US Navy Secretary John Phelan leaves his job, marks latest departure of a top defense leaderUS Navy Secretary John Phelan has suddenly departed his post. Undersecretary Hung Cao, a decorated Navy veteran and former congressional ca...
23 Apr, 2026, 06.09 AM IST
Tri-services all-women crew completes challenging sailing expeditionIndian Army, Navy, and Air Force women officers completed a challenging sailing expedition in the Arabian Sea, preparing for the Around the...
18 Apr, 2024, 10.47 AM IST
Navy submitted proposal to alter rank nomenclature after induction of women sailors: Admiral Hari KumarChief of Naval Staff Admiral R Hari Kumar on Tuesday said they have approached the Defence Ministry for an approval of changing the nomencl...
05 Mar, 2024, 09.37 PM IST
Rajnath Singh approves maternity, childcare leave for women soldiers, sailors, air warriors on par with officer counterpartsDefence Minister Rajnath Singh has approved a proposal to grant maternity, child care and child adoption leave to women soldiers, sailors a...
05 Nov, 2023, 01.33 PM IST
118 disciplinary proceedings pending against Army officers, says governmentA total of 118 cases of disciplinary proceedings are pending against Army officers at present, the government said in Lok Sabha on Friday. ...
28 Jul, 2023, 08.37 PM IST
First batch of 'Navy's Agniveers' to pass out from INS Chilka on March 28The POP marks the successful completion of training of close to 2,600 Agniveers, including 273 women Agniveers who are undergoing training ...
25 Mar, 2023, 08.39 PM IST
Indian Navy to open all branches for women from next year: Navy Chief Admiral R Hari Kumar"Come next year, we are looking at women officers being inducted across all branches and not just seven or eight branches that they are res...
03 Dec, 2022, 06.37 PM IST
Integration of aircraft with INS Vikrant likely by May-June next year: Navy chief R Hari KumarThe sea-going trials are already over after which the carrier was commissioned. Now, the aircraft integration trials have been started, he ...
30 Nov, 2022, 06.36 PM IST
Navy gets record 955,000 registrations for Agnipath schemeThe Indian Army, by far the biggest recruiter of soldiers in the armed forces, will start conducting recruitment rallies throughout the cou...
03 Aug, 2022, 11.51 PM IST
Around 20 per cent of naval 'Agniveers' this year will be womenThe Agnipath scheme, announced on June 14, seeks to recruit youths between the age bracket of 17-and-half years to 21 for only four years w...
06 Jul, 2022, 03.35 PM IST
10,000 females registers for Indian navy's Agnipath recruitment10,000 females have registered themselves for the Navy opening under the Agnipath recruitment scheme as of Sunday. However, as the registra...
04 Jul, 2022, 04.51 PM IST
Seven Navy sailors, hawala operator held for spying for PakistanThe eight, arrested from different parts of the country, were produced before a National Investigation Agency (NIA) Court in Vijayawada whi...
22 Dec, 2019, 10.29 AM IST
Indian Navy looking at enrolling women as sailorsAt present, women are deployed in different branches of the Navy but are not sent to sea.
02 Nov, 2018, 07.09 PM IST
Armed forces facing shortage of over 52K personnel: GovernmentIn response to another question, Bhamre highlighted the activities the Indian Navy carries out with other countries and the support it prov...
11 Jul, 2018, 12.06 PM IST
- Asian Games: Indian girls win bronze in sailing
Varsha Gautham and Aishwarya Nedunchezhiyan endured disqualification in one of the 12 races before claiming a bronze medal.
30 Sep, 2014, 03.31 PM IST
- Asian Games 2014: Varsha Gautham, Aishwarya Nedunchezhiyan at top spot in sailing event
Varsha Gautham and Aishwarya Nedunchezhiyan occupied the top spot after two races in Women's 29er- Two Person Dinghy event at the Asian Gam...
24 Sep, 2014, 01.50 PM IST
More women are now making their mark in world of shippingShipping Corporation of India has been at the forefront of attracting women officers, on both the nautical side and the engine side.
26 Dec, 2012, 08.13 AM IST