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Blast, fire at chemical factory in India kill 3
Mar 09, 2018 06:04A fire broke out at an Indian chemical factory and spread through an industrial zone, killing three people and injuring 15, police and officials said on Friday.
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Pakistan approves exchange of Kashmir detainees with India
Mar 07, 2018 16:38Pakistani authorities have endorsed a proposal from India on exchange of prisoners that could also cover detainees from the disputed Kashmir region.
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Pakistan ‘shoots down Indian recon drone in Kashmir’
Mar 07, 2018 09:39The Pakistani military says it has shot down an Indian reconnaissance drone that had violated Pakistan’s airspace in the disputed Kashmir region.
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India’s OVL signs $900 million Iran oilfield deal
Mar 06, 2018 14:06India’s ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL) has signed a cooperation agreement with Iran’s IDRO Oil to jointly bid for a $900 million development plan of Susangerd oilfield in southwest Iran, IRNA reported on Tuesday.
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Fearing protests, India places Kashmir under curfew after army killings
Mar 05, 2018 10:08Authorities have imposed a curfew in the Indian-administered Kashmir in anticipation of fresh public protests after New Delhi’s soldiers killed at least six people in the restive Himalayan region.
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Villagers flee as fighting intensifies in Kashmir
Feb 25, 2018 09:15Kashmiri villagers have reportedly been forced to flee as fighting intensifies along the so-called Line of Control (LoC) that divides India and Pakistan.
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Car crash leaves 9 schoolchildren dead, 20 injured in India
Feb 24, 2018 11:11At least nine schoolchildren were killed and 20 others injured in eastern India's Bihar state on Saturday after a vehicle crashed into them outside their school in an apparent hit-and-run, police said.
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Afghan, Pakistani, Indian officials launch Turkmen natural gas pipeline
Feb 23, 2018 15:52The Afghan president and Pakistani prime minister have inaugurated a 1,814 kilometer gas pipeline that will carry Turkmenistan’s natural gas to Afghanistan as well as Pakistan and India after its construction officially began on the Afghan-Turkmen border.
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India successfully test-fires nuclear-capable ballistic missile
Feb 20, 2018 16:45India says it has successfully tested a medium-range ballistic missile capable of carrying nuclear warheads with a range of 2,000 kilometers.
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India drops ‘retaliation’ mode to buy more Iran oil
Feb 20, 2018 14:30State-owned Indian refiners are set to raise their oil purchases from Iran amid unconfirmed reports that the Iranian Ministry of Petroleum had offered 100% discount on its freights.