admiral Sunil Lanba on Friday said it is odd for China to deploy submarines for anti-piracy operation..
The Indian Navy and Coast Guard rescued 33 fishermen from the deep sea in the wake of cyclonic storm Ockhi that ..
A Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) of the Indian Navy crashed while taking off from the Kochi Naval Base, an offi..
A thirteen member delegation headed by H.E. Mrs Florence Parly, French Minister for the Armed Forces visited Mum..
The 4th meeting of the Joint Working Group on Aircraft Carrier Technology Co-operation (JWGACTC), constituted un..
An Indian Naval patrol aircraft failed to find any more survivors of merchant ship Emerald Star that sank off th..
INS Kiltan (P30), third Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) stealth corvettes built under Project 28 (Kamorta Class) wa..
INS Tarasa, a Water Jet Fast Attack Craft intended for extended coastal and offshore surveillance and patrolling..
In a historic moment, the first Scorpene submarine Kalvari was delivered to the Indian Navy at the Mazagon Dock ..
In one of the biggest global tenders for helicopters issued recently, a Request For Information was issued by In..
Commander Abhilash Tomy of the Indian Navy, who has to his credit a solo circumnavigation of the globe, will par..
Ships and submarines of the Indian Navy were involved in 38 accidents from 2007 to 2016, which adversely impacte..
INS Vikramaditya, India''s aircraft carrier participating in the exercise, launched MiG 29K fighter aircraft to ..
Andhra Pradesh hopes to convert the recently decommissioned aircraft carrier INS Viraat into a "dedicated touris..
The week-long trilateral Malabar naval exercise began on Monday with 16 ships, including many frontline warships..
Warships, submarines, aircraft and personnel from India, Japan and the US are to participate in the Malabar exer..
The Indian Navy''s sailing vessel with an all-woman crew, INSV Tarini, which is due to begin a circumnavigation ..
"These fisherman were fortunately spotted by alert crew of INS Sumitra, 96 nautical miles south west of Chittago..
The submarine had on May 27 test-fired a torpedo, with sources saying that it was the last major test that was r..
Indian Naval Ship Sharda, deployed for anti-piracy operations in Gulf of Aden, came to the rescue of Liberian me..
China is slowly increasing its political, economic and military influence in the Bay of Bengal by forging mariti..
The Indian Navy on Monday signed an MoU on data sharing and scientific cooperation in meteorology and oceanograp..
Two minesweepers of Indian Navy, INS Karwar and INS Kakinada, were bid adieu at a solemn ceremony at the Naval D..
The 29th series of India-Indonesia coordinated patrol commenced on Tuesday, with an opening ceremony under the A..
Canadian Defence Minister Harjit Singh Sajjan on Saturday visited the Western Naval Command here as part of his ..
An Indian Naval ship for the first time on Friday fired a land-attack BrahMos supersonic cruise missile.
“If all goes well, then the Navy is expected to close the LPD contract by end of this year,” Vice Admiral DM Des..
Indian Navy has rescued four crew members of a tugboat off the Mumbai coast, after the boat ran aground on rocks..
India''s guided missile destroyer INS Chennai arrived here on Saturday on her maiden visit, the Defence Ministry..
Somalia security forces have rescued an Indian cargo ship hijacked by Somali pirates on April 1 but nine of the ..
TU-142M, one of the long range Maritime Patrol aircraft of the Indian Navy which was decommissioned after 29 yea..
After dominating the skies above the seas for 29 years, the Indian Navy''s TU-142M aircraft were given a ceremon..
The Indian Navy this week successfully conducted the maiden trial firing of newly installed surface-to-air missi..
The Admiral is scheduled to meet Defence Minister Arun Jaitley, Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa, Army chief General ..
The world''s oldest aircraft carrier in service, the INS Viraat,is set to retire on Monday from the Indian Navy.
Reaching a milestone in enhancing its sub-surface warfare capability, the Indian Navy on Thursday successfully t..
A carrier-borne MiG 29K multi-role fighter aircraft of the Indian Navy was on Tuesday diverted to Karnataka''s M..
Indian Navy chief Sunil Lanba will on Sunday begin a five day official visit to United Arab Emirates (UAE) and O..
The Indian Navy''s second ocean-going sailboat INSV Tarini will be inducted in Goa on Saturday, an official stat..
The Indian Navy on Friday signed a contract with Nova Integrated Systems Ltd. for procuring indigenously manufac..
The peremptory rejection of the shipborne variant of the Tejas light combat aircraft (LCA) by the Indian Navy se..
The Indian Navy is undertaking a large-scale war exercise off the western coast to test its combat readiness, wi..
Indian Navy’s search for a carrier based fighter jet is now strictly narrowed down to a twin-engine option afte..
"The tableau is focused on showcasing the combat capability of Indian Navy and its combat readiness," Controller..
INS Khanderi, the second of the indigenously-built Kalvari Class submarine was launched at the Mazagaon Docks Sh..
Army chief, Gen Dalbir Singh, who also retires from service on December 31, and Principal Staff Officers of all ..
Indian Navy''s sail boat Mhadei with an all-woman crew reached Cape Town on Friday, after a grueling voyage whic..
State-run ship-maker Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE), presently working on 19 ships, on Wednesday..
The aggressive posturing of the Chinese Navy in East Asia and South China sea has compelled both India and Japan..
India and Russia will hold their annual bilateral naval exercise ''Indra Navy-16'' from Wednesday in the Bay of ..
However, due to extreme weather conditions, the tourists could not reach the jetty to board the ships.Four navy ..
Balaji said it was intended to be a technology demonstrators (TD) that provide inputs for the final development ..
Four ships of the Indian Navy were sailed on Wednesday morning to evacuate about 800 tourists from Havelock Isla..
The joint Russian-Indian naval exercise, code-named Indra NAVY-2016, will be held from December 14 to 21, an off..
While one victim was reportedly inside the indigenously-built ship as it tumbled on its side, the other was beli..
"Greetings & good wishes to all officers, sailors & civilian personnel of the Indian Navy on the Navy Day 2016,"..
He also said that the presence of the Chinese Navy at Gwadar port in Balochistan, Pakistan, is being monitored a..
A naval ship of India will pay a goodwill visit to Fiji, the Fijian government announced on Monday.
His operational appointments include commands of INS Brahmaputra, INS Nireekshak and INS Allepey.
The Indian Navy quietly added the much awaited INS Arihant, India’s first indigenously-built nuclear submarine, ..
The Mazagaon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd (MDL)'s second Visakhapatnam Class-destroyer, with more than 60 per cent indi..
India will complete 25 years of dialogue partnership with the Association of South East Asian Nations (Asean), a..
In his meeting with Erdogan, the prime minister discussed the issue of India's membership of the 48-member Nucle..
Navy to Navy ties between India and Singapore are the key pillars of bilateral defence relations, Indian envoy i..
Amidst great jubiliation, Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited today delivered ‘CHENNAI’ the third and last stealth..
French company DCNS has obtained a court order restricting 'The Australian' from further publishing leaked docum..
It added that DCNS is also seeking a court order to force the newspaper to hand over the documents and remove th..
A day after reports emerged that documents related to India's Scorpene submarine have been leaked, the Indian Na..
The data, which comprises over 22,000 pages, was leaked, the Australian media reported.It contained documents on..
The data, which comprises over 22,000 pages, was leaked, the Australian media reported.It contained documents on..
"The threat would be that they would be able to detect you sooner. When a submarine goes out in the sea, ships a..
With sensitive information related to of combat and stealth aspects of India's Scorpene submarines being alleged..
In an official statement the Navy said: "The available information is being examined at Integrated Headquarters,..
Variants of Scorpene submarines are also used by Malaysia and Chile with Brazil to join the club soon.
India’s navy chief is paying an official trip to Indonesia this week as both sides try to build on maritime coop..
"The drill, code named Joint Sea-2016, is a product of the consensus reached by the two sides," Xinhua news agen..
Soni, who served in the navy for 20 years, said she needs to be moved to Army Research and Referral Hospital in ..
The Navy plans to replace the Barak-I with a new Short Range Surface-to-Air Missile (SR-SAM), Maitri, to be join..
Strengthening the cooperation between India and Germany, thyssenkrupp Marine Systems has signed a key contract w..
A navigation and direction specialist, Admiral Lanba served as the Navigation and Operations Officer onboard num..
Vice-Admiral Girish Luthra took over as the new Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Western Naval Command from V..
Admiral R.K. Dhowan on Wednesday dodged questions related to the AgustaWestland scam, saying all aspects and dec..
The MiG 29Ks will now be part of the Indian Navy's INAS 300 squadron, which have in the past been equipped with ..
The defence ministry said the appointment was decided by the government on Thursday.
DCNS combines resources and expertise spanning the naval defence value chain and entire system lifecycles. DCNS ..
India's increased investment to improve its naval capacity will be seen as a threat by Pakistan, a Pakistani dai..
As the International Fleet Review concluded, the massive warships lined off the Visakhapatnam coast bid adieu t..
The International Fleet Review (IFR) can change the dynamics in the Indian Ocean, Indian Navy chief Admiral R.K...
Indigenous nuclear submarine INS Arihant will not feature at the ongoing International Fleet Review, the navy ch..
With at least 11 major accidents in 2014, the Indian Navy is yet to figure out what caused four of them, leading..
The Indian Navy released a new maritime doctrine in October envisaging an expanded footprint in the Indian Ocean..
The Indian Navy is finally set to open price negotiations with Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation for buying 24 Seaha..
Indian Navy chief Admiral R.K. Dhowan on Wednesday urged commanders to maintain highest combat readiness at all ..
With a view to enhance operational and administrative organisational structure, the Indian Navy on Wednesday cre..
As the country gears up for the International Fleet Review (IFR), the Indian Navy is keen to ready the indigenou..
Less than a week after the Indian Air Force said it would induct women as fighter aircraft pilots, navy chief Ad..
Former Indian Navy chief Admiral Radhakrishna Hariram Tahiliani passed away on Wednesday, an official statement ..
India's biggest, indigenously built warship INS Kochi was commissioned ibto the Indian Navy by Defence Minister ..
A Coast Guard Dornier aircraft, missing for over a month now, has been found on the sea bed off the Tamil Nadu c..
The Indian Navy and Coast Guard rescued 20 people early Monday after receiving a distress signal from a merchant..
As part of India's Act East policy, two Indian warships arrived in Indonesia's capital to conduct an annual bila..
Navy chief Admiral R.K. Dhowan on Thursday downplayed China's white paper on defence that focused on a larger ro..
The Indian Navy's indigenous offshore patrol vessel, INS Saryu, will participate in a week-long ASEAN Regional F..
The Indian Navy on Monday admitted to shooting a fisherman in a boat in the Arabian Sea, around 80 km off Mumbai..
The Indian Navy's new and biggest destroyer, Visakhapatnam, which has enhanced capacity to operate in nuclear, b..
The Indian Coast Guard commissioned an interceptor boat into its fleet at Haldia in West Bengal on Friday, enhan..
Defence Minister Manohar Parikkar on Monday launched the first indigenously-built Scorpene submarine at the Maza..
An Indian naval ship was waiting to leave the Yemeni port of Al Hodeidah, on the western coast, to ferry another..
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has said he will enquire into a Coast Guard officer's statement - captured on ..
The President Pranab Mukherjee Saturday conveyed his greetings and felicitations to all the personnel of Indian ..
India’s first nuclear attack submarine Arihant began sea trials on Dec 15 with naval personnel and defence scien..
Pakistan police claimed to have arrested five militants belonging to the newly formed Al Qaeda India (AQI) group..
Saluting Indian Navy personnel, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday said their "steadfast dedication and valou..
Indian Navy has moved the case to have follow on order and procure another 4 Boeing P-8I long range maritime rec..
Navy Chief Admiral R K Dhowan on Wednesday said it was serious issue that militants tried to hijack a Pakistan N..
The Indian Navy is continuously monitoring the activities of the Chinese navy in the Indian Ocean region, Navy c..
The Indian Navy Thursday commissioned its fourth indigenously built offshore patrol vehicle - INS Sumitra.
An emerging India-Japan military today changed the way Indian Navy and Army will react to future emergencies and..
India’s newly elected Prime Minister Narendra Modi, today sent out a strategic signal that would be watched keen..
Modi dedicated the warship to India, he chose the visit to tell the world what many small friendly countries wer..
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will witness the prowess of INS Vikramaditya Saturday with
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The second phase of base will be a multipurpose one has been stuck over environmental concerns for more than thr..
Chief of the Indian Navy, Admiral Robin Dhowan today made the announcement at Kochi, in Kerala. “INS Vikramadity..
As the navies of India and Indonesia engaged in a joint exercise on the waters off Indonesia, India's Ambassador..
Describing US security engagement with India as crucial to security in the Indo-Pacific region, a US official sa..
India today appointed Admiral Robin Dhowan as the new Chief of its Navy. The appointment of has as replacement t..
India's first aircraft carrier INS Vikrant which saw action in the 1971 India-Pakistan war, has been auctioned a..
The INS Aridaman, a follow-on to the 6,000 tonne nuclear powered INS Arihant is being built at the yard where th..
Commander Kuntal Wadhwa, a 1997 batch officer of the Navy has been killed while two others have been injured. Th..
Admiral Joshi had resigned as Chief of the Indian Navy on February 26 after a fire on board the Russian origin k..
After a series of accidents and incidents in last few months, resulting in loss of precious lives and naval asse..
INS Sindhuratna. The 3076 tonne vessel was forced to surface from its undersea journey some 50 miles off the coa..
This was the biggest edition of the ‘Milan’ since its inception in 1995. The event started on February 4 and saw..
India's next Kargil could happen in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, former Indian Navy chief Admiral Arun Praka..
India is taking note of defence developments in its neighbourhood, and is in a state of preparedness to thwart n..
The Indian Navy has decided to re-auction the country's first aircraft carrier INS Vikrant after nearly 15 years..
The navy hopes to see sunken submarine Sindhurakshak operational again, Navy chief Admiral D.K. Joshi said Tuesd..
Calling for regularisation of private maritime security ships, Indian Navy chief Admiral D.K. Joshi Tuesday warn..
A coastal security bill has been drafted to ensure better coordination between the agencies working in the area..
Spain is offering to build ships and submarines for the Indian Navy in India with transfer of technology.
India Saturday successfully tested its nuclear-capable ballistic missile Dhanush from a naval ship in the Bay of..
Defence Minister A.K. Antony Wednesday flagged the need for safety norms for naval vessels, and told commanders ..
India will send another consignment of relief material to the Philippines to help people coping with the havoc c..
India has received its second P-8I maritime patrol aircraft from Boeing company, doubling the country's long-ran..
The first Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) squadron was commissioned Tuesday by Western Naval Command chief Vice..
The three Services chiefs Monday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as part of a routine briefing, but the meetin..
State-run defence behemoth Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) Monday handed over the first naval variant of the adv..
Four Indian Navy ships are on a month-long overseas deployment to the Gulf to reinforce bilateral ties and parti..
The Indian Coast Guard has commissioned an Interceptor Boat (IB) for close-coast patrolling along the Odisha and..
The Indian Navy's largest offshore patrol vessel, the INS Sunayna, was Monday handed over to it by the Goa Shipy..
India's first dedicated satellite for maritime communications will be launched Friday from the European space co..
Defence Minister A.K. Antony Thursday told parliament that the INS Sindhurakshak tragedy will be treated as a sp..
Preliminary investigations into the sinking of INS Sindhurakshak have revealed that the near-simultaneous explos..
The Indian Navy said Friday there were no likely survivors on the INS Sindhurakshak submarine which exploded,cau..
There were no likely survivors on the INS Sindhurakshak submarine which sufferred two explosions, caught fire an..
INS Sindhurakshak, which was rocked by a massive explosion accompanied by a fire here Wednesday, is an Indian Na..
Navy chief Admiral D.K. Joshi will visit the naval dockyard in Mumbai where an explosion rocked an Indian Navy s..
Indian Navy submarine INS Sindhurakshak sank Wednesday morning after it was ravaged by a massive fire preceded b..
India's successive launching of its first nuclear submarine and aircraft carrier along with other launches in re..
India Monday launched its first indigenous aircraft carrier (IAC) Vikrant;, joining the select group of three ot..
India has activated the atomic reactor on board INS Arihant, a development that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh de..
Over 24,000 tonne of specially designed steel capable of withstanding "high impact load shock" has gone into the..
The present situation is best described as a stalemate at the tactical level as the US-led forces are not exactl..
The Indian navy will launch its first indigenous aircraft carrier Aug 12 at Kochi, making the country only the f..
India, Sri Lanka and Maldives have agreed on a roadmap to boost cooperation in maritime security.
Indian naval ship INS Taragiri, the last of the six British-designed but indigenously built Nilgiri class frigat..
The continuing uncertainty about aircraft availability, made their job difficult, and the first tentative design..
The Admiral Nakhimov, a nuclear-powered missile cruiser currently being overhauled and modernised, will rejoin t..
Taking their strategic cooperation further, India and Japan Wednesday announced that bilateral naval exercises w..
Long-delayed aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya is undergoing trials and could be in India by December, Russian A..
Stressing that there would be no cover-up, Defence Minister A.K. Antony Wednesday said an inquiry had been order..
Defence Minister A. K. Antony Saturday commissioned Indian Naval Air Squadron (INAS) 303, the navy's first MiG 2..
The Indian Navy is committed to promoting self-reliance in military technology to help sustain the country's eco..
Indian Coast Guard Ship Rajdoot, designed and built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers here, was commiss..
In case of the Gorshkov imbroglio, it is now evident that Russia’s insistence on assigning the refit to the Sevm..
Indian Navy chief Admiral D.K. Joshi gave away gallantry awards to officers and sailors at the annual investitur..
India is unlikely to bill Russia for the delay in the delivery of the refitted aircraft carrier Vikramaditya cau..
The Indian Coast Guard Friday inducted a new generation Arneson surface drive (ASD) propulsion system-equipped i..
Chief minister Manohar Parrikar will personally visit a fishing beach village to probe allegations by fishermen ..
The Boeing P8-I long-range maritime reconnaissance aircraft (LRMRA) which the Indian Navy got lat month is the m..
Boeing has made an on-site delivery of the first of the eight long-range maritime reconnaissance and anti-submar..
The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) received its first indigenously designed and constructed high-speed interceptor boa..
India is constantly upgrading its submarine fleet with modern weapons and sensors, Defence Minister A.K. Antony ..
Against the backof Beijing's assertiveness in South China Sea, India's navy chief in a tough message Monday said..
Against the backof China's renewed assertiveness in the South China Sea, Indian Navy chief Admiral D.K. Joshi Mo..
An Indian naval sail training ship, which is retracing the route along the monsoon winds, Saturday arrived at In..
An Indian Navy sail training ship, which is on an expedition to retrace the route along monsoon winds, arrived i..
he US Navy has begun acquiring the sophisticated lightweight air-launched Mk-54 torpedoes from the US weapon mak..
Alluding to the growing maritime threats, including piracy, Indian Navy chief Admiral D.K. Joshi Tuesday underli..
Three people were killed when an Indian Navy helicopter crashed while landing at Goa's Dabolim airport Monday, a..
The environment ministry has rejected an Indian Navy proposal to test fire missiles at the Tillanchong sanctuary..
India Friday inducted a brand new catamaran-based hydrography survey ship, the first of its kind in its navy.
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Sea trials of an Indian Navy aircraft carrier refitted at a Russian shipyard were unsuccessful due to design fai..
Amid reports of another delay in the delivery of INS Vikramaditya, the Indian Navy said Monday it was hopeful of..
India's bid to buy 16 multi-role helicopters worth over $1 billion for its navy has been hit by delays after the..
Admiral Devendra Kumar Joshi, an anti-submarine warfare specialist, Friday took over as the new Indian Navy chie..
Indian Navy Thursday became the first of the four armed forces to launch a comprehensive health care information..
A piece of land close to South Block in Delhi which houses the Ministry of Defence, has become bone of contenti..
Rear Admiral Sudarshan Shrikhande, chief of staff of the Southern Naval Command, has been appointed assistant ch..
Looking to replace its navy's ageing Chetak helicopter fleet, India has floated a $900-million global tender, af..
In a revolutionary step to speed up its budgetary processes and macro-manage public funds, the Indian Navy will ..
Indian Navy chief Admiral Nirmal Verma Tuesday favoured the creation of a five-star post of Chief of Defence Sta..
In a first, India has allowed one of its warships, bought second-hand from the US in 2005 and inducted into serv..
India will Tuesday formally open a key naval station, aptly named INS Baaz (Hawk), in the southern part of Andam..
Adding teeth to its surface combatants fleet, India Saturday commissioned INS Sahyadri, the third of its indigen..
With the induction of the stealth frigate INS Sahyadri in Mumbai on Saturday, the Indian Navy will add teeth to..
The second of the eight long-range maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare P-8I aircraft Boeing is bu..
With cyber terrorism on the rise and the fight against it getting acute, the Indian Navy will soon have an exclu..
The fully-loaded version of the first of the eight long-range maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare..
The Western Naval Command's base depot, INS Tanaji, was commissioned at the historic Mankhurd Naval Base Tuesday..
The Indian Navy will add teeth to its surface combatants' fleet with the induction of the indigenous stealth fri..
he French defence major DCNS and India's integrated defence company Pipavav plan to enter into a strategic partn..
A refurbished Soviet-era aircraft carrier that India has bought began sea trials early Friday in the White Sea.
In a sign of renewed momentum in bilateral ties, four Indian Navy ships will be docking in Shanghai next week on..
Vice Admiral D. K. Joshi, a highly-decorated anti-submarine warfare specialist, will be the new Indian Navy chie..
Sea trials of the Admiral Gorshkov aircraft carrier, which is being overhauled for the Indian navy in Russia, ha..
The Indian Navy will acquire at least five ships every year for the next 10 years, and deploy two nuclear submar..
The Delhi High Court Friday granted conditional bail to two former Navy Commanders Kulbhushan Parashar and Vijen..
It would however, be prudent for India to inform Beijing that while it values its relations with China, it will ..
The Bombay High Court Tuesday permitted the Indian Navy to decommission and destroy a frigate which had partiall..
India Monday took a major step towards strengthening of the security of its island territories, an issue that ha..
The Indian Navy Friday added teeth to its warship fleet by formally inducting a newly-built frigate at the Yanta..
To give a boost to its naval warfare capability, India will induct on April 27 a new warship into its fleet, whe..
With the Indian Ocean region infested by Somali pirates, India is spearheading an effort to create a naval stand..
Indian and the US navies will conduct a joint training drill, Exercise Malabar 2012, April 9-16 in the Bay of Be..
The Indian Navy Wednesday inducted a Russian-origin nuclear submarine, INS Chakra, into its fleet, giving its un..
India's naval warfare capability will get one of its biggest boosts in decades when the 8,000-ton Russian-origia..
India’s 700 kms range Sagarika (K-15) submarine launched ballistic missile (SLBM) tested on 16 March 2012, was u..
India will induct the six Scorpene submarines that it is building at the Mumbai-based Mazagon Docks Limited (MDL..
A top Indian maritime authority has called upon all foreign vessels plying close to the Indian coast to exercise..
India will become the world's sixth operator of a nuclear-powered submarine next month when Russia's K-152 Nerpa..
Facing a massive shortage in its officer and sailor cadre, Indian Navy has gone on a campaign overdrive to attra..
Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) chaired by the defence minister A. K. Antony in its meeting last Friday, clear..
Five shipyard workers were injured Wednesday, two of them seriously, after workers at a defence shipyard tried t..
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) of the Indian Navy crashed near Visakhapatnam Thursday while returning from a m..
India Thursday summoned the Italian envoy and protested over the shooting of two Indian fishermen by security of..
Just three days after the Supreme Court nixed his plea on changing his birth date, Indian Army chief General V.K..
India's lone aircraft carrier, INS Viraat, may be over 50 years old, but the latest refit that it went through i..
INS Sudarshini a three-masted barque, the second sail training ship of the Indian Navy, was commissioned by Vice..
For the quick thinking and resolute action against pirates in the high seas, a naval commander, who helped captu..
Indian Navy's Master Chief Petty Officer Ramesh Chand Katoch, who led the brass band at the Republic Day parade ..
Using only sail boats and without any mechanical propulsion, a team of 44 National Cadet Corps (Naval Unit) stud..
Air traffic at Goa's Dabolim airport was disrupted for nearly an hour Monday evening after a tyre of an Indian N..
A Russian aircraft carrier which is being refurbished for the Indian Navy will begin sea trials in May for the f..
An Indian Navy helicopter Thursday rescued 11 fishermen trapped in the Bay of Bengal as the official machinery i..
Reviewing the fleet of 81 ships and 44 aircraft as part of the 10th Presidential Fleet Review, President Pratibh..
Equipped with BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles, INS Teg, a Russian-built frigate for the Indian Navy, will set..
Has India's role in the creation of Bangladesh 40 years ago benefited this country strategically? The poser, at..
Thirteen servicemen had a miraculous escape when a fire that broke out on board an Indian Navy helicopter at Man..
India's bid to have a Russian-built nuclear-powered submarine in its fleet on a 10-year lease will fructify in t..
The Indian Navy will acquire 12 more long range maritime reconnaissance (LRMR) aircraft in addition to the 12 Bo..
India will have 'a brand new' navy with 'long legs' at sea, with force levels of 150-odd warships and 500-odd ai..
A five-boat pirate attack on merchant vessels transiting the Gulf of Aden was foiled by an Indian warship that w..
Admiral Oscar Stanley Dawson, the Indian Navy chief from March 1982 to November 1984, passed away at the Command..
The Indian Coast Guard yesterday rescued two Australian sailors stranded on a sailing yacht, around 158 nautical..
In a bid to plug gaps in its coastal security, India has signed a Rs.300 crore deal for importing 80 fast interc..
British have brought their Trafalgar class nuclear-powered submarine for the week-long Konkan exercise, which wi..
The Nerpa was to have been leased in 2008 but the transfer was put on hold after a fatal mishap three years ago,..
"The Navy has an important role to play in disaster management as was seen in the 2004 tsunami. We are building ..
"The Indian Navy has signed a contract with GRSE for construction of eight LCU's at a cost of Rs 2,100 crore," a..
The defence ministry had decided to put on hold the joint venture of Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL) till a policy on..
Based on the Boeing Next-Generation 737 commercial airplane, the P-8I is the Indian Navy variant of the P-8A Pos..
Attacks by Somali pirates on two cargo ships in the Gulf of Aden were thwarted by an Indian Navy warship last we..
The Sri Lankan and Indian navies Monday began their largest joint exercise off the east coast of the island nati..
Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL), a public sector defence ministry operated shipyard, is actively looking at shipbuild..
Stealth frigate Satpura of the Shivalik class is a multi-role combat ship which can surprise the enemy at will. ..
Merchant vessel MT Pavit, that drifted into the Indian waters without being detected and raised coastal security..
The Kavach, a device for firing chaff rockets to decoy incoming anti-ship missiles, has been inducted into the I..
A new regional headquarter of the Coast Guard has been set up in Gandhinagar in Gujarat, Defence Minister A.K. A..
The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) rescued nine out of 30 crew members trapped aboard a sinking cargo ship, M.V. Rak C..
India will induct the second indigenously designed and built stealth frigate of the Shivalik class Aug 20 when D..
The incident could have been avoided if Indian Navy and Pakistan navies had adhered to the CBM not to approach e..
Russia will participate in a new tender for six diesel-electric submarines for the Indian Navy
With piracy disrupting sea trade in the Indian Ocean region, India and Mozambique Tuesday agreed to jointly figh..
Post independent India inherited a plan for the all round development of a sovereign and independent Indian Navy..
The ancient phenomenon of Piracy resurfaced in the 1980s and 1990s and reached a peak around the year 2000 when ..
Expansion in the Western Indian Ocean
The growing collaboration between pirates of Somalia and the fundamentalists and their surrogates in the western..
The ancient phenomenon of Piracy resurfaced in the 1980s and 1990s and reached a peak