In his petition, the Vice Admiral has challenged the government’s move to ignore seniority and appoint his junior as the next chief of Navy.
08 Apr 2019 3:32 PM
Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Sunil Lanba will vacate the office on 31 May 2019.
23 Mar 2019 2:26 PM
There have been reports that the Jaish-e-Mohammed had trained its terrorists in sea operations.
06 Mar 2019 1:56 AM
Lanba said the region had witnessed multiple forms of terrorism in recent years and few countries in this part of the world had been spared.
05 Mar 2019 11:31 AM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Army Chief General Bipin Rawat, Navy Chief Admiral Sunil Lanba, Air Force Chief BS Dhanoa.
27 Feb 2019 8:41 PM
The Navy is in the process of acquiring one more DSRV soon to deploy vessels permanently at Visakhapatnam along with Mumbai.
13 Dec 2018 12:51 AM
Adm. Lanba said a “great deal of progress” has been made on ensuring synergy and “jointness” among the three services.
04 Dec 2018 1:26 AM
'We now have multi-layered security architecture for coastal security including Coast guard and Navy,' Lanba said,
26 Nov 2018 8:53 AM
V.K. Singh: Let’s delink Mumbai attack, Pak’s Kartarpur proposal.
26 Nov 2018 3:00 AM
The expedition, christened 'Navika Sagar Parikrama', was flagged off from the INS Mandovi boat pool here on September 10, 2017.
21 May 2018 5:18 PM
Admiral Lanba will also hold bilateral discussions with the Commander of Iranian Navy & Navy chiefs of several other nations on the sidelines of IONS.
23 Apr 2018 2:00 AM
The Tejas is a supersonic, lightweight, all-weather, multi-role fighter designed for air-to-air, air-to-ground and air-to-sea combat roles.
04 Mar 2018 12:53 AM
Navy Chief Admiral Sunil Lanba told reporters on the sidelines of an event: “Maldives was invited to join the Milan exercise but they have declined.”
28 Feb 2018 1:34 AM
Maldives has not given any reason for the decision, Lanba told reporters on the sidelines of an event in New Delhi.
27 Feb 2018 1:29 PM
Sunil Lanba said despite the differences with China on the border issue, peace and tranquillity has been maintained.
22 Feb 2018 1:35 AM
The Navy Chief also held talks with Saudi Arabia’s deputy defence minister Mohammad bin Abdullah Al-Aysesh.
10 Feb 2018 3:18 AM
The session attended by top naval officers of the four countries was on the subject “Unchartered waters: In search for order in the Indo-Pacific”.
19 Jan 2018 6:34 AM
2017 can well be described as a watershed year in India-China relations.
19 Jan 2018 12:57 AM
Lanba's comment came after the Defence Ministry decided to cap the scholarship given to children of martyred, disabled or missing soldiers.
06 Dec 2017 9:02 AM
The admiral said the Navy’s aviation arm was being augmented by the induction of new fighters, surveillance aircraft and ship-borne helicopters.
02 Dec 2017 4:43 AM