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Navy's New Base INS Jatayu In Lakshadweep's Minicoy Will Boost Operational Reach
Strengthening the operational prowess of the Indian Navy within the strategically vital Lakshadweep Islands, a significant development unfolded on Wednesday -- the commissioning of a naval base at Minicoy, now designated as 'INS Jatayu'.
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Navy To Commission INS Jatayu At Lakshadweep's Minicoy Island To Enhance Ops
The Indian Navy will commission Naval Detachment Minicoy as INS Jatayu on March 6, a move that seeks to "incrementally augment" security infrastructure at the strategically important Lakshadweep Islands, according to officials.
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Navy's Dornier Carries Out 1st Night Landing In Lakshadweep Airfield
An air squadron of the Indian Navy based here carried out its maiden night landing by Dornier aircraft at the Agatti airfield in Lakshadweep islands on Friday as part of its efforts towards round the clock maritime surveillance.
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Indian Navy Rescues 3 Civilians From Drowning In Lakshadweep
A Fast Interceptor Craft (FIC) of the Indian Navy's Sagar Prahari Bal (SPB) squadron rescued local civilians from drowning close to the Kavaratti island harbour mouth in Lakshadweep, a defence release said on Thursday.
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Navy Helps In Evacuating Covid Patient, 75, From Lakshadweep To Kochi
The Indian Navy extended its facilities at Naval Air Station, INS Garuda for the air evacuation of a 75-year-old COVID patient from the island of Kalpeni in Lakshadweep to Kochi for treatment.
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India "Concerned" As US Navy Holds Op Off Lakshwadeep "Without Consent"
In a statement being looked at closely by the Indian government, the US Navy's 7th Fleet has said it conducted Freedom of Navigation Operations within India's exclusive economic zone off the Lakshadweep Islands without India's permission.
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Navy Ship Locates 17 Boats With 180 People Off Lakshadweep Coast
An Indian Navy ship engaged in search and rescue operations in the aftermath of Cyclone Ockhi today located about 17 boats with over 180 people off Lakshadweep coast.
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Indian Navy Extends Help To Singapore Vessel Stranded At Sea
The Indian Navy engaged in search and rescue operations in Cyclone Ockhi-hit seas off Kerala and Lakshadweep extended help by giving fuel to a foreign vessel stranded off Minicoy Island.
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Navy Dispatches Relief To Ockhi Cyclone-Hit Lakshadweep
The Indian Navy has provided humanitarian assistance and disaster relief to people affected by cyclone Ockhi in Lakshadweep, a Defence spokesperson said here today.
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Navy Deploys 10 Ships, 8 Aircraft For Cyclone Ockhi Relief Work
The Navy today said 10 of its ships and eight aircraft were involved in the continuing search and rescue operations in the southeast Arabian Sea and Lakshadweep and Minicoy islands following Cyclone Ockhi.
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9-Month-Old Breaks A Leg In Lakshadweep, Navy To The Rescue
In a major exercise in Lakshadweep, the Indian Navy launched a multiple rescue mission today to fly out patients in need of emergency medical evacuation from the islands in the Indian Ocean to the naval base at Kochi. And all this, through heavy monsoon rains and low visibility.
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14 Pakistani fishermen released from Kerala jail
Fourteen Pakistani fishermen, lodged in the central prison in Thiruvananthapuram after being taken into custody by the Indian Navy six months ago for crossing into the Indian waters near Lakshadweep Islands, have been sent back to their country.
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Indian Navy gets new base in Lakshadweep islands
In an effort to augment the security infrastructure at the strategically important Lakshadweep islands, a new naval base of the Indian Navy has been commissioned at Kavaratti today.
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Navy foils pirates' attack on merchant ship near Lakshadweep
The Indian Navy has foiled an attack by Somali pirates on a merchant ship, west of the Lakshadweep Islands, by apprehending 16 Somali pirates. They also rescued 16 hostages in the process."The Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre (MRCC) alerted the ships patrolling off the Lakshadweep of a distress message received from merchant ship MV Maersk Kens...
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Somalian pirates: Closing in on Indian waters?
28 pirates were handed over to the Mumbai police by the Coast Guard this afternoon. The pirates were captured during a joint operation by the Indian Navy and Coast Guard off the Kavaratti Island in Lakshadweep last week. (Read: Indian Navy captures 28 pirates off the Lakshwadeep Islands) They have been charged with various sections of the Indian Pe...
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Navy's New Base INS Jatayu In Lakshadweep's Minicoy Will Boost Operational Reach
Strengthening the operational prowess of the Indian Navy within the strategically vital Lakshadweep Islands, a significant development unfolded on Wednesday -- the commissioning of a naval base at Minicoy, now designated as 'INS Jatayu'.
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Navy To Commission INS Jatayu At Lakshadweep's Minicoy Island To Enhance Ops
The Indian Navy will commission Naval Detachment Minicoy as INS Jatayu on March 6, a move that seeks to "incrementally augment" security infrastructure at the strategically important Lakshadweep Islands, according to officials.
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Navy's Dornier Carries Out 1st Night Landing In Lakshadweep Airfield
An air squadron of the Indian Navy based here carried out its maiden night landing by Dornier aircraft at the Agatti airfield in Lakshadweep islands on Friday as part of its efforts towards round the clock maritime surveillance.
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Indian Navy Rescues 3 Civilians From Drowning In Lakshadweep
A Fast Interceptor Craft (FIC) of the Indian Navy's Sagar Prahari Bal (SPB) squadron rescued local civilians from drowning close to the Kavaratti island harbour mouth in Lakshadweep, a defence release said on Thursday.
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Navy Helps In Evacuating Covid Patient, 75, From Lakshadweep To Kochi
The Indian Navy extended its facilities at Naval Air Station, INS Garuda for the air evacuation of a 75-year-old COVID patient from the island of Kalpeni in Lakshadweep to Kochi for treatment.
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India "Concerned" As US Navy Holds Op Off Lakshwadeep "Without Consent"
In a statement being looked at closely by the Indian government, the US Navy's 7th Fleet has said it conducted Freedom of Navigation Operations within India's exclusive economic zone off the Lakshadweep Islands without India's permission.
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Navy Ship Locates 17 Boats With 180 People Off Lakshadweep Coast
An Indian Navy ship engaged in search and rescue operations in the aftermath of Cyclone Ockhi today located about 17 boats with over 180 people off Lakshadweep coast.
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Indian Navy Extends Help To Singapore Vessel Stranded At Sea
The Indian Navy engaged in search and rescue operations in Cyclone Ockhi-hit seas off Kerala and Lakshadweep extended help by giving fuel to a foreign vessel stranded off Minicoy Island.
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Navy Dispatches Relief To Ockhi Cyclone-Hit Lakshadweep
The Indian Navy has provided humanitarian assistance and disaster relief to people affected by cyclone Ockhi in Lakshadweep, a Defence spokesperson said here today.
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Navy Deploys 10 Ships, 8 Aircraft For Cyclone Ockhi Relief Work
The Navy today said 10 of its ships and eight aircraft were involved in the continuing search and rescue operations in the southeast Arabian Sea and Lakshadweep and Minicoy islands following Cyclone Ockhi.
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9-Month-Old Breaks A Leg In Lakshadweep, Navy To The Rescue
In a major exercise in Lakshadweep, the Indian Navy launched a multiple rescue mission today to fly out patients in need of emergency medical evacuation from the islands in the Indian Ocean to the naval base at Kochi. And all this, through heavy monsoon rains and low visibility.
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14 Pakistani fishermen released from Kerala jail
Fourteen Pakistani fishermen, lodged in the central prison in Thiruvananthapuram after being taken into custody by the Indian Navy six months ago for crossing into the Indian waters near Lakshadweep Islands, have been sent back to their country.
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Indian Navy gets new base in Lakshadweep islands
In an effort to augment the security infrastructure at the strategically important Lakshadweep islands, a new naval base of the Indian Navy has been commissioned at Kavaratti today.
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Navy foils pirates' attack on merchant ship near Lakshadweep
The Indian Navy has foiled an attack by Somali pirates on a merchant ship, west of the Lakshadweep Islands, by apprehending 16 Somali pirates. They also rescued 16 hostages in the process."The Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre (MRCC) alerted the ships patrolling off the Lakshadweep of a distress message received from merchant ship MV Maersk Kens...
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Somalian pirates: Closing in on Indian waters?
28 pirates were handed over to the Mumbai police by the Coast Guard this afternoon. The pirates were captured during a joint operation by the Indian Navy and Coast Guard off the Kavaratti Island in Lakshadweep last week. (Read: Indian Navy captures 28 pirates off the Lakshwadeep Islands) They have been charged with various sections of the Indian Pe...
