Representational imageMajor military projects typically generate public debate. What makes Gwadar’s naval base planning so striking is the absence of any such discussion. Official planning documents reportedly name a foreign navy as a prospecti...
MT Liaki Freedom. (Yvon Perchoc photo via Shipspotting.com)New Delhi: A suspected US missile strike on the Marshall Islands-flagged oil and chemical tanker MT Liaki Freedom late on Friday night killed four Indian crew members, according to a person w...
The Strait of Hormuz chokepoint.New Delhi has renewed its demand for safe and unimpeded merchant shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, after a third vessel carrying Indian crew came under attack within a week, taking the toll of Indian seafarer deat...
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...
Bengaluru: State-owned plane-maker Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) formally handed over four ALH-Mk3 (also spelled as ALH-Mk III) Maritime Role helicopters to the Indian Coast Guard on Thursday, keeping to the delivery schedule under a contract s...
INS Taragiri. (Photo: Indian Navy)Visakhapatnam: India expanded its naval combat capability on Friday when the defence minister, Rajnath Singh, commissioned INS Taragiri, at a ceremony here in Vizag. As reported by India Sentinels earlier, this is th...
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...
Nikhil Gupta (C) after being extradited from Prague to New York. (Photo: US Drug Enforcement Administration)New Delhi: Nikhil Gupta, an Indian national who self-described as an international narcotics and weapons trafficker, has pleaded guilty in a N...