Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate three frontline naval combatants INS Surat, INS Nilgiri and INS Vaghsheer to the nation on their commissioning at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai on Wednesday.
Vice Admiral Rajesh Pendharkar, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Naval Command hosted the commissioning ceremony marking the formal induction of the second of the four ships of the Survey Vessel (Large) project under construction at Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE) K
Sanjay Seth, the Raksha Rajya Mantri (Minister of State for Defence) will be presiding over the Commissioning Ceremony of 'Nirdeshak' navy vessel today, at Naval Dockyard in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.
Following the unfortunate incident of INS Brahmaputra in Naval Dockyard Mumbai, the body of the leading seaman, Sitendra Singh, who was missing, has been recovered after intensive diving operations on Wednesday.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh alongwith Indian Navy Chief Admiral R Hari Kumar commissioned INS Sandhayak at Naval Dockyard in Visakhapatnam on Saturday.
The government has taken the recent drone attack on a ship in the Arabian Sea very seriously, and, whoever carried out the strike will be tracked down and dealt with, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said in Mumbai on Tuesday.
"Named the capital of Manipur, she is the first warship to represent a prominent city of north-east Bharat, aptly highlighting the importance attached by the government to this region," Admiral Kumar said.
The Indian Navy is all set to commission its latest stealth-guided missile destroyer, Imphal, at the Naval Dockyard, Mumbai, on December 26, in the presence of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh as the Chief Guest.
The Jammu and Kashmir government under the leadership of Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha flagged off 'Gyanodaya Express- College on Wheels', the first-of-its-kind mobile educational endeavour, from Vaishno Devi Railway Station, Katra on November 19.
The race included 3.8 km of swimming, 180 km of cycling and 42.2 km of running. While there were a total of around 400 participants from across the globe, the officer was the fastest Indian athlete to complete the race out of around 50 Indians participating.