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China eyes Chittagong port via rail corridor to Bangladesh

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

China to stop building additional islands in South China sea

18 Jun 2015

United Technologies to separate helicopter business

15 Jun 2015

Navy vessel picks up beacon signals of missing Coast Guard plane

13 Jun 2015

India asks its citizens to leave Saudi city of Najran

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

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

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

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

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

Radioactive leak from medical consignment at Delhi airport causes panic

29 May 2015

After the tsunami: rebirth of an island

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

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

China to build lighthouses on disputed Spratly Islands

26 May 2015

Heatwave toll rises to 500 in Andhra and Telengana

25 May 2015

McMahon Line illegal, China restates stand

McMahon Line illegal, China restates stand

25 May 2015

China today restated its stand against McMahon Line on the India-China boundary, saying it is illegal even as the country sought alternative ways of solving the vexed border issue

Islamic state militants claim responsibility for bombing at mosque in Saudi Arabia

23 May 2015

ISIS wants to use Pak N-bomb on US

ISIS wants to use Pak N-bomb on US

23 May 2015

With billions of dollars in extorted money in its coffers and support from divergent Islamic militant groups, ISIS hopes to secure its first nuclear weapon from Pakistan within the next 12 months

US - China dispute over South China Sea escalates

US - China dispute over South China Sea escalates

23 May 2015

The continued US surveillance flights in the areas are aimed at challenging the Chinese government’s claims of expanded territorial sovereignty

Imphal, Srinagar among 64 `extreme terror-risk’ cities in the world

22 May 2015

Iraq, Iran join forces to retake Ramadi from ISIS militants

Iraq, Iran join forces to retake Ramadi from ISIS militants

18 May 2015

Iran's defence minister GenHossein Dehghan also flew to Baghdad on a surprise visit for urgent talks with Iraqi leaders

ISIS grabs control of key Iraqi city; US says gains temporary

16 May 2015

Xi, Modi talk trust, border issues with eye on trade

Xi, Modi talk trust, border issues with eye on trade

14 May 2015

The festering border dispute and India’s rising trade deficit have now been overshadowed by China’s plans to build infrastructure in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir

Terrorists gun down 47 Shia Ismaili Muslims in Karachi bus attack

13 May 2015

Nepal jolted again with 7.3-magnitude quake; 42 dead, over 1,000 injured

Nepal jolted again with 7.3-magnitude quake; 42 dead, over 1,000 injured

12 May 2015

Rescue helicopters have been sent to districts northeast of Kathmandu, where landslides and buildings collapsed in the quake may have left people buried