Indian Navy

  NEW DELHI. Vice Admiral Ajit Kumar P took over as the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief (FOC-in-C) of the Western Naval Command at Mumbai on January 31. He succeeds Vice Admiral Girish Luthra, PVSM, AVSM, VSM, ADC...

  NEW DELHI. In line with an Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA) signed between the Government of Republic of India and Government of Russian Federation on October 15, 2016 for construction of additional Project 1135.6, the Government...

  NEW DELHI. Chairman Chief of Staff Committee (COSC) and Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) Admiral Sunil Lanba commissioned Naval Air Station (NAS) Shibpur as INS Kohassa January 24. The grand ceremony was attended by many...

  NEW DELHI. With the mantra of Nigrani, Nireekshan and Nakabandi; India's largest-ever coastal defence exercise 'Sea Vigil' has concluded after an intense 36-hour period from January 22-23. Exercise Sea - Vigil conceptualised and led by...

  ON BOARD INS Chennai. Indian Navy on January 24 successfully test fired ship launched Long Range Surface-to-Air Missile (LRSAM) from INS Chennai against an incoming aerial target flying at low altitude. The missile destroyed the...

  NEW DELHI. The first coastal defence exercise Sea Vigil, conducted by the Navy and Coast Guard, in close coordination with State Governments and Union Territories concluded on the night of January 22. It was the...

  New Delhi. Ten years after "26/11", the Indian Navy commenced the largest coastal defence exercise off the Indian coast on January 22. Exercise SEA VIGIL, a first-of-its-kind, is being undertaken along the entire 7516.6 km...

  New Delhi. Keeping the coastal security in mind and to enhance maritime domain awareness, the Government has sanctioned three new Naval Air Squadrons to be setup in Gujarat and Tamil Nadu recently. Besides this, the...

  Port Blair. Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman visited Andaman and Nicobar Command (ANC) on January 13 and 14. On arrival at INS Utkrosh, Port Blair on January 13, she was received by Commander in Chief,...

New Delhi. Chief of the Naval Staff, French Navy, Admiral Christophe Prazuck has been visiting India from January 6-9 to consolidate bilateral naval relations between India and France, as also to explore new avenues...

  KOCHI. Japan Navy Ship JMSDF (Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force) Samidare, commanded by Commander Gen Kawai visited Kochi from December 20-22. On December 21, Captain Takahiro Nishiyama, Commander Escort Division Four accompanied by the Commanding Officer...

  NEW DELHI. In his first visit after taking over, Royal Thai Navy (RTN) Commander in Chief Admiral Luechai Ruddit visited India from December 18 to 21 along with a nine member RTN delegation. The visit...

  GURUGRAM. Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman launched the Information Fusion Centre – Indian Ocean Region (IFC-IOR) at Information Management and Analysis Centre (IMAC) Gurugram on December 22. Apart from representation by officials from the Ministry of...