Mumbai Jan 26 PTI A joint maritime exercise involving all three wings of Indian armed forces and also the Coast Guard that provided the participants an opportunity to operate together under realistic conditions and enhance inter-service synergy has concluded the Navy said on WednesdayThe exercise Paschim Lehar XPL-2022 involving the Navy the Air Force the Army and the Coast Guard concluded off the West Coast on Tuesday the Navy said in a statementThe drill was conducted over a duration of 20 days with an objective to validate operational plans of the Western Naval Command and enhance inter-service synergy among the Navy the IAF the Army and the Coast Guard it saidThe exercise was conducted under the aegis of FOC-in-C flag officer commandingin-chief Western Naval CommandThe intra-theatre exercise included mobilisation and participation of over 40 ships and submarines of the Indian Navy the statement saidIn addition the IAF deployed Su-30 MKI Jaguar maritime strike aircraft flight refuelling aircraft and AWACs alongside the Indian Navys maritime reconnaissance aircraft P8i Dorniers IL 38 SD unmanned aerial systems and MiG 29K strike jet for the manoeuvresVarious elements of the Army including air defence batteries were also mobilised for the exerciseAfter a long gap many Offshore Patrol Vessels Fast Patrol Vessels and Air Cushion Vessels of the Coast Guard also participated in Paschim Lehar the statement saidA variety of weapon firings in a realistic tactical scenario besides validation of operational missions and tasks under varying settings were undertaken during the drill it saidThe exercise provided all participating forces an opportunity to operate together under realistic conditions in responding to contemporary maritime challenges across the areas of the commands responsibility the statement added PTI PR RSY RSY

Mumbai Nov 24 PTI The Indian Navy on Wednesday said it will commission INS Vela its fourth stealth Scorpene class submarine under Project 75 on Thursday an induction that will boost its combat capabilityProject 75 includes construction of six submarines of Scorpene designThree of these submarines - Kalvari Khanderi Karanj - have already been commissionedThe Indian Navys fourth stealth Scorpene class submarine INS Vela is geared to get commissioned on 25th November 2021 the Navy said in a statementThe submarine has been built by Mumbai-based Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd in collaboration with Ms Naval Group of FranceThe previous avatar of INS Vela was commissioned on August 31 1973 and it rendered yeoman service to the nation for 37 eventful years before being decommissioned on June 25 2010The new Vela is a potent man o war and is capable of offensive operations that span across the entire spectrum of maritime warfare the statement saidInduction of the submarine consolidates the Indian Navys position as a builders Navy significantly and adds sharpness and strength to its combat capability it addedOn Sunday Indian Navys stealth guided missile destroyer Visakhapatnam was commissioned in Mumbai The indigenously-built warship is packed with an array of missiles and anti-submarine rockets PTI PR RSY RSY

Mumbai Nov 23 PTI Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray is recovering rapidly after a spine surgery and will soon resume work Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut said on TuesdayThackeray 61 underwent the spine surgery at the HN Reliance Hospital here on November 12He is currently undergoing physiotherapy at the hospital the Chief Ministers Office CMO had said on MondayThe chief minister is recovering rapidly and he will resume work soon He is following some instructions from doctorsthe instructions have to be followed Raut saidThackeray who is also the Shiv Sena president was admitted to the hospital on November 10 on the advice of doctors after his neck pain aggravatedEarlier this month he had attended an event wearing a cervical collar PTI PR RSY RSY

Mumbai Nov 22 PTI Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray is undergoing physiotherapy after a successful cervical spine surgery earlier this month at the HN Reliance Hospital here his office said on MondayHe is presently very stable and will be discharged from the hospital in due course of time said the Chief Ministers Office CMOThe CM has undergone a successful spine surgery and is undergoing physiotherapy at the HN Reliance Hospital He is presently very stable and will be discharged in due course of time the CMO said in a statementHe underwent the surgery on November 12Thackeray 61 was admitted to the hospital on November 10 on the advice of doctors after his neck pain aggravatedEarlier this month he had attended an event wearing a cervical collar PTI PR RSY RSY