Delhi emboldened Lanka: CM
Chief minister J. Jayalalithaa has urged the Centre to take steps to prevent attacks on Indian fishermen by Sri Lanka, even as she claimed that Centre’s “soft handling” of the issue has “emboldened” L
US Navy ship collides with oil tanker in Gulf
A US Navy guided missile destroyer was left with a gaping hole on one side after it collided with an oil tanker early on Monday just outside the strategic Strait of Hormuz.
The collision left a brea
Navy floats tender for buying 56 choppers
A global tender has been floated by the Indian Navy for procuring 56 Light Utility Helicopters (LUH) which are expected to cost over Rs 4,000 crore and will replace the fleet of its vintage Cheetah
Navy prepared to deal with a 26/11-type terror strike: Verma
Observing that Navy is prepared to tackle 26/11-type attack from outfits such as LeT, Admiral Nirmal Verma on Tuesday said the "core concern" of the maritime force was about the coalescing of state and non-state actors.
India’s US-made strategic naval aircraft prepares for launch
India's US-made strategic multi-mission maritime aircraft P8-I is gearing for its final launch flight as the second of the eight ordered flying machines rolled inside the Boeing production line here.
Vice Admiral D.K. Joshi named new Navy Chief
Vice Admiral Devendra Kumar Joshi, Western Naval Command chief and a specialist in anti-submarine warfare, was on Tuesday named as the new Navy Chief to succeed Admiral Nirmal Verma whose tenure ends
US Navy hopes stealth ship answers a rising China
A super-stealthy warship that could underpin the U.S. Navy's China strategy will be able to sneak up on coastlines virtually undetected and pound targets with electromagnetic ‘railguns’ right out of a
Vice-Admiral Satish Soni new head of southern naval command
Vice-Admiral Satish Soni assumed office as the Flag Officer Commanding- in-Chief of Southern Naval Command in Kochi, on Thursday. He succeeds Vice-Admiral K.N. Sushil, who retired from the navy, after
Indian Navy aircraft carrier's sea trials postponed
Sea trials of the Admiral Gorshkov aircraft carrier, which is being overhauled for the Indian navy in Russia, have been postponed until beginning of June, the Sevmash shipyard said Wednesday.
The ves
INS Teg to be commissioned in Indian Navy
Armed with the surface-to-surface BrahMos supersonic cruise missile, a medium range gun and anti-submarine rockets, guided missile frigate INS Teg will be commissioned into the Indian Navy on Friday a