Former navy chief S.M. Nanda dead

September 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Home Minister P. Chidambaram Tuesday met Indian Navy chief Admiral Nirmal Verma to assess the coastal security scenario in the aftermath of the Nov 26 Mumbai terrorist attacks.

September 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - With the Indian Navy being made the nodal agency for coastal security, navy chief Admiral Nirmal Verma will Tuesday address the state police chiefs on the issue. The three-day state police chiefs conference started here Monday.

August 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Outgoing Navy Chief Admiral Sureesh Mehta on Monday said that one of the most important tasks of navy is to work towards improving the image of the country. Mehta while addressing here said that eastern and western navy fleet have recently participated in several overseas exercises, which in turn helps in improving the image of the country.

August 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - A navy fighter jet crashed into the Arabian Sea off the coast of Goa on Friday, with the pilot presumed dead. Confirming the news,Indian Navy spokesman P.V.S.

May 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Former Indian Navy chief Admiral Sardarilal Mathradas Nanda, who is best remembered for staging the daring raid on Karachi during the 1971 India-Pakistan war, died here late Monday night after a prolonged illness. He was 94. Nanda is survived by his wife and two sons.

May 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Former Navy Chief Admiral Sardari Mathradas Nanda, who made the country realise the full potential of the Indian Navy during the Indo-Pak war of 1971, died in the capital after a prolonged illness. Admiral Nanda was 94 and died at about 11 p.m.

May 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Indian Navy chief Admiral Sureesh Mehta Tuesday condoled the death of former navy chief Admiral S.M. Nanda, a veteran of the India-Pakistan war of 1971.

March 29th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Maoist rebels killed a village leader and blew up three forest offices in two separate incidents in Orissa early Sunday, police said. A group of rebels shot dead former block chief Nanda Karatami near Sinapali village in Malkangiri district, about 700 km from here.

March 21st, 2009 CAIRO - Two US Navy vessels Friday collided in the Strait of Hormuz, officials said. The collision occurred between a US Navy submarine and a US amphibious vessel in the Strait of Hormuz early Friday, the Bahrain-based US Navy Fifth Fleet said.

March 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Delhi High Court Friday granted one week's interim bail to Sanjeev Nanda, convicted in a hit-and-run case, so that he could meet his ailing grandfather, former Indian Navy chief S.M. Nanda. Sanjeev is serving a five-year jail term for running over six people in the infamous BMW hit-and-run case of 1999.

March 1st, 2009 KARACHI - Pakistan's navy chief Saturday distanced himself from his controversial remarks that there was no evidence of Ajmal Amir Kasab taking the sea route to India to launch the Mumbai terror strikes, saying he had not contradicted the interior ministry's findings on the carnage. Admiral Noman Bashir 'clarified that there are no differences between Pakistan Navy and the interior ministry with regard to the report about the (Mumbai terror attack) case', the official APP news agency reported.

February 28th, 2009 KOCHI - The Indian Navy will be responsible for the overall maritime security of the country, including coastal and off-shore security, Defence Minister A.K. Antony announced Saturday.

February 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Indian Navy Chief Admiral Sureesh Mehta is on a four-day visit of the Maldives for talks on maritime security with the leaders of the island nation, an official said. Mehta's visit to the Maldives, with which India shares long-standing ties, began Feb 21.

January 23rd, 2009 Film: 'Nanda'; Director: Anantha Raju; Cast: Shivaraj Kumar, Sandhya, Bhavya, Sharan, Rangayana Raghu, Avinash, Shobharaj and Sharath Lohithashwa; Music: V. Manohar; Rating: *1/2 Shivaraj Kumar's 'Nanda' is the latest addition to the long list of illogical and abhorrent gangster films being made in Kannada in recent times.

January 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Delhi High Court Friday rejected the plea of BMW hit-and-run case convict Sanjeev Nanda for extending his interim bail which expires Saturday. Justice Kailash Gambhir dismissed Nanda's petition, requiring Nanda to surrender Saturday.