Sindhurakshak Tragedy

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  Navy Finds a New Role for Submarine Sindhurakshak

  INS Sindhurakshak - the Russian built diesel electric Kilo class submarine -- that blew up two years ago in Mumbai, may be put use again. Senior defence ministry officials told NDTV that the submarine is likely to be taken to sea, sunk and used as training platform for navy divers.

• Inquiry Report on INS Sindhurakshak Tragedy Submitted

  The Indian Navy has completed the 'Board of Inquiry' into the 2013 Indian Naval Submarine (INS) Sindhurakshak tragedy in which 18 Navy personnel lost their lives.

• Blast in Submarine Sindhurakshak was Due to Lapses in Procedure, Says Navy

  Explosions on board INS Sindhurakshak last August - which caused the death of 18 sailors and the vessel to sink in Mumbai harbour - happened because critical Standard Operating Procedures, or SoPs, were violated, an internal inquiry into the incident has revealed.

• INS Sindhurakshak tragedy: Families still await answers and closure

  The mishap on board submarine INS Sindhuratna, off the coast of Mumbai, on Wednesday has reminded several families of their worst nightmare.

• INS Sindhurakshak tragedy: Seventh body recovered from the submarine

  Rescuers from the Indian Navy today recovered one more body from INS Sindhurakshak, taking the number of victims found from the fire-devastated submarine to seven.

• INS Sindhurakshak tragedy: Navy divers open second access to submarine

  The rescue team yesterday recovered badly-burnt bodies of five of the 18 personnel trapped in the submarine after gruelling salvage efforts. Naval authorities say finding the others on board may not be easy in the dark muddied waters.

• INS Sindhurakshak tragedy: Russia says it will assist India in submarine explosion probe

  Russian naval engineers will help the Indian Navy in its investigation into the explosion on INS Sindhurakshak, the submarine which sank at the naval dockyard in Mumbai on Wednesday, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin has said.

• INS Sindhurakshak tragedy: US, France, Germany offer help to India

  Several countries, including the US and France, have offered help to India in its ongoing operations to bring out bodies in the sunken submarine INS Sindhurakshak.

• INS Sindhurakshak tragedy: Missing Kerala sailor phoned mother hours before explosion

  INS Sindhurakshak crewman Liju Lawrence last spoke to his ailing mother on Tuesday evening, just hours before the submarine exploded and sank at the naval dockyard in Mumbai.

• Blog: a submariner's son connects to the INS Sindhurakshak tragedy

  As a child, my father showed me around his "office." Small beds, wires everywhere, low light and no windows.

• INS Sindhurakshak tragedy: DMK chief Karunanidhi demands steps to prevent repeats

  A day after the explosion on INS Sindhurakshak in Mumbai's naval dockyard, DMK President M Karunanidhi said the Centre should take all precautionary measures to prevent recurrence of incidents.

• INS Sindhurakshak tragedy: List of 18 personnel who were onboard the submarine

  The Navy today released the names of the 18 personnel onboard INS Sindhurakshak, the submarine that exploded on Wednesday. The crewmen are yet to be "sighted or recovered" by the team of navy divers who are struggling to raise the vessel.

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  INS Sindhurakshak tragedy: Divers yet to sight 18 trapped sailors

  As navy divers struggle to raise INS Sindhurakshak, a submarine that exploded on Wednesday, the 18 crewmen who were on board are yet to be "sighted or recovered". Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has expressed "deep regret" over the accident which the government has described as the "greatest tragedy in recent times."

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  INS Sindhurakshak explosion: Did lapses lead to tragedy?

  As navy divers struggle to salvage INS Sindhurakshak, the submarine that exploded with 18 crewmen on board on Wednesday, it now emerges that procedures may have been violated that resulted in what the government has called the "greatest tragedy in recent times."

• INS Sindhurakshak fire: a tragedy and huge setback for navy's plans

  The explosion on INS Sindhurakshak, one of India's frontline submarines, will cost the Indian navy heavily at a time it is looking to expand its naval defence capabilities.