New Delhi: The Indian Navy will add teeth to its surface combatants' fleet with the induction of the indigenous stealth frigate INS Sahyadri on July 21 in Mumbai. INS Sahyadri is the third and the last of the Project-17 warships that India is building at the Mazagon Docks Limited (MDL). "INS Sahyadri is scheduled for commissioning into the Indian Navy on July 21," a senior Navy officer told IANS in...
03:11 PM, Jun 25, 2012
The music director Ratheesh Vega, who made his debut with the songs of 'Cocktail' is gradually climbing the ladders of big success. After his recent hit songs in 'Beautiful' which suddenly brought back the melodious sensibilities of Malayalees, the young musician has plenty of projects around. He has recently used super star Mohanlal to sing a song for his new movie 'Run Baby Run' which is currently on production. Ratheesh...
03:27 PM, Jun 23, 2012
Navya Nair was not seen on screen after she entered wedlock a few years ago. The pretty Mollywood actress, who is popular in Kollywood as well, is eyeing a comeback now. According to sources, the 'Raman Thediya Seethai' actress will start her second innings with a Malayalam film titled 'Scene 1: Nammude Veedu'. She will play the role of a higher secondary teacher in this flick. Lal who will essay...
12:41 PM, Jun 22, 2012
A priest Ramanna with the spirit of Chowdeswhari goddess in him quite often at his Sri Chowdeshwari temple in CV Raman Nagar in Bangalore has come forward to produce and direct the film 'Sri Chowdeshwari Devi Mahime' with topnotch of yesteryears Roja playing the role of 'Devi'. The film has completed shooting and the graphic work is balance in the post production work. Ramanna a multi talented personality has written...
12:49 PM, Jun 20, 2012
New Delhi: Indian Navy is all set to boost its under water survey capabilities with state-of-the-art indigenous vessels capable of exploring the depths of the maritime economic zone and the extended continental shelf of the country. The Navy has initiated the process of procuring four survey vessels from indigenous shipyards and has sought detailed information from them. These vessels will replace the oldest of the survey vessels with the maritime...
04:23 AM, Jun 18, 2012
Mumbai: The Naval authorities on Tuesday told the High Court that they have given a "clean chit" to a serving official against whom the allegations of rape were levelled by the wife of a senior sailor attached with the Naval Police branch in Mumbai. A division bench of Justice A M Khanwilkar and Justice AR Joshi was hearing a petition filed by the woman stating that she was raped twice...
09:20 PM, Jun 12, 2012
New Delhi: India and Japan will hold their first-ever maritime exercise commencing on Saturday off the coast of Tokyo there. "Two destroyers, one maritime patrol aircraft and a helicopter of the Japanese Maritime Self Defence Force (JMSDF) will participate in the exercise whereas INS Rana, INS Shivalik, INS Karmukh and fleet tanker INS Shakti will represent India," the Navy said. The four ships entered Tokyo after visiting Singapore, Vietnam, the...
04:01 AM, Jun 09, 2012
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday conducted raids at alleged suspect Abhishek Verma's premises across Delhi and NCR in connection with the Navy war room leak case. Sources say about 10 places belonging to the US-based businessman were raided. The raids came after an FIR was registered on Wednesday based on Abhishek Verma's former associate Edmond Allen's allegations. Allen alleges that Verma was involved in forgery,...
08:48 AM, Jun 07, 2012
New Delhi: Vice Admiral DK Joshi will take over as the next Chief of Naval Staff. Vice Admiral Joshi is the senior most serving officer after the current Navy Chief Nirmal Verma, who will retire on August 31. Vice Admiral Joshi is currently heading Western Naval Command. The announcement about his appointment has been made two months in advance as was done in the case of General Bikram Singh, who...
03:39 PM, Jun 05, 2012
New Delhi: Against the backdrop of increasing role of satellites in modern warfare, the Navy has created a new post of Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Communications, Space and Network Centric Operations) at its headquarters in New Delhi. "On June 1, Rear Admiral Kishan K Pandey took over as the first incumbent of the newly created post of ACNS (CSNCO) at the Integrated Headquarters of Ministry of Defence (Navy)," it...
02:50 AM, Jun 04, 2012
Islamabad: Three senior officers of the Pakistan Navy have been penalised after a court martial found them guilty of negligence and dereliction of duty during a deadly Taliban attack on a key naval airbase in Karachi last year which also destroyed two US-made surveillance aircraft. The navy's media arm confirmed that the three officers were tried "under the naval law and were accordingly penalised." It did not identify the officers...
12:31 PM, May 22, 2012
Islamabad: The Pakistan Navy on Saturday completed the establishment of a new Naval Strategic Force Command, described by the military as the custodian of the country's nuclear second strike capability. Naval Strategic Force Command headquarters was inaugurated by naval Chief Admiral Mohammad Asif Sandila. The event was attended by Strategic Plans Division Chief Lt Gen (retired) Khalid Kidwai and senior naval and military officers. Vice Admiral Tanveer Faiz, commander of...
12:50 AM, May 20, 2012
New Delhi: The Indian Navy will acquire at least five ships every year for the next 10 years, and deploy two nuclear submarines and its new aircraft carrier, INS Vikramaditya, in 2013. The fast forward mode after a long lull has been mentioned both by Defence Minister AK Antony as well as navy chief Admiral Nirmal Verma on different occasions, particularly at the induction of the nuclear-powered submarine INS Chakra...
02:04 AM, May 17, 2012
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Tuesday granted permission to Indian Navy to destroy a naval ship which had been grounded in the city dockyard for over a year, after its collision with MV Nordlake. Justice Roshan Dalvi was hearing an application filed by the navy, seeking permission to destroy naval ship INS Vindhyagiri on the ground that ammunition were stored in it and it would not be safe to...
07:37 PM, May 08, 2012
Washington: Osama bin Laden had planned to kill US President Barack Obama and General David Petraeus, who then was the top US commander in Afghanistan, and had issued instructions to Illyas Kashmiri to set up two units to target planes carrying them. According to the documents seized from the Abbottabad safe-house of bin Laden, where he was killed by US forces about a year ago, the then al-Qaeda leader wanted...
08:20 PM, May 03, 2012
Kochi: India on Monday commissioned its first full-fledged naval base, INS Dweeprakshak, in Lakshadweep, for further strengthening its presence in the Arabian sea and extending its reach in the strategically important Indian Ocean Region. Besides ensuring coastal security to the 36 islands in Lakshdweep archipelago, the base at Kavaratti island will also guard the sea lanes used by merchant ships and intelligence gathering, Southern Naval Commander Vice Admiral KN Sushil...
09:06 PM, Apr 30, 2012
Bangalore: India on Friday joined an elite club of countries by test flying the naval variant of its Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) in this tech hub under a partially cloudy sky. "With the successful maiden flight of the LCA's naval variant, India joins an elite club of countries capable of designing, developing, manufacturing and testing the fourth generation carrier borne fly-by-wire ski take off but arrested recovery (Stobar) aircraft," said...
01:56 AM, Apr 28, 2012
New Delhi: To give a boost to its naval warfare capability, India inducted on April 27 a new warship into its fleet, when INS Teg, built in Russia, was handed over to its crew. INS Teg is the first of three guided missile frigates of the modified INS Talwar-class that India commissioned Russian shipyard Yantar to build. INS Teg will be followed by the induction of INS Tarkash and INS...
12:21 PM, Apr 27, 2012
New Delhi: Aiming to establish itself as a blue water force in real terms, Indian Navy will be inducting more than 90 fighting platforms in another decade, including aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya, which is likely to be commissioned later this year. "Under the Maritime Perspective Plan (MPP), around 50 of these vessels are in various stages of construction at different shipyards in the country, while the contract for 45 more...
02:51 AM, Apr 23, 2012
New Delhi: Agni-V, the 5000-km range surface-to-surface Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) capable of carrying multiple nuclear warheads, has catapulted India into an extremely select club of countries possessing such a deadly weapons platform. Agni-V gives India the much-needed muscle and a strong deterrence against its nuclear-armed adversaries as the missile can not only target every city of China, but is also capable of reaching Australia, Eastern Europe, North Eastern and...
05:04 PM, Apr 19, 2012
