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How the Indian Navy gated to save 710 lives from deep sea Mumbai: “The heart of man is very much like the sea, it has its storms, it has its tides and in its depths it has its pearls too” wrote Vincent van Gogh. The pearls are what the Indian Navy found in the officers and men that navigated the three ships INS Kochi, INS Kolkata and INS Talwar to search and rescue 710 men from the eye of Cyclone Tautkae. A feat which till now had no standard operating procedure, precedent to follow or has ever been tried by any Navy across the globe.

When the weather office sent out cyclone warnings on May 13 and most vessels moved to safety, one barge working on Oil and Natural Gas Corp.'s field off the Mumbai coast stayed put.

Barge Accident: No bodies were located underwater, Navy said (File) Mumbai: Navy ships INS Makar and INS Tarasa on Monday carried out diving operations 35 nautical miles from Mumbai coast to locate the bodies of missing personnel on board tugboat Varaprada, a week after it went adrift in the Arabian Sea, an official said. "The Specialist Clearance Diving Team of the Western Naval Command conducted the diving operations over the wreck of Tug Varaprada today. The diving was carried out from INS Makar and INS Tarasa at a depth of 32 metres in nil visibility conditions at a distance of 35 nautic...

Sunday 23 May, 2021 | 10:13 AM MUMBAI: The number of Keralites who lost their lives in the Mumbai barge tragedy rose to seven. The body of Suresh Krishnan, a native of Palakkad has been identified. He was the project manager of the contracting company in the barge. The death of Saneesh Joseph of Chemberi in Kannur was confirmed the other day. Two more Keralites have to be found again. The navy is continuing its search. The death toll in the tragedy has climbed to 66. Three oil tankers were involved in the accident that happened last Monday following cyclone Tauktae. A barge wa...