Reported By Nitin A Gokhale

Chances of finding the four Navy personnel missing after a ship sank off the coast of Visakhapatnam on Sunday are "grim," Navy Chief Admiral RK Dhowan said today, adding that the search will go on at least till November 13.

Nearly 18 hours after a naval ship sank off the coastal city of Visakhapatnam, an extensive search operation is underway to locate four people who remain missing after the accident. One sailor died and 23 others on the ship were rescued last night after the ship sank at about 8 pm. Every person on the ship was wearing a life jacket, said officials.

It's been nearly 12 hours since a Torpedo Recovery Vessel of the Navy sank off the coast of Visakhapatnam, but there has been no trace of the four missing personnel who were on board. One person was killed and 23 others were rescued when the vessel started sinking last evening.

One person has died and four others are missing after a small naval auxiliary vessel sunk outside the Visakhapatnam harbour today.

The army has decided to replace the entire company of 53 Rashtriya Rifles unit that was manning the area of Chattergam in Budgam where two civilians were killed in firing at a checkpost on Monday. The area will now be the responsibility of a different RR unit, senior army sources told NDTV.

National Security Adviser Ajit Doval - who visited West Bengal regarding the Burdwan blast case today - is believed to have expressed displeasure that a jihadi hub from Bangladesh has mushroomed in the state without the knowledge of the Mamata Banerjee government.

On Diwali Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi began a packed visit to Jammu and Kashmir with a trip to Siachen, the world's highest battlefield. "Am going to Siachen with a message from each and every Indian to our soldiers - that we stand shoulder to shoulder with you!" he tweeted before leaving this morning in a special Indian Air Force aircraft.

India has grounded its entire Sukhoi-30 fleet and each aircraft is undergoing a thorough technical check following a recent crash near Pune - both pilots had ejected safely and were not injured.

In a major breakthrough, six suspected terrorists of the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) were arrested last night in Meghalaya in a joint operation by Army troops and the state police.

The recent display of ISIS flags in Kashmir is a cause of "serious concern," Lieutenant General Subrata Saha, the top Army commander in the region said today. "ISIS has the capacity of attracting youths and that is a concern for us," he added.

A court in Italy is expected to give its verdict today on whether top executives of a defense manufacturer paid bribes to land contracts, including in India, which agreed to buy 12 helicopters for use by the Prime Minister and other top leaders.

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The fresh transgression by the Chinese People's Liberation Army in Ladakh's Chumur that began on Thursday morning -- hours before Chinese President Xi Jinping landed in India -- tuned grave by late night. In terms of numbers, this is the third. One other has been on at Chumur, and one in Demchok. But going by the scale, this is the worst Chinese tr...

A Brigadier in Poonch, who had been accused of sexual misconduct with jawans, has resigned.

The Army has found the body of a soldier 18 years after he went missing on the Siachen glacier in Kashmir.

Chances of finding the four Navy personnel missing after a ship sank off the coast of Visakhapatnam on Sunday are "grim," Navy Chief Admiral RK Dhowan said today, adding that the search will go on at least till November 13.

Nearly 18 hours after a naval ship sank off the coastal city of Visakhapatnam, an extensive search operation is underway to locate four people who remain missing after the accident. One sailor died and 23 others on the ship were rescued last night after the ship sank at about 8 pm. Every person on the ship was wearing a life jacket, said officials.

It's been nearly 12 hours since a Torpedo Recovery Vessel of the Navy sank off the coast of Visakhapatnam, but there has been no trace of the four missing personnel who were on board. One person was killed and 23 others were rescued when the vessel started sinking last evening.

One person has died and four others are missing after a small naval auxiliary vessel sunk outside the Visakhapatnam harbour today.

The army has decided to replace the entire company of 53 Rashtriya Rifles unit that was manning the area of Chattergam in Budgam where two civilians were killed in firing at a checkpost on Monday. The area will now be the responsibility of a different RR unit, senior army sources told NDTV.

National Security Adviser Ajit Doval - who visited West Bengal regarding the Burdwan blast case today - is believed to have expressed displeasure that a jihadi hub from Bangladesh has mushroomed in the state without the knowledge of the Mamata Banerjee government.

On Diwali Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi began a packed visit to Jammu and Kashmir with a trip to Siachen, the world's highest battlefield. "Am going to Siachen with a message from each and every Indian to our soldiers - that we stand shoulder to shoulder with you!" he tweeted before leaving this morning in a special Indian Air Force aircraft.

India has grounded its entire Sukhoi-30 fleet and each aircraft is undergoing a thorough technical check following a recent crash near Pune - both pilots had ejected safely and were not injured.

In a major breakthrough, six suspected terrorists of the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) were arrested last night in Meghalaya in a joint operation by Army troops and the state police.

The recent display of ISIS flags in Kashmir is a cause of "serious concern," Lieutenant General Subrata Saha, the top Army commander in the region said today. "ISIS has the capacity of attracting youths and that is a concern for us," he added.

A court in Italy is expected to give its verdict today on whether top executives of a defense manufacturer paid bribes to land contracts, including in India, which agreed to buy 12 helicopters for use by the Prime Minister and other top leaders.

India has warned Pakistan that it is not afraid of escalation after relentless firing and shelling from across the border this week, in which eight civilians have been killed and around 50 injured. Indian forces have been given a free hand to deal with the situation appropriately and reject talks until all firing from Pakistan stops, top governmen...

The fresh transgression by the Chinese People's Liberation Army in Ladakh's Chumur that began on Thursday morning -- hours before Chinese President Xi Jinping landed in India -- tuned grave by late night. In terms of numbers, this is the third. One other has been on at Chumur, and one in Demchok. But going by the scale, this is the worst Chinese tr...

A Brigadier in Poonch, who had been accused of sexual misconduct with jawans, has resigned.

The Army has found the body of a soldier 18 years after he went missing on the Siachen glacier in Kashmir.