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Iran offers India expanded role in strategic port: report
18 Jul 2015
Chabahar in southeast Iran is key to India’s efforts to access and pursue its economic and security interests in landlocked Afghanistan and the Central Asian nations circumventing Pakistan
Pakistan decides to engage Kashmiri separatists: puts India on notice
14 Jul 2015
Pakistan has decided to bury the five-point roadmap for bilateral engagement with India and instead engage its detractors, Pakistan-supported separatists in Jammu and Kashmir
NSAs of India and Pakistan to meet in New Delhi
10 Jul 2015
After South China Sea, China sets sights on Indian Ocean
02 Jul 2015
China seems to be annoyed by India's move to build strategic assets in two Indian Ocean countries, Mauritius and Seychelles
Terror attacks rock France, Tunisia and Kuwait; leave 41 dead
26 Jun 2015
Terrorist attacks in a factory in France, a Shiite mosque in Kuwait City during Friday prayer, and a beach hotel in Tunisia have left 41 dead
China backs terrorist Lakhvi, blocks India’s UN move against Pakistan
23 Jun 2015
China has blocked the UN Sanctions Committee’s move to seek clarification from Pakistan on the release in the Mumbai terror mastermind, Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, saying that India did not provide sufficient information
Seven Taliban attackers killed in suicide attack on Afghan Parliament
22 Jun 2015
The attackers triggered massive explosions and gunfire that injured at least 31 people, mostly women and children
China eyes Chittagong port via rail corridor to Bangladesh
19 Jun 2015
The Kunming-Kolkata link, a part of the China-Myanmar-Bangladesh Economic Corridor aimed at boosting trade and investment, is also aimed at providing China access to Bangladesh's Chittagong port
India asks its citizens to leave Saudi city of Najran
08 Jun 2015
India has asked its citizens in conflict-hit Saudi Arabian city of Najran bordering Yemen to leave immediately, following a missile attack on the province by Houthi rebels from Yemen
India asks its citizens to leave Saudi city of Najran
08 Jun 2015
India has asked its citizens in conflict-hit Saudi Arabian city of Najran bordering Yemen to leave immediately, following a missile attack on the province by Houthi rebels from Yemen
IAF concludes operations in earthquake hit Nepal
04 Jun 2015
US, India set to sign new 10-year defence cooperation pact
03 Jun 2015
India, US will jointly develop protective gear for soldiers against biological and chemical warfare and build battlefield generators, ahead of moving to collaboration in higher-end technologies
US drops Cuba from list of state sponsors of terrorism
30 May 2015
Cuba was formally dropped by the US from a list of state sponsors of terrorism yesterday, in a major step toward restoration of full diplomatic ties
Researchers bust myths of Jihadi brides
29 May 2015
The idea that most young women are joining ISIS and other extremist groups simply to become ‘jihadi brides’, is a myth, new research claims
After the tsunami: rebirth of an island
29 May 2015
Air Commodore Nitin Sathe, who currently heads a premier services selection board for the IAF talks to Swetha Amit about reviving an island back to life post the Asian Tsunami in 2004
Germany pushing India to buy Eurofighters
27 May 2015
Germany is lobbying India to buy Eurofighter jets while offering to back India on its multi-billion-dollar submarine project that still needs technology, which India lacks
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