Rajnath Singh embarks on 4-day trip to Vietnam and South KoreaDefence Minister Rajnath Singh is on a four-day visit to Vietnam and South Korea to bolster strategic defence cooperation, including joint ...
18 May, 2026, 02.37 PM IST
Fuelling the future: Why India needs maritime muscle as its oil thirst growsIndia heavily relies on imports for its energy needs, importing nearly 89% of its crude oil. Despite being a major exporter of refined prod...
17 Nov, 2025, 12.56 PM IST
GRSE delivers survey vessel 'Ikshak' to Indian NavyGarden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) delivered 'Ikshak', the third of four large survey vessels, to the Indian Navy in Kolkata. T...
14 Aug, 2025, 05.50 PM IST
IOS Sagar arrives in Port Louis after completing 1st phase of EEZ surveillanceIndian naval ship IOS Sagar, carrying personnel from nine nations, finished its first joint surveillance phase with Mauritius. This operati...
27 Apr, 2025, 03.55 PM IST
India joins mega naval wargame La PerouseThe Indian Navy is participating in a major naval exercise 'La Perouse' along with naval forces from eight nations, including the US and Fr...
18 Jan, 2025, 05.16 PM IST
GRSE delivers second survey vessel to Indian NavyGarden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd has delivered INS Nirdeshak to the Indian Navy. It is the second survey vessel in a series of f...
08 Oct, 2024, 05.52 PM IST
India flexes maritime muscles by boosting Arabian Sea forceThe commandos, deployed this month from an Indian-built warship after an attempted hijacking of a merchant bulk carrier, are part of a majo...
12 Jan, 2024, 09.02 AM IST
India stands for rules-based maritime borders in Indo-Pacific: Rajnath SinghSingh asserted that India, throughout history, has been a peace-loving society which has never invaded any foreign land and has always resp...
15 Oct, 2022, 10.54 PM IST
Indian Navy to commission 2nd squadron of P-8I aircraft on TuesdayThe Indian Navy Air Squadron (INAS) 316 will operate the Boeing P-8I multi-role long-range maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfa...
28 Mar, 2022, 07.03 PM IST
India, France agree to coordinate their positions, adapt to 'new challenges' to strengthen international law of the sea"This partnership marks a significant step-forward in India-France cooperation for maritime security," according to the roadmap released by...
21 Feb, 2022, 01.15 PM IST
Indian, EU press for free, open and rules-based maritime order in Indo-PacificMEA said the consultations included developments in the maritime security environment, policy developments covering the EU strategy for coo...
01 Feb, 2022, 10.35 PM IST
Mega naval war game among India, US and Japan begins on Thursday off coast of JapanDuring the nine-day exercise, the three navies will conduct complex maritime operations in the surface, sub-surface and air domains with a ...
25 Sep, 2019, 05.41 PM IST
India, Singapore conduct naval drill in South China SeaIndian Navy ships Kolkata and Shakti took part in the bilateral naval exercise with Singapore, along with long range maritime patrol aircra...
19 May, 2019, 10.38 PM IST
India and China hold maritime security dialogue in BeijingThe two countries had held the inaugural maritime security dialogue in 2016 in New Delhi amid tensions over the South China Sea. It was not...
13 Jul, 2018, 05.51 PM IST
Shangri-La Dialogue: India for regional security framework to resolve disputes"Collective action and cooperation is the way forward to deal with the maritime threat, like terrorism, piracy and natural disaster," said ...
13 Jul, 2018, 11.48 AM IST
Security challenges do not respect borders: JaishankarJaishankar noted that India conducts 40 per cent of its trade with littoral states along the IOR and it supports "freedom of navigation, ov...
11 Jul, 2018, 05.37 PM IST
India and Japan agree to deepen defence tiesIndia and Japan welcomed the expanding bilateral defence ties and agreed to further cooperate on maritime issues to ensure freedom of navig...
29 May, 2013, 06.51 PM IST