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A Mexican navy aircraft carrying medical patients crashed into the waters of Galveston Bay in Texas on Monday afternoon, killing at least five people, including a two-year-old child, US coast guard officials said, according to AP. Four people were rescued alive, while one person remains unaccounted for, a spokesperson for the coast guard’s Houston-Galveston sector…
NEW DELHI: In a boost to India’s rotary wing combat capabilities, the Army is set to get delivery of three remaining Apache AH-64 attack helicopters from US, while the Navy will commission its second squadron of MH-60R Seahawk submarine-hunting choppers this week.The induction of these much-delayed American helicopters will plug existing operational gaps but the…
The makers of ‘Border 2’ have dropped the highly awaited first look of Ahan Shetty, and it has immediately become the talk of the nation. After earlier intense posters featuring Sunny Deol, Varun Dhawan and Diljit Dosanjh, the film’s team has now expanded the canvas to showcase the Indian Navy, by introducing Ahan Shetty’s character….
Navy chief Admiral Dinesh K Tripath NEW DELHI: India will early next year add some sharp teeth to its sea-based leg of the nuclear triad by commissioning its third nuclear-powered submarine, which is larger than the first two and capable of carrying more long-range nuclear-tipped ballistic missiles.The third such submarine, called SSBN in naval parlance,…
LUCKNOW: The Government Railway Police (GRP) in Etawah has booked train ticket examiner (TTE) Santosh Kumar for culpable homicide not amounting to murder after Arti Yadav, 30, wife of an Indian Navy chief petty officer, was found dead along the tracks between Samhon and Bharthana stations on November 26. According to the FIR, Arti had…
NEW DELHI: The Indian Navy on Monday commissioned INS Mahe, the first vessel of the Mahe-class Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASW-SWC), marking a major milestone in India’s coastal defence and indigenous shipbuilding capability. The ceremony took place at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai.Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi, who presided over the commissioning, said, “Bravo…
French navy slams Pakistan’s misinformation campaign NEW DLEHI: The French Navy on Sunday criticised Pakistani media for publishing what it described as “misinformation and disinformation” about India’s Operation Sindoor, after one outlet claimed a French officer had confirmed Pakistani air superiority and the shooting down of Indian Rafale jets during a border confrontation earlier this…
CHENNAI/BENGALURU: Isro Sunday launched the 4,410kg CMS-03 or the Gsat-7R, a communication satellite that will enhance telecommunication coverage across the strategic Indian Ocean Region (IOR) for the Indian Navy.The launch of the heaviest communication satellite from Indian soil onboard LVM3-M5 from the second launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, marked the fifth…
NEW DELHI: India continues to keep close tabs on Chinese warships and spy vessels in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR), even as it gears up to host the navies of both the US and Russia, among 55 countries, at the ‘Milan’ maritime exercise and International Fleet Review (IFR) at Visakhapatnam in Feb.“There is a continuous…
NEW DELHI: Isro is set to hugely boost Indian Navy’s satellite-linked communication network by launching Gsat-7R (codeword CMS-03) from Sriharikota on Nov 2. Gsat-7R, being considered the heaviest-ever communication satellite to be launched from Indian soil, will replace the aging satellite Gsat-7 (Rukmini), which is the backbone of naval communications on high seas at present,…
