Indian Navy ship Jalashwa left the Maldives for&nbsp;Kochi today with 588 Indian citizens on board&nbsp;under&nbsp;operation "Samudra Setu" to repatriate Indians stranded abroad.

The Ladakh administration said today that 315 <a href="https://www.wionews.com/india-news/vande-bharat-for-all-says-mea-after-bengal-accuses-centre-of-discriminating-between-states-298835">pilgrims</a> hailing from the region&nbsp;have been&nbsp;repatriated from Iran by Mahan Air flight and will be arriving in Delhi on Saturday even as the Jammu &amp; Kashmir government said that 49,218 stranded J&amp;K residents arrived in Lakhanpur including another 7,264 through special trains at Jammu and Udhampur

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Several passengers from different special trains arrived in New Delhi today with the Railway declaring over 2,34,000 passengers have booked their tickets even as Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) started bus shuttle services for railway passengers arriving at New Delhi Railway Station amid the coronavirus lockdown.&nbsp;

Airports Authority of India (AAI) meanwhile said passengers have to wear a mask, carry a hand sanitizer and register on Aarogya Setu App in view of the possibility of air travel resuming.

Amid the lockdown, the Haryana government today decided to start special bus services on selected routes within the state. Shops opened in Amritsar today with the state government ordering&nbsp;that the shops in the state will remain open between 7am to 6pm.

Indian Navy ship Jalashwa left the Maldives for Kochi today with 588 Indian citizens on board under operation "Samudra Setu" to repatriate Indians stranded abroad.

Indian Navy ship Jalashwa left the Maldives for Kochi today with 588 Indian citizens on board under operation "Samudra Setu" to repatriate Indians stranded abroad. The Ladakh administration said today that 315 pilgrims hailing from the region have been repatriated from Iran by Mahan Air flight and will be arriving in Delhi on Saturday even as the Jammu & Kashmir government said that 49,218 stranded J&K residents arrived in Lakhanpur including another 7,264 through special trains at Jammu and Udhampur Also Read: 'How can we stop it': Supreme Court on plea to monitor migrants Several passengers from different special trains arrived in New Delhi today with the Railway declaring over 2,34,000 passengers have booked their tickets even as Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) started bus shuttle services for railway passengers arriving at New Delhi Railway Station amid the coronavirus lockdown. Airports Authority of India (AAI) meanwhile said passengers have to wear a mask, carry a hand sanitizer and register on Aarogya Setu App in view of the possibility of air travel resuming. Amid the lockdown, the Haryana government today decided to start special bus services on selected routes within the state. Shops opened in Amritsar today with the state government ordering that the shops in the state will remain open between 7am to 6pm.

Operation Samudra Setu: Indian Navy ship Jalashwa leaves Maldives for Kochi

After the recent arrest of seven Navy personnel for allegedly sharing sensitive information linked to Pakistan, the Indian Navy has issued directives to ban smartphones and social media use onboard ships and naval bases.&nbsp;

A senior Navy officer said that all social networking platforms including Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and others, would not be allowed at the naval bases and ships from now on.&nbsp;

Smartphones would also not be permitted to operate, the official said.&nbsp;

On December 20, seven Navy personnel and a Hawala operator were arrested from Mumbai, Karvar and Visakhapatnam after a joint operation by the intelligence agencies busted an espionage racket linked to Pakistan.

Reportedly, the accused were sharing sensitive information about the movement of Indian warships and submarines to the Pakistani agents.&nbsp;

The intelligence agencies said that some more suspects are being interrogated.&nbsp;

After the incident, the Indian Navy said that there is no security breach and all critical assets are safe.

The operation was named 'Dolphin's Nose' and was jointly executed by central, naval intelligence officials and Andhra Pradesh Police.&nbsp;

The accused are currently under judicial custody. &nbsp;

(with inputs from agencies)

After the recent arrest of seven Navy personnel for allegedly sharing sensitive information linked to Pakistan, the Indian Navy has issued directives to ban smartphones and social media use onboard ships and naval bases.

After the recent arrest of seven Navy personnel for allegedly sharing sensitive information linked to Pakistan, the Indian Navy has issued directives to ban smartphones and social media use onboard ships and naval bases. A senior Navy officer said that all social networking platforms including Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and others, would not be allowed at the naval bases and ships from now on. Smartphones would also not be permitted to operate, the official said. On December 20, seven Navy personnel and a Hawala operator were arrested from Mumbai, Karvar and Visakhapatnam after a joint operation by the intelligence agencies busted an espionage racket linked to Pakistan. Reportedly, the accused were sharing sensitive information about the movement of Indian warships and submarines to the Pakistani agents. The intelligence agencies said that some more suspects are being interrogated. After the incident, the Indian Navy said that there is no security breach and all critical assets are safe. The operation was named 'Dolphin's Nose' and was jointly executed by central, naval intelligence officials and Andhra Pradesh Police. The accused are currently under judicial custody. (with inputs from agencies)

Indian Navy bans use of social media platforms, smartphones

As part of the cross visits during Harbour Phase of the ongoing 25th edition of the Singapore-India Maritime Bilateral Exercise (SIMBEX-18) at Visakhapatnam, Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) Fleet Commander Rear Admiral Edwin Leong along with CO 185 Squadron Col Lim Yu Chuan and Commanding Officer of Steadfast LTC Edwin Chen visited Indian Navy Ships Sahyadri and Shakti on Saturday.

Indian Naval personnel from Eastern Fleet visited RSS Formidable and the visitors were given a conducted tour of the ship.&nbsp;

An Ops Conference was also organised for the Operations Teams of all participating ships to discuss the activities during the second Sea Phase scheduled from November 19 to 21.

In order to enhance people to people interaction, friendly sports fixtures between RSN and Indian Navy personnel of participating ships were conducted at Visakhapatnam. Personnel from the RSN are also participating in the Friendship Run (10K) during the Vizag-Navy Marathon later today.

To mark the historic Silver Jubilee of SIMBEX, Naval Chiefs from both the participating countries would also be in Visakhapatnam to participate in the Silver Jubilee Commemoration Ceremony scheduled on November 19.&nbsp;

An unveiling of the SIMBEX logo and release of commemorative Indian Special Postage Cover and Singaporean Postage Stamp are also scheduled during the ceremony.

Defence Ministers of both India and Singapore will witness the high-intensity final sea phase of the exercises scheduled in the Bay of Bengal.&nbsp;

As part of the cross visits during Harbour Phase of the ongoing 25th edition of the Singapore-India Maritime Bilateral Exercise (SIMBEX-18) at Visakhapatnam, Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) Fleet Commander Rear Admiral Edwin Leong along with CO 185 Squadron Col Lim Yu Chuan and Commanding Officer of Steadfast LTC Edwin Chen visited Indian Navy Ships Sahyadri and Shakti on Saturday.

As part of the cross visits during Harbour Phase of the ongoing 25th edition of the Singapore-India Maritime Bilateral Exercise (SIMBEX-18) at Visakhapatnam, Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) Fleet Commander Rear Admiral Edwin Leong along with CO 185 Squadron Col Lim Yu Chuan and Commanding Officer of Steadfast LTC Edwin Chen visited Indian Navy Ships Sahyadri and Shakti on Saturday. Indian Naval personnel from Eastern Fleet visited RSS Formidable and the visitors were given a conducted tour of the ship. An Ops Conference was also organised for the Operations Teams of all participating ships to discuss the activities during the second Sea Phase scheduled from November 19 to 21. In order to enhance people to people interaction, friendly sports fixtures between RSN and Indian Navy personnel of participating ships were conducted at Visakhapatnam. Personnel from the RSN are also participating in the Friendship Run (10K) during the Vizag-Navy Marathon later today. To mark the historic Silver Jubilee of SIMBEX, Naval Chiefs from both the participating countries would also be in Visakhapatnam to participate in the Silver Jubilee Commemoration Ceremony scheduled on November 19. An unveiling of the SIMBEX logo and release of commemorative Indian Special Postage Cover and Singaporean Postage Stamp are also scheduled during the ceremony. Defence Ministers of both India and Singapore will witness the high-intensity final sea phase of the exercises scheduled in the Bay of Bengal.

Singapore Navy officers visit INS Sahyadri, Shakti at Vishakapatnam