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Kochi, March 14 – India has repatriated more than 100 non-essential crew members from an Iranian naval vessel that docked in Kochi earlier this month, even as the warship remains berthed at the southern port amid escalating hostilities between Iran and the United States.Officials familiar with...

Washington, March 13 – The Pentagon stated on Friday that Iran, not the United States or its allies, was responsible for disruptions to commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most critical energy corridors.At a Pentagon news conference, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete...

Kochi, March 6 – An Iranian naval vessel, IRIS Lavan, docked in Kochi, Kerala, on Friday after India granted emergency permission following a reported technical malfunction. This came as the sinking of another Iranian warship by an American torpedo triggered wider geopolitical repercussions...

New Delhi, March 6 Days before the US torpedoed and sank the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena, India approved emergency docking for another Iranian naval vessel in Kochi after it developed a technical problem, government sources said on Friday.The vessel, docked in Kochi on March 4 with its 183 crew...

New Delhi, March 6 India has allowed the urgent docking of an Iranian ship in Kochi and provided accommodation to its 183 crew members, government sources said on Friday.The ship, IRIS Lavan, developed urgent technical issues and was granted emergency docking approval on March 1, following a...

New Delhi, March 6 Top government sources on Friday described claims that the Indian Navy provided intelligence to the US about an Iranian frigate that was sunk by a US military submarine two days ago off the coast of Sri Lanka as "baseless and preposterous."There is no question of providing...

Visakhapatnam, March 6 Many crew members of the Iranian warship Dena were unaware that they would not be able to cherish the pleasant memories they had experienced in Visakhapatnam just a few days before. Whether it was the long walks on Rushikonda Beach or the visit to the healthy Kailasagiri...

Visakhapatnam, March 5 Many crew members of the Iranian warship Dena were unaware that they would not be able to cherish the pleasant memories they had experienced in Visakhapatnam just a few days ago. Whether it was the long walks on Rushikonda Beach or a visit to the healthy Kailasagiri hills...

New Delhi, March 5 A day after a US submarine torpedoed and sank an Iranian warship off the coast of Sri Lanka, the Indian Navy said on Thursday that it had deployed its long-range anti-submarine and maritime patrol aircraft to augment the search operation launched by Colombo to rescue the crew...

New Delhi, March 5 India on Thursday expressed condolences for the killing of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, amid sharp criticism from opposition parties regarding the government's silence on the assassination as well as the sinking of an Iranian ship by the US off the Sri Lankan...

New Delhi, March 5 Iranian Ambassador to India, Mohammad Fathali, on Thursday condemned the US for sinking an Iranian naval vessel in the Indian Ocean, calling it an "assassination" that violated international laws, and vowed a strong retaliation from Tehran.Speaking to

Tehran, March 5 – Iran’s Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Aragchi strongly condemned the United States for attacking and sinking the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena in the Indian Ocean, describing the incident as an “atrocity at sea” and warning that Washington would “bitterly regret” setting such a...

New Delhi/Colombo, March 4 In a significant escalation of the West Asia crisis, a US submarine torpedoed and sank an Iranian warship in international waters off the coast of Sri Lanka on Wednesday, while it was returning after participating in the Milan naval exercise, a multilateral wargame...

Colombo, March 4 Sri Lankan authorities said on Wednesday that they had recovered about 80 bodies of Iranian sailors who were killed after a US submarine attack that sank an Iranian naval ship off the island's southern coast.Sri Lanka had earlier said its Navy rescued 32 Iranian sailors from...

Washington, March 2 – The US launched a comprehensive military offensive against Iran, targeting over 1,000 military sites within 24 hours under "Operation Epic Fury," in what officials described as a campaign to dismantle the Iranian regime's security apparatus and neutralize sites posing an...

Washington, March 1 – President Donald Trump said that US forces have destroyed and sunk nine Iranian naval ships and struck key military facilities, escalating what appears to be a widening confrontation with Tehran.“I have just been informed that we have destroyed and sunk 9 Iranian Naval...

Visakhapatnam, February 19 – The Indian Navy held a series of high-level bilateral interactions with naval leaders from several partner nations on the sidelines of the International Fleet Review (IFR) 2026 in Visakhapatnam, further strengthening India's growing maritime cooperation across...