Viraat Ship

The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered status quo on the dismantling of decommissioned aircraft carrier "Viraat", but a Gujarat-based ship-breaker who has purchased it said it is now too late for any restoration effort.

The dismantling of the Navy's former flagship, Viraat, has been kept on hold by the Supreme Court, which also issued notice to the company that bought the ship from the government to be made into scrap. The Supreme Court's order comes on a petition by a group that offered to buy the decommissioned carrier for Rs 100 crore and convert it into a muse...

New images accessed by NDTV indicate that the Viraat, the decommissioned Indian Navy carrier, has already been partially dismantled despite plans to convert her into a maritime museum.

In a letter to the Defence Ministry, Shiv Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi has said the Maharashtra government is "happy to cooperate in restoring and preserving the historical ship" INS Viraat, which served as India's aircraft carrier.

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday asked the Union government to decide on a private firm's request that decommissioned aircraft carrier Viraat be handed over to it, so that the ship could be converted into a museum.

A week after Navy Chief Admiral Lanba said the ex-flag ship of the Indian Navy, Viraat, will be sold for scrap within four months, NDTV has learned that the Maharashtra government has a Plan B. Sources say the state is interested in acquiring the aircraft carrier and sinking her to form an "underwater memorial" off the Sindhudurg coast, 500 kms sou...

Indian Navy's oldest warship INS Viraat retired today after nearly six decades in service. Amid various proposals for the ship's future after retirement is to sink it and convert it into a major tourist attraction for divers, Navy Chief Sunil Lanba told NDTV on Monday.

Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, who is currently on a visit to India to commemorate the diamond jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II's coronation, visited the Western Naval Command Headquarters in Mumbai. Prince Andrew, himself a naval officer in the Royal Navy, visited the Indian Navy's Aircraft Carrier INS Viraat (ex-HMS Hermes) where he walked around ...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered status quo on the dismantling of decommissioned aircraft carrier "Viraat", but a Gujarat-based ship-breaker who has purchased it said it is now too late for any restoration effort.

The dismantling of the Navy's former flagship, Viraat, has been kept on hold by the Supreme Court, which also issued notice to the company that bought the ship from the government to be made into scrap. The Supreme Court's order comes on a petition by a group that offered to buy the decommissioned carrier for Rs 100 crore and convert it into a muse...

New images accessed by NDTV indicate that the Viraat, the decommissioned Indian Navy carrier, has already been partially dismantled despite plans to convert her into a maritime museum.

In a letter to the Defence Ministry, Shiv Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi has said the Maharashtra government is "happy to cooperate in restoring and preserving the historical ship" INS Viraat, which served as India's aircraft carrier.

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday asked the Union government to decide on a private firm's request that decommissioned aircraft carrier Viraat be handed over to it, so that the ship could be converted into a museum.

A week after Navy Chief Admiral Lanba said the ex-flag ship of the Indian Navy, Viraat, will be sold for scrap within four months, NDTV has learned that the Maharashtra government has a Plan B. Sources say the state is interested in acquiring the aircraft carrier and sinking her to form an "underwater memorial" off the Sindhudurg coast, 500 kms sou...

Indian Navy's oldest warship INS Viraat retired today after nearly six decades in service. Amid various proposals for the ship's future after retirement is to sink it and convert it into a major tourist attraction for divers, Navy Chief Sunil Lanba told NDTV on Monday.

Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, who is currently on a visit to India to commemorate the diamond jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II's coronation, visited the Western Naval Command Headquarters in Mumbai. Prince Andrew, himself a naval officer in the Royal Navy, visited the Indian Navy's Aircraft Carrier INS Viraat (ex-HMS Hermes) where he walked around ...