India's first military satellite GSAT-7 launched successfully
Bangalore: India's first exclusive defence satellite GSAT-7 was successfully launched by European space consortium Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket from Kourou spaceport in French Guiana today, giving a
Bodies of three sailors found in Sindhurakshak wreckage 2 days after blast
Mumbai: Indian navy divers found the bodies of three of 18 sailors who were inside a submarine when some of its weapons detonated, setting off a fire, a navy spokesman said on Friday.
There has bee
Submarine tragedy: Divers struggle to locate 18 personnel on board
Mumbai/New Delhi: Hampered by poor visibility and water inside the INS Sindhurakshak submarine that exploded and sank, Navy divers on Thursday struggled to locate the 18 trapped personnel on board wh
Naval disaster: 18 die as submarine explodes in Mumbai; Sabotage not ruled out
Mumbai/Visakhapatnam: Three explosions and an ensuing fire shortly after midnight on Thursday on INS Sindhurakshak, the Navy’s frontline Russian-origin conventional diesel-electric submarine, submerg
Alert Mumbai fire officer helps save 2nd sub from disaster
Mumbai: A second submarine berthed near INS Sindhurakshak submarine that exploded and sank was saved from a possible disaster thanks to an alert senior Mumbai Fire Brigade officer who was near the mi
Submarine mishap: Naval chief rules out sabotage
Mumbai: Chief of Naval staff Admiral D.K. Joshi on Wednesday ruled out the possibility of sabotage on board of the ill-fated INS Sindhurakshak.
There are no indicators that point out to a sabotage,
Submarine mishap quite a setback, but Navy will bounce back: Experts
New Delhi: The explosion aboard the country's frontline submarine 'INS Sindhurakshak' was quite a setback, said former commanders and top naval experts even as they expressed hope that Indian Navy
Navy to retrieve sunken statues
The state government has sought the help of Navy divers to retrieve 11 of the 12 bronze statues that were pulled down on Tank Bund and dumped into Hussainsagar by pro-Telangana activists during their
Three naval personnel killed in chopper crash
Three naval personnel, including two officers, were on Monday killed when their Chetak helicopter crashed while landing at Dabolim naval base here.
"All three personnel on board have died in the cras
Navy men wink at ban on tattoo
With youngsters turning tattoo-savvy, young Naval personnel also seem eager to catch up with the trend. At present, defence forces will not recruit candidates with a tattoo.
Many Indian Navy official