India inducts third indigenous stealth frigate (Lead)
July 21st, 2012 - 3:38 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 21 (IANS) Adding teeth to its surface combatants fleet, India Saturday commissioned INS Sahyadri, the third of its indigenously designed and built warships which will enhance the ... Read more...
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India inducts third indigenous stealth frigate
July 21st, 2012 - 3:30 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 21 (IANS) Adding teeth to its surface combatants fleet, India Saturday commissioned the third of its indigenously designed and built warship, INS Sahyadri, which will enhance the country's ... Read more...
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Antony to commission Indian-built warship Saturday
July 20th, 2012 - 4:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) With the induction of the stealth frigate INS Sahyadri in Mumbai on Saturday, the Indian Navy will add teeth to its surface combatants' fleet, ... Read more...
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India’s third indigenous stealth frigate commissioning July 21
June 25th, 2012 - 3:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 25 (IANS) 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 ... Read more...
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India may soon export rice to China (Lead)
June 21st, 2012 - 12:10 pm ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, June 21 (IANS) India may soon be allowed to export rice to China. The assurance from Beijing came when Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh met here ... Read more...
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‘India can soon export rice to China’
June 21st, 2012 - 11:31 am ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, June 21 (IANS) India's rice exports to China have been virtually cleared. The assurance from Beijing came when Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh met with his ... Read more...
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Indian warships wrap up China visit
June 19th, 2012 - 9:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) Four Indian warships that were in Shanghai on a four-day goodwill visit, have wrapped up their port call and left China on the return journey ... Read more...
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Indian warships visit China after six years
June 14th, 2012 - 12:33 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 13 (IANS) After a gap of six years, four Indian warships are on a visit to China, docking at Shanghai on a four-day port call, even as ... 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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‘Warship delays not linked to Mazagon Docks upgrade’
November 23rd, 2011 - 6:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 23 (IANS) There is a delay in the modernisation of Mumbai-based Mazagon Docks Limited (MDL) and the construction of warships there but the two issues are not ... Read more...
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Indian Navy installs anti-piracy device on warships
September 29th, 2011 - 12:00 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 29 (IANS) With piracy in the Gulf of Aden and off the Somali reaching alarming proportions, the Indian Navy, which has been in action against the brigands for ... Read more...
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India launches second home-built stealth warship (Lead)
August 20th, 2011 - 3:58 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 20 (IANS) The Indian Navy added to its striking capabilities Saturday by commissioning its second indigenously designed and built warship, INS Satpura, a multi-role combatant stealth frigate that ... Read more...
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India commissions second indigenous stealth frigate
August 20th, 2011 - 12:01 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 20 (IANS) The Indian Navy enhanced its sea warfare capabilities by commissioning the second indigenously-built multi-role stealth warship - INS Satpura - with an array of weaponry ... Read more...
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Navy to get second indigenous stealth frigate
July 27th, 2011 - 8:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) India will induct the second indigenously designed and built stealth frigate of the Shivalik class Aug 20 when Defence Minister A.K. Antony will formally hand ... Read more...
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India, Turkey navy wargames begin Sunday
July 7th, 2011 - 12:50 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) Indian and Turkish navies will embark on a two-day major war game in the Arabian Sea off Mumbai beginning Sunday, when four warships from each ... Read more...
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President to review Indian Navy fleet December 20
June 7th, 2011 - 8:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 7 (IANS) President Pratibha Patil, the supreme commander of the armed forces, will December 20 review the Indian Navy fleet, when India's top warships including the ... Read more...
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Senior Indian Navy post upgraded
April 7th, 2011 - 8:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) The government Thursday upgraded the senior-most staff appointment in the Visakhapatnam-based Eastern Naval Command to the rank of a vice admiral. Sunil Lanba will be ... Read more...
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Antony calls upon industry to boost ship building programmes of Indian Navy
April 29th, 2010 - 5:40 pm ICT by ANI
Mumbai, Apr.29 (ANI): Defence Minister A K Antony on Thursday called upon the Indian Industry to give their best in developing the country's ship building programmes.Speaking after commissioning INS Shivalik, the first ... Read more...
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India’s first indigenous warship commissioned
April 29th, 2010 - 3:07 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 29 (IANS) INS Shivalik, the first indigenous stealth frigate in the Indian Navy, was commissioned Thursday by Deffence Minister A.K. Antony at the naval dockyard here.
"It is a red letter ... Read more...
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Post 26/11, challenges of guarding India’s sea lanes greater: Antony
April 29th, 2010 - 2:54 pm ICT by ANI
Mumbai, Apr.29 (ANI): Defence Minister A K Antony on Thursday said that in the aftermath of the November 2008 Mumbai terror attack, the challenge to guard India's sea lanes has increased considerably.Speaking ... Read more...
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Largest stealth frigate in world commissioned in Indian Navy
April 29th, 2010 - 12:06 pm ICT by ANI
By Praful Kumar SinghMumbai, Apr 29 (ANI): To be ready for technological warfare and in a bid to build a blue-water navy capable of operating across oceans, India today commissioned the ... Read more...
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India’s indigenous stealth frigate INS Shivalik to be commissioned today
April 29th, 2010 - 11:15 am ICT by ANI
Mumbai, Apr. 29 (ANI): In a bid to build a blue-water navy capable of operating across oceans, India is all set to commission the first of the Shivalik-class multi-role frigate with stealth ... Read more...
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First indigenous Shivalik class frigate to be inducted in April
January 22nd, 2010 - 7:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS)The Indian Navy will induct its first indigenously-built Shivalik class stealth frigate in April, an official said.
Christened INS Shivalik, the multi-role stealth frigate has been built at Mumbai's ... Read more...
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Indian Navy warships set off for Oman
December 8th, 2009 - 8:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) Two Indian Navy warships Tuesday set off for Oman to take part in bilateral naval exercise beginning Dec 11, an official said.
"Guided missile frigate INS Ganga and ... Read more...
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Indian warship foils fourth piracy bid in Gulf of Aden (Lead, With Images)
May 29th, 2009 - 6:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) It was an anti-piracy operation with a twist in the tale: Instead of arresting the eight brigands who were attempting to board a merchant vessel in the ... Read more...
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INS Trishul to be affiliated with JAT Regiment
January 22nd, 2009 - 6:24 pm ICT by ANI
Mumbai, Jan 22, (ANI): Indian Naval Ship Trishul, a state-of-the-art multi-role Stealth Frigate is now affiliated with one of the most decorated infantry regiments of the Indian Army, Jat Regiment.
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Indian Navy rescues third ship from Somalian, Yemeni pirates
December 13th, 2008 - 11:16 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi , Dec.13 (ANI): The Indian Navy on Saturday confirmed the arrest of 23 Somalian and Yemeni pirates who attempted to hijack an Ethiopian vessel some 160 nautical miles off ... Read more...
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Indian Navy nabs 23 pirates off Aden (Lead)
December 13th, 2008 - 7:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 13 (IANS) In its third rescue act within a month, the Indian Navy Saturday arrested 23 pirates who attempted to hijack an Ethiopian vessel some 160 nautical miles off ... Read more...
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Sinking pirate vessel was within law: Navy chief
December 2nd, 2008 - 6:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 2 (IANS) The sinking of a pirate craft in the Gulf of Aden by the stealth frigate INS Tabar last month was not “wrong” and it was well “within ... Read more...
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India defends anti-piracy action in Gulf of Aden
November 26th, 2008 - 11:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 26 (IANS) India Wednesday expressed condolences at the loss of lives in an anti-piracy action in the Gulf of Aden last week, but vigorously defended the action saying it ... Read more...
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Sunken vessel was indulging in piracy: Indian Navy (Lead, Changing Dateline)
November 26th, 2008 - 8:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Bangkok, Nov 26 (IANS) Sticking to it guns, the Indian Navy, in response of Thailand's demand for clarification, Wednesday said it had sunk a ship in the Gulf of Aden last ... Read more...
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Indian Navy questioned on Somali pirate ship sinking
November 26th, 2008 - 12:03 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 25 (IANS) The sinking by the Indian Navy of a Somali pirate "mother ship" in the international waters off the Gulf of Aden took a curious turn Tuesday with ... Read more...
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India gets nod to enter Somalian waters as world unites to fight piracy (Roundup)
November 21st, 2008 - 9:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Washington/United Nations, Nov 21 (IANS) With India actively thwarting piracy bids in the Gulf of Aden, Somalia has given permission to the Indian Navy to enter its territorial waters to “suppress” ... Read more...
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India seeks support of Indian Ocean countries to fight piracy
November 21st, 2008 - 8:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) India has initiated talks with countries of the Indian Ocean Region for a "collaborative" arrangement to combat the rampant piracy in the Gulf of Aden, one of ... Read more...
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Somalia seeks India’s help to quell piracy
November 21st, 2008 - 7:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) In recognition of India's proactive role in combating piracy in the Gulf of Aden, the Transitional Federation Government (TFG) of Somalia has given the nod to the ... Read more...
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