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Naval air station near Chennai to be temporary base for commercial flights

With the Chennai airport closed till December 6 following heavy rains and flood, the nearby naval air station at Arakonnam is likely to be turned into a makeshift airport for commercial flights......

Chennai rains: Aerial sorties called off

Defence forces have called off aerial sorties for rescue operations in flood-hit Chennai which is limping back to normalcy as water levels have started going down. "The water level in the city has......

Andamans base boosts India in Indian Ocean

'The Andamans are strategic territory for India.''We need at least three full-length, 10,000-feet airfields here.'Ajai Shukla reports. IMAGE: Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Sunil Lanba and his wife......

Navy Deploys Poseidon To Rescue Chinese Fishermen

In an unfolding drama in the stormy waters of the Indian Ocean, the Indian Navy has mobilised to the rescue of a Chinese fishing boat that has sunk in bad weather in the southern Indian Ocean. So......

'Rescuing people is best Navy Day for us'

Pride was writ large on the faces of naval staff at Arakkonam Base, the strategic defence asset that is playing a stellar and critical role in carrying out the rescue and relief operations for......

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