An IAF An-32. (File photo for representation.)New Delhi: The wreckage of the Indian Air Force’s An-32 transport plane that went missing in 2016 over the Bay of Bengal with 29 people on board has been found, the defence ministry said on Friday. ...
Indian Navy destroyer INS Kolkata in the Arabian Sea during Exercise Malabar – 2020. (Photo: US Navy/Public domain.)New Delhi: The Indian Navy has significantly increased its patrolling and maritime surveillance in central and northern Arabian ...
Photo for representation.New Delhi: To address maritime threats in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR), India will soon establish a watchdog tentatively named National Maritime Domain Awareness Centre (NMDAC). The centre will collect, analyse, and dissemin...
MV Chem Pluto. (Photo: Indian Coast Guard)New Delhi: A suspected drone attack on a chemical tanker in the Arabian Sea has raised security concerns for the maritime traffic in the region. The Liberian-flagged, Japanese-owned and Dutch-operated vessel,...
An Indian Coast Guard chopper and an offshore patrol vessel during a drill. (File photo)New Delhi: The Indian Coast Guard will receive a significant boost in its capabilities in the coming few years. On Wednesday, the defence ministry signed a ₹...
An Indian Army soldier standing guard at the India Gate in New Delhi with a SIG 716 assault rifle. (India Sentinels photo.)New Delhi: The defence ministry’s Defence Acquisition Council has given the go-ahead to the Indian Army to procure anothe...
New Delhi: As the sun disappeared over the horizon on Saturday, Indian Coast Guard Ship Samar was decommissioned with full honours in a traditional armed force ceremony held at Coast Guard Jetty in Kochi.The Chief Guest of the ceremony was Addit...
Rakesh Pal. (Photo: Indian Coast Guard)New Delhi: Rakesh Pal has been appointed the 25th director general of the Indian Coast Guard. He is an alumnus of the Indian Naval Academy and joined Indian Coast Guard in January 1989.He has undergone professio...
Rescued fishermen from Maldivian watersVisakhapatnam: Indian Coast Guard has brought 10 Indian fishermen who were rescued from Maldivian waters to Visakhapatnam on Saturday.“These fishermen had ventured into the sea from Thengapatnam (near Kany...
Kakinada: The Indian Coast Guard Region (East) conducted Regional Search and Rescue exercise, SAREX at Kakinada from March 28 – 29, with an objective to conduct a real time exercise of maritime distress scenario within regional Area of Responsi...