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8 dead after boat capsizes off Karwar in Karnataka
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Karwar (Karnataka) [India], Jan 21 (ANI): Eight people died after a boat ferrying 26 devotees to the mainland from a temple in Kurumgarh island capsized off the Karwar coast on Monday, informed the Indian Navy.
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Meghalaya: Search for miners to continue till govt asks us to step back, s
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 17 (ANI): Operation to trace and evacuate miners trapped in a 370-feet deep illegal mine in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills will continue till the government asks the Navy to step back, Indian Navy spokesperson Capt D K Sharma said on Thursday.
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Navy divers spot skeletons inside Meghalaya mine through ROVs: Sources
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 17 (ANI): As operation continues to trace the miners trapped in an illegal rat-hole coal mine in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills, the divers of Indian Navy on Thursday spotted skeletons inside the mine through their remotely operated underwater vehicle (ROVs), said s
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Navy divers detect one of 15 Meghalaya miners trapped in a rat-hole coal m
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
East Jaintia Hills (Meghalaya) [India], Jan 17 (ANI): The divers of Indian Navy on Thursday detected the body of one miner out of 15 who are trapped in an illegal rat-hole coal mine in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district for over a month now.
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Indian Navy Chief raises concerns over China's increasing warships
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 10 (ANI): Outlining that the Chinese Navy added 80 warships in last five years, Indian Navy chief Admiral Sunil Lanba on Wednesday raised concerns over growing might of China in the sea-warfare, while terming it "a force which is here to stay".
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Navy's ROV maps rat hole access at Meghalaya mine disaster site
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Shillong (Meghalaya) [India], Jan 9 (ANI): As part of the ongoing efforts to rescue the trapped miners from a flooded coal mine in Ksan near Lytein River in East Jaintia Hills, Indian Navy's Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) probes, up to a distance of 100 feet, have been successfully undertak
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India adds more teeth in Andamans, Navy to get new airbase 'INS Kohasa'
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 06 (ANI): Seeking to add more teeth to its military capabilities in the Andaman and Nicobar island territories, India will get a new airbase at the archipelago in the Indian Naval Air Station (INAS) Kohasa near Diglipur.
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Meghalaya mining tragedy: No change in water level even after using high-p
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Shillong (Meghalaya) [India], Jan 1 (ANI): Even as high pressure pumps were deployed to drain out water from the inundated illegal coal mine in East Jaintia Hills for almost three hours on Monday afternoon there is no change in the water level.
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Meghalaya Miners Rescue: NDRF, Indian Navy begin joint operation
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Shillong (Meghalaya) [India], Dec 31 (ANI): Indian Navy and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) on Monday morning launched a joint operation to rescue the miners trapped in an illegal mine at Lumthari village under the East Jaintia Hills.
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Meghalaya Miners Rescue: Navy divers return without any trace of trapped m
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Shillong (Meghalaya) [India], Dec 30 (ANI): The divers of Indian Navy who went inside the inundated mine in the search of the 15 trapped miners in East Jaintia Hills returned disappointed on Sunday after diving upto 70 feet deep.
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Meghalaya: Navy deploying divers to assist mine rescue ops
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Shillong (Meghalaya) [India], Dec 28 (ANI): The Indian Navy is deploying a 15-member diving team from Visakhapatnam to assist in the rescue operations for the missing miners in Meghalaya.
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2 sailors dead in mishap at Kochi naval base
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], Dec 27 (ANI): Two sailors of the Indian Navy were killed on Thursday after the sliding door of the helicopter hangar fell on them at the Southern Naval Command's base in Kochi.
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