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  It Took 14 Years. India To Buy 2 Rescue Submarines For 1,900 Crores

  India will spend 1,900 crores on buying two rescue submarines from a UK firm, the government has decided.

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  Seven Navy Officers Punished For INS Sindhuratna Accident: Sources

  Seven officers of the Indian Navy who were found guilty have been punished in relation to the accident on the INS Sindhuratna, the submarine that suffered an on-board fire on February 26, 2014. Senior Defence Ministry officials have told NDTV that the seven officers, including the submarine's Commanding Officer, have been found guilty of negligence...

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  Navy Finds 7 Officers 'Culpable' in INS Sindhuratna Fire That Killed 2

  An inquiry into the fire on board Navy submarine INS Sindhuratna in February this year has "found seven officers culpable of various acts of omissions and commissions," Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar told Parliament today.

• Major Mukund Varadarajan Awarded Ashok Chakra, the Highest Gallantry Award

  Major Mukund Varadarajan, who killed three terrorists in Kashmir before he was shot dead in April this year, has been awarded the Ashok Chakra, the nation's highest peace-time gallantry award.

• Visakhapatnam: One killed, two hurt in accident at nuclear submarine construction site

  One worker was killed and two others injured in an accident at a shipbuilding centre in Visakhapatnam where India is building its first class of three nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines. The incident took place when the pressure of the hydraulic tank of the Arihant class submarine was being tested and the tank's lid fell on the workers a...

• Defence Ministry not spending funds wisely enough, suggests P Chidambaram

  Against the backdrop of the recent submarine mishap, Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Thursday suggested that the Defence Ministry is not spending the funds "wisely" enough and contended that the maintenance of the military assets was being neglected.

• INS Sindhuratna fire: cables to blame, not expired batteries, says initial probe

  An early probe has revealed that the fire on board navy submarine INS Sindhuratna, which killed two officers, was due to faulty cables, and not expired batteries that had not been replaced, sources today said.

• Indian Navy's largest exercise in two years concludes successfully

  Despite the INS Sindhuratna submarine tragedy and the sudden resignation of Admiral DK Joshi on Wednesday, both the eastern and the western fleets successfully completed TROPEX-2014 (Theatre-level readiness and Operational Exercise), the Indian Navy's largest of its kind exercise in the past two years.

• Submarine INS Sindhuratna fire: 'He would have loved to die in war, he'd say this is embarrassing'

  Lieutenant Commander Kapish Muwal was 32 years old, Lieutenant Manoranjan Kumar was 30. Both the young men, officers of the Indian Navy, died saving other sailors when a fire broke out on their submarine, the INS Sindhuratna early on Wednesday morning.

• Navy had warned government about 'vulnerable' state of submarines in 2010

  The Indian Navy had repeatedly warned the government since 2010 that the poor state of its submarine division, both operationally and in terms of number of vessels, leaves India very vulnerable to attacks by sea.

• Submarine INS Sindhuratna fire: 'He would have loved to die in war, he'd say this is embarrassing'

  Two naval officers whose bodies were found inside the submarine INS Sindhuratna on Thursday, died saving other sailors after a fire broke out in the vessel late on Wednesday morning.

• 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.

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  Two officers died in fire on board submarine INS Sindhuratna, confirms Navy

  Two officers who were missing since the fire on board submarine INS Sindhuratna on Wednesday have died, the navy today confirmed. Their bodies were found after the submarine was brought back to the Mumbai coast this morning. Navy Chief Admiral DK Joshi resigned yesterday taking moral responsibility for accidents on his watch.

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  Indian Navy's 10 mishaps in last seven months

  Navy Chief Admiral DK Joshi has resigned after an accident onboard submarine INS Sindhuratna off Mumbai coast early on Wednesday. This was the 10th mishap involving an Indian Navy warship in the last seven months.

• Defence Ministry's statement on Admiral DK Joshi's resignation as Navy Chief

  Admiral DK Joshi today resigned as the Chief of Naval Staff hours after a fire broke out in INS Sindhuratna, a submarine of the Indian navy, early this morning.