Naval ship INS Taragiri bows out of service
Indian naval ship INS Taragiri, the last of the six British-designed but indigenously built Nilgiri class frigates, will bow out of service Thursday after 33 years of glorious service to the nation, an official here said. Indian naval ship INS Taragiri, the last of the six British-designed but indigenously built Nilgiri class frigates, will bow out of service Thursday after 33 years of glorious service to the nation, an official here said. INS Taragiri, christened after a hill range in the Garhwal Himalayas, was commissioned May 16, …
INS Teg affiliated with Sikh Light Infantry regiment
As part of the Army's tradition to enhance jointness between the services, an Indian Navy warship INS Teg was today affiliated with the Sikh Light Infantry regiment in Mumbai . An affiliation between any two units of different services is aimed at enhancing jointness and synergy between the services to better meet the ever changing dynamics of modern warfare, an Army release said. "The charter of affiliation was signed in the presence of Army Chief Gen Bikram Singh , who is the Colonel of the Sikh Light Infantry Regiment a…
Safe recovery of vintage ordnance, disposal by Indian Navy
The Mumbai Port Trust and Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) are both central to the Maritime Trade. Defence chief PRO N Vispute said in order to improve capability and facilitate movement of higher tonnage and deeper draught vessel, shipping authorities have contracted a capital project for widening and deepening of the main channel of Mumbai. Vispute said that as part of these objectives, two dredgers have been pressed into service and about 20% of the work has been completed. However, since April 2013, the dredging operatio…
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