Navy Officer Dead

A 19-year-old Indian Navy sailor was found hanging onboard aircraft carrier INS Vikrant in the early hours of Thursday, Indian Navy said.

More than a dozen Saudi servicemen who are training at US military bases will be expelled from the United States in the aftermath of a Pentagon review prompted by the deadly December 6 shooting by a Saudi Air Force officer at an American naval base in Florida, CNN reported on Saturday.

A 25-year-old Navy sailor died due to a bullet injury at naval station INS Angre in south Mumbai on Thursday, a defence statement said. Akhilesh Yadav, the sailor, was found in a pool of blood on Thursday evening.

Twenty one people were killed as heavy rain pounded Mumbai and its surrounding areas overnight, flooding the airport and paralysing local trains, the lifeline of India's commercial capital. The city received the heaviest rain over a 24-hour period in a decade. The weather office has sounded a red alert for Mumbai today, warning of more rain. Chief ...

The biggest training camp of the terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed in Balakot that Indian fighter jets bombed in a pre-dawn attack today was just 60 km from Abbottabad, where Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden was found hiding in a discreet bungalow before he was shot dead by US Navy Seal commandos in 2011. The Pakistani Military Academy or PMA Kakul, whic...

The admiral leading US Navy operations in the Middle East was found dead Saturday in Bahrain, the military branch said, adding that no foul play was suspected in the case.

Navy officer Abhilash Tomy, stranded in the Indian Ocean near Australia since Friday after a deadly storm hit his solo boat, has been rescued, the Navy spokesperson said. Commander Tomy, who suffered a spinal injury, is conscious, relievedand has been shifted to the French fishing vessel Osiris.The Osiris had sent a stretcher, water and first aid k...

Andrea L Washington received her senior enlisted rank just last week in a ceremony, Navy officials said; an important milestone of her 17-year career as a sailor. A family friend, Phantom McClendon, told First Coast News the recognition meant a lot to her. Celebrations were planned.

Thirty people died in rain-related incidents in Kerala today despite hectic rescue work by armed forces and the NDRF and private groups in the state that's is grappling with the worst monsoon in a century. In the last 24 hours, the state received 10 times the normal rainfall. There is no relief before Saturday, the met office said. As huge swathes ...

A 24-year-old Naval officer, declared brain dead after a road accident, has given a new lease of life to four people, with his family donating his organs

Sixteen years ago, he was almost given up for dead - an injured commando whose survival would be nothing short of a miracle. When he was taken to the base hospital in Srinagar, doctors discovered 75 splinters on his right side, his arm in pieces, his right humerus - the bone that runs from shoulder to elbow - shattered. He also had a splinter in hi...

Mumbai police say they have solved the alleged murder case of a 58-year-old woman who was found dead in Central Mumbai's Dadar area a week ago. They said they have arrested a carpenter from Uttar Pradesh in connection with the case.

Taliban militants attacked a Karachi naval dockyard in a weekend raid which left a Pakistani officer and two insurgents dead, officials said Tuesday.

A Russian soldier shot dead a Ukrainian naval officer in eastern Crimea, Ukraine's Defence Ministry said on Monday, the second Ukrainian death reported since Russia took control of the Black Sea peninsula.

A 23-year-old police constable Priyanka Kumari was found dead at a guest house in Delhi on Monday morning. Her fiance, former Navy officer Mohit Sharma, has been arrested in connection with the case.

A 19-year-old Indian Navy sailor was found hanging onboard aircraft carrier INS Vikrant in the early hours of Thursday, Indian Navy said.

More than a dozen Saudi servicemen who are training at US military bases will be expelled from the United States in the aftermath of a Pentagon review prompted by the deadly December 6 shooting by a Saudi Air Force officer at an American naval base in Florida, CNN reported on Saturday.

A 25-year-old Navy sailor died due to a bullet injury at naval station INS Angre in south Mumbai on Thursday, a defence statement said. Akhilesh Yadav, the sailor, was found in a pool of blood on Thursday evening.

Twenty one people were killed as heavy rain pounded Mumbai and its surrounding areas overnight, flooding the airport and paralysing local trains, the lifeline of India's commercial capital. The city received the heaviest rain over a 24-hour period in a decade. The weather office has sounded a red alert for Mumbai today, warning of more rain. Chief ...

The biggest training camp of the terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed in Balakot that Indian fighter jets bombed in a pre-dawn attack today was just 60 km from Abbottabad, where Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden was found hiding in a discreet bungalow before he was shot dead by US Navy Seal commandos in 2011. The Pakistani Military Academy or PMA Kakul, whic...

The admiral leading US Navy operations in the Middle East was found dead Saturday in Bahrain, the military branch said, adding that no foul play was suspected in the case.

Navy officer Abhilash Tomy, stranded in the Indian Ocean near Australia since Friday after a deadly storm hit his solo boat, has been rescued, the Navy spokesperson said. Commander Tomy, who suffered a spinal injury, is conscious, relievedand has been shifted to the French fishing vessel Osiris.The Osiris had sent a stretcher, water and first aid k...

Andrea L Washington received her senior enlisted rank just last week in a ceremony, Navy officials said; an important milestone of her 17-year career as a sailor. A family friend, Phantom McClendon, told First Coast News the recognition meant a lot to her. Celebrations were planned.

Thirty people died in rain-related incidents in Kerala today despite hectic rescue work by armed forces and the NDRF and private groups in the state that's is grappling with the worst monsoon in a century. In the last 24 hours, the state received 10 times the normal rainfall. There is no relief before Saturday, the met office said. As huge swathes ...

A 24-year-old Naval officer, declared brain dead after a road accident, has given a new lease of life to four people, with his family donating his organs

Sixteen years ago, he was almost given up for dead - an injured commando whose survival would be nothing short of a miracle. When he was taken to the base hospital in Srinagar, doctors discovered 75 splinters on his right side, his arm in pieces, his right humerus - the bone that runs from shoulder to elbow - shattered. He also had a splinter in hi...

Mumbai police say they have solved the alleged murder case of a 58-year-old woman who was found dead in Central Mumbai's Dadar area a week ago. They said they have arrested a carpenter from Uttar Pradesh in connection with the case.

Taliban militants attacked a Karachi naval dockyard in a weekend raid which left a Pakistani officer and two insurgents dead, officials said Tuesday.

A Russian soldier shot dead a Ukrainian naval officer in eastern Crimea, Ukraine's Defence Ministry said on Monday, the second Ukrainian death reported since Russia took control of the Black Sea peninsula.

A 23-year-old police constable Priyanka Kumari was found dead at a guest house in Delhi on Monday morning. Her fiance, former Navy officer Mohit Sharma, has been arrested in connection with the case.