New version of BrahMos missile tested
March 28th, 2012 - 6:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) India Wednesday tested its latest version of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from the integrated test range (ITR) in Balasore off the Odisha coast.The Block ... Read more...
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Chavan says Shivaji memorial in sea is on
March 20th, 2012 - 12:58 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 20 (IANS) Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan has asserted that the proposed Chhatrapati Shivaji memorial will come up in the Arabian Sea and the state would suggest amendments ... Read more...
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Leased Russian N-submarine to reach India by month-end
March 14th, 2012 - 11:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) A nuclear-powered submarine India has leased from Russia will reach Indian shores by this month-end, a defence ministry official said here Wednesday."The submarine will be ... Read more...
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India Aviation not to have aerobatics display
March 10th, 2012 - 5:53 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, March 10 (IANS) India Aviation 2012, the international exhibition and conference on civil aviation, will have no aerobatics show this time in view of an Indian Navy plane crash ... Read more...
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Probe report on boat hit-and-run likely Thursday
March 7th, 2012 - 1:02 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, March 6 (IANS) A report on the probe into the alleged involvement of cargo ship M.V. Prabhu Daya in an hit-and-run case off the Kerala coast March 1 is ... Read more...
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Sikorsky offers military choppers to India (With image)
March 4th, 2012 - 7:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) US-based Sikorsky, among the world's leading helicopter manufacturers, has offered to make military choppers in India.Sikorsky's Executive Vice President for India and South Asia, Air ... Read more...
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India to induct Akash missiles, holds war game in northeast (Lead)
March 1st, 2012 - 11:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) Conscious of threats from China from the northeastern borders, India is inducting its indigenous Akash missiles in the region, even as its air force ... Read more...
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Akash missile to be inducted to counter China
March 1st, 2012 - 8:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) India will achieve a major milestone in the development of indigenous military technology when Defence Minister A.K. Antony hands over the first batch ... Read more...
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Tragedy strikes Kerala waters again, two killed (Lead)
March 1st, 2012 - 4:28 pm ICT by IANS
Alappuzha (Kerala), March 1 (IANS) Two fishermen were killed, two injured and three missing after a mysterious ship collided with a fishing boat early Thursday in the sea off Kerala, ... Read more...
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Russian submarine to reach Indian shores mid-March
February 28th, 2012 - 5:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) India will become the world's sixth operator of a nuclear-powered submarine next month when Russia's K-152 Nerpa attack vessel reaches the country's shores ahead of ... Read more...
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Defence panel approves LCA for Indian Navy
February 27th, 2012 - 8:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) In a boost to India's indigenous maritime combat plane development programme, a top defence panel has approved the limited series production of the Tejas light ... Read more...
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India calls for global effort in fight against pirates (Lead)
February 27th, 2012 - 5:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) With incidents of piracy on the rise in the Indian Ocean region, India Monday stressed the need for an international cooperative effort to contain the ... Read more...
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Fight against piracy needs global effort: India
February 27th, 2012 - 5:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) With incidents of piracy on the rise in the Indian Ocean region, India Monday stressed the need for an international cooperative effort to contain the ... Read more...
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Facing manpower shortage, Indian Navy on recruitment drive
February 26th, 2012 - 3:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) Facing a massive shortage in its officer and sailor cadre, Indian Navy has gone on a campaign overdrive to attract the youth to join a ... Read more...
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Maritime event to focus on piracy, energy security issues
February 25th, 2012 - 4:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) In the backdrop of growing importance of the seas in India's security matrix, a two-day conference beginning here Monday will debate the role of maritime ... Read more...
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India-US defence dialogue held ahead of naval drill
February 23rd, 2012 - 10:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) Ahead of their navies holding a massive war game in the Bay of Bengal, India and the US held their annual Defence Policy Group ... Read more...
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Kerala fishermen still under fear, says Chandy
February 22nd, 2012 - 4:57 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 22 (IANS) Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy Wednesday said that after the shooting down of two fishermen by an Italian ship's security officials, the fishermen community is in ... Read more...
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Over dozen school children feared drowned
February 18th, 2012 - 4:34 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Feb 18 (IANS) More than a dozen school children and their woman escort were feared drowned Saturday after a school bus carrying them drove straight into a river in ... Read more...
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Raytheon delivers first radar for Indian P-8I to Boeing
February 18th, 2012 - 1:16 pm ICT by IANS
Singapore, Feb 18 (IANS) Raytheon has delivered the first APY-10 radar to Boeing for integration on board the Indian Navy's first P-8I maritime reconnaissance aircraft that should be delivered in ... Read more...
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Indian Navy’s UAV crashes (Lead)
February 16th, 2012 - 6:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) of the Indian Navy crashed near Visakhapatnam Thursday while returning from a maritime exercise in the Bay of Bengal, an ... Read more...
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Indian Navy’s UAV crashes
February 16th, 2012 - 5:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) of the Indian Navy crashed near Visakhapatnam Thursday while returning from a maritime exercise in the Bay of Bengal, an ... Read more...
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India, Saudi Arabia to set up joint defence panel (Lead)
February 15th, 2012 - 3:04 pm ICT by IANS
Riyadh/New Delhi, Feb 15 (IANS) India and Saudi Arabia have looked at ways to enhance bilateral ties during the two-day visit of Indian Defence Minister A.K. Antony and have decided ... Read more...
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Antony’s visit: India, Saudi Arabia seek stronger ties
February 15th, 2012 - 12:03 pm ICT by IANS
Riyadh, Feb 15 (IANS) India and Saudi Arabia have looked at ways to enhance bilateral ties during the two-day visit of Indian Defence Minister A.K. Antony.Defence Minister Prince Salman bin ... Read more...
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Indian defence minister leaves for Saudi Arabia
February 13th, 2012 - 1:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) Defence Minister A.K. Antony left Monday on a two-day visit to Saudi Arabia, the first by an Indian defence minister to the Gulf nation with ... Read more...
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In a first, Antony goes to Saudi Arabia on key defence visit
February 11th, 2012 - 6:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) As part of India's larger geopolitics and global security strategy, A.K. Antony will pay a two-day visit from Monday to Saudi Arabia, the first ... Read more...
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Antony witnesses Indian Navy’s battle readiness exercise
February 8th, 2012 - 10:37 pm ICT by IANS
Visakhapatnam, Feb 8 (IANS) India's lone aircraft carrier, INS Viraat, may be over 50 years old, but the latest refit that it went through in 2009-10 has made it a ... Read more...
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Russia completes final trials of Indian frigate
February 8th, 2012 - 2:34 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Feb 8 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The Yantar shipyard in Russia's European exclave of Kaliningrad has completed the final tests of a missile frigate for the Indian Navy, an official said.Russia ... Read more...
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When the Indian armed forces put down a Maldivian coup
February 7th, 2012 - 8:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) The regime change in Maldives Tuesday had many oldtimers recalling Operation Cactus in November 1988 when the Indian armed forces went into the archipelago nation ... Read more...
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Ahead of naval war game, Antony reviews national security
February 6th, 2012 - 8:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) Ahead of his visit to Visakhapatnam to witness a major naval war game in the Bay of Bengal beginning Tuesday, Defence Minister A.K. Antony Monday ... Read more...
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With China watching, India, Seychelles to up anti-piracy efforts
February 2nd, 2012 - 8:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) Amid China's increased foray into the picturesque Indian Ocean archipelago nation, Seychelles has assured India that it remains its key developmental partner and sought ... Read more...
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Fusion music to debut at Beating Retreat
January 28th, 2012 - 5:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 28 (IANS) For the first time, fusion music will be part of the Beating Retreat ceremony at Vijay Chowk Sunday, marking the culmination of the 63rd ... Read more...
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Vice Admiral Thapliyal is Indian Navy chief of personnel
January 27th, 2012 - 9:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) Vice Admiral Anurag G. Thapliyal, a senior Indian Navy officer with vast operational experience, Friday took over as the Chief of Personnel at the naval ... Read more...
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Indian Navy inducts second sail training ship
January 27th, 2012 - 5:41 pm ICT by IANS
Kochi, Jan 27 (IANS) INS Sudarshini a three-masted barque, the second sail training ship of the Indian Navy, was commissioned by Vice Admiral K.N. Sushil, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Naval ... Read more...
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4 navy officers in dock over social websites indiscretion
January 26th, 2012 - 9:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 26 (IANS) Being active on social networking sites like Facebook and Orkut has landed four Indian Navy officers in trouble after they gave away critical service ... Read more...
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Naval band chief celebrates silver jubilee
January 26th, 2012 - 1:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 26 (IANS) Indian Navy's Master Chief Petty Officer Ramesh Chand Katoch, who led the brass band at the Republic Day parade here, marched down Rajpath for the ... Read more...
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