In February, the top court had barred further dismantling of 'INS Viraat', which was in service with the Indian Navy for nearly three decades, and has been beached in Gujarat's ship-breaking yard of Alang since September 2020. The top court has scheduled the matter for further hearing after a week.
The centaur-class aircraft carrier was in service with the Indian Navy for 29 years before being decommissioned in March 2017.
Private firm Envitech has shown interest in acquiring the warship. It wants to convert it into a maritime museum off Goa.
INS Viraat served in the Indian Navy for 30 long years. In March 2017, the glorious era of INS Viraat culminated after being decommissioned at Naval Dockyard, Mumbai.
70-year-old INS Viraat, a Centaur-class aircraft carrier, is being dismantled at the world's largest shipping recycling industry, which is situated in Gujarat's Alang.
INS Viraat is being dismantled at a ship-breaking yard in Alang on September 28. De-commissioned INS Viraat was in service for 30 years.
In a sensational charge, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday accused the Gandhi family of using warship INS Viraat as its "personal taxi" when Rajiv Gandhi was the prime minister.
INS Viraat, Indian Navy’s former flagship and world’s oldest serving aircraft carrier, will be decommissioned at sunset today after 57 years of service, including 27 with the Royal Navy.
The world’s oldest aircraft carrier in active service -INS Viraat- will retire on March 6 with a ceremonial send-off in Mumbai.
Indian Navy’s second aircraft carrier and the world's oldest aircraft carrier, INS Viraat was accorded a grand send-off from the port city here today. The ship, which underwent a decommissioning refit, is being towed back
INS Viraat, Indian Navy’s second aircraft carrier today left from her home port of Mumbai to Kochi for final repairs.
Mumbai: Aircraft-carrier INS Viraat on Saturday won the coveted 'Cock Trophy' during the Western Fleet Whaler Pulling Regatta, making it the last time the warship participated in the event before she is decommissioned.INS Viraat was
Mumbai: The Indian Navy has appointed a technical board (TB) to assess how long the aircraft carrier INS Viraat can serve the force."Technical board has been formed to check if Viraat can serve," Vice Admiral
New Delhi: Defence Minister Arun Jaitley will visit aircraft carrier INS Viraat in Mumbai on Saturday and review the operational preparedness of the Western Naval Command, which witnessed two major submarine mishaps in the last
New Delhi: After a delay of almost five years, India's largest warship aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya today reached its home base Karwar in Karnataka.The long-awaited USD 2.3 billion aircraft carrier had started its voyage towards
New Delhi: At present Indian Navy has an estimated strength of around 58,350 personnel, 15 Submarines, 138 Surface fleet and only 1 Aircraft Carrier-The INS Viraat though very soon another aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya will
Kochi, Mar 9: India's second aircraft carrier, INS Viraat, drydocked at Cochin Shipyard Ltd for extensive maintenance work and re-fit, is expected to leave for Mumbai by this month end and hopes to join the
Kochi, Nov 19: A Kerala state-owned boat ferrying about 100 passengers rammed into aircraft carrier INS Viraat here, naval sources said today.However, no one was injured and there was no damage to Viraat, which is
New Delhi, Feb 6: Defence Minister A K Antony will for the first time spend a night on the country's lone aircraft carrier INS Viraat and review Navy's operational preparedness in wargames codenamed ‘TROPEX' in
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