Topic: Indian Navy
As Modi attacks Rajiv Gandhi, spotlight is on INS Viraat’s glorious history as naval warship
INS Viraat, in her earlier avatar, won the Falklands War against Argentina in 1982 for the Royal Navy. She was decommissioned in 2017.
Rajiv Gandhi’s family vacation in 1988 can’t be an election issue in 2019
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Military & central police forces angry as govt panel on pay parity keeps them out
Officers from Army, Navy, IAF, CRPF, BSF, ITBP and other central police forces are crying foul over the panel formed by DoPT to discuss non-functional upgradation.
French Rafales to go up against Russian MiGs for first time in India-France naval war game
The MiG 29-Ks and Rafale naval fighters are in the race for a multi-billion dollar deal of the Indian Navy to equip its under-construction indigenous aircraft carrier.
Private players cry foul as HAL submits 2 bids for mega Navy chopper deal
State-owned HAL has filed one bid on its own and one with Russian Helicopters for the Naval Utility Helicopter. The Indian Navy wants to purchase 111 NUHs.
Army opens ‘risky’ roles for women but Indian Navy won’t have women sailors anytime soon
Indian Navy is examining ways to induct women sailors, but officials say 'infrastructure in not adequate' currently for such a move.
Vice-Admiral’s daughter fighting Modi govt has been living in Navy facility against rules
Kota House is meant for officers or their families in transit, & duration of accommodation is usually 3 months. But Verma's daughter has been 'staying there since 2008'.
From INS Vikrant to INS Imphal, how names of Indian Navy ships have evolved over the years
The new Visakhapatnam-class destroyer INS Imphal is the first Indian Navy ship to be named after a city in the Northeast.
Indian naval ships arrive where Pakistan’s are absent at China fleet review in Qingdao
Ten countries, including India, Russia, Thailand and Vietnam, will deploy 20 vessels to join a naval parade.
Modi raises Balakot again, and again bares his utter contempt for poll code
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Dead men talking
Reporting on Lanka's blood-soaked years, I watched names disappear from my notebook.
Budgam friendly fire: Should charge of culpable homicide be on the table in the fog of war?
A senior IAF officer and 3 other personnel could be booked for “culpable homicide not amounting to murder” in the February Mi-17 helicopter downing.
Defence
Bimal Verma files petition against KB Singh’s appointment as next Navy chief
He filed a petition in the Armed Forces Tribunal and contended that it should call for the service records of both him and Vice Admiral KB Singh and compare them.
Pracharak Modi: The mask you see, is the man you get
India has its first leader who is unapologetic about belonging to the social and political Right. This is how Shekhar Gupta foresaw Modi’s five years in this National Interest within three months of his victory in 2014.