Adm Dinesh K Tripathi and Adm Krishna Swaminathan (L) at South Block New Delhi: Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi retired on May 31, 2026, as the 26th chief of the naval staff, closing a 25-month tenure that will be remembered for record ...
Indian Navy's new vice-chief Vice Admiral Ajay Kochhar (Photo: Indian Navy)New Delhi: Vice Admiral Ajay Kochhar assumed charge as the 48th vice-chief of the naval staff on May 29, stepping into one of the Indian Navy’s most senior operation...
NGOPV Sanghmitra launched by Sarita Vatsayan in Kolkata. (Photo: GRSE)Kolkata: Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) on Wednesday launched Sanghamitra, the first next-generation offshore patrol vessel (NGOPV) from its yard, in a ceremony hel...
Vice Admiral Sanjay Vatsayan. (Photo: Indian Navy) New Delhi: The government has appointed Vice Admiral Sanjay Vatsayan as the next flag officer commanding in chief (FOC-in-C) of the Western Naval Command, headquartered in Mumbai. VAdm Vatsayan,...
Pakistan’s president, Asif Ali Zardari (8L), and the country’s navy chief, Admiral Naveed Ashraf (10R), during the commissioning ceremony of PNS/M Hangor in China’s Sanya, on April 30, 2026. (Photo: Pakistan Navy/Handout)New Delhi: ...
New Delhi: In a major financial milestone, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has fully utilized its ₹1.86 lakh crore capital outlay for the country’s armed forces in the financial year 2025-26, as per revised estimates.This achievement, ...
Senior GRSE officials and Indian Navy officers during the handing-over ceremony of the three warships. (Photo: GRSE)Kolkata: In a rare display of shipbuilding momentum, the Indian Navy took delivery of three indigenously built vessels from Garden Rea...
Taragiri during its sea trials. (Photo: Indian Navy)New Delhi: The Indian Navy is set to commission its latest stealth frigate, F41, on April 3 in a ceremony to be presided over by the defence minister, Rajnath Singh. The frigate will be christened I...
Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi (C), Vice Admiral Sanjay Bhalla (3L), senior Navy officers on board INS Anjadip after the warship’s commissioning. (Photo: Indian Navy)Chennai: India commissioned its fourth anti-submarine warfare shallow-water cr...