Chinese vessel near Male as India, Lanka, Maldives begin trilateral drill

A high-tech Chinese marine research ship on Thursday arrived near the Maldives after spending about a month in the Indian Ocean near the island nation, media reports said in Male. Image used for......

Amid row, Maldives seeks info on Indian coast guard's activity

The Maldives' government has formally requested the Indian government to provide "comprehensive details" of an incident in which its coast guard personnel allegedly boarded three Maldivian fishing......

Navy deploys frontline destroyers, frigates in Arabian Sea

The Indian Navy has deployed task groups comprising frontline destroyers and frigates in the central and north Arabian Sea and augmented its force levels in the region to undertake maritime......

Will find attackers of merchant navy ships even from depths of seas: Rajnath

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday vowed to ferret out the perpetrators of the attacks on merchant navy ships MV Chem Pluto and MV Sai Baba even from the "depths of the seas" and take tough......

India set to launch first-ever offshore mineral auction in Q1 FY24

In a step towards diversifying its resource base and securing green energy minerals, India is poised to launch its first-ever offshore mineral auction in the first quarter of 2024, announced Union......

Govt looks to Myanmar for natural gas

The petroleum ministry is gradually shifting its preference from Iran to Myanmar for importing natural gas through pipelines.Gail (India) Ltd and ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL) have jointly acquired a 30......

India, Iran plan oil pipeline outside Pak EEZ

There was no question of speaking with Pakistan on the proposed Indo-Iran oil pipeline as Tehran and New Delhi have decided to undertake a feasibility study for an offshore pipeline, which would be......