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Boat capsizes in Indian river, killing 19
Sep 14, 2017 07:02A boat crowded with construction workers capsized in the Yamuna River in northern India early Thursday and at least 19 people have drowned, officials said.
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Afghans spur India on Chabahar development
Sep 12, 2017 07:25Afghanistan has urged India to speed up development of Iran’s strategic port of Chabahar which is on a course to open a transport corridor to landlocked Central Asian nations.
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Indian forces kill two suspected militants, capture one in Kashmir
Sep 11, 2017 07:12Indian forces have killed two suspected militants and captured another in an overnight gun battle in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, triggering protests from locals.
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India sentences 2 men to death over 1993 Mumbai bombings
Sep 07, 2017 13:17An Indian court on Thursday sentenced to death two men convicted of involvement in India's most deadly bombings, a series of blasts in the city of Mumbai that killed 257 people in 1993, while two others were jailed for life.
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India not ruling out ‘two-fronted’ war with China, Pakistan: Army chief
Sep 07, 2017 00:35India is likely to get involved in a “two-fronted” war with China and Pakistan, Indian Chief of Army Staff General Bipin Rawat has warned, accusing Beijing of taking over what he called Indian territories and slamming Islamabad for running a “proxy war” inside his country.
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Indians push for undersea gas pipeline from Iran
Sep 06, 2017 06:55With a $7 billion project to pump gas from Iran discarded, a 1,300 km undersea pipeline is finding new proponents in India where they say natural gas from the Persian Gulf can reach at rates less than the price of LNG available in the spot market.
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Indian journalist critical of Hindu politics gunned down outside home
Sep 06, 2017 04:53An Indian journalist, known for her outspoken criticism of right-wing Hindu nationalist politics, has been shot dead in the country’s Southern State of Karnataka.
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India nabs Briton for sexual abuse of three blind students
Sep 05, 2017 14:43A 54-year-old British man has been arrested for allegedly sexually abusing three blind students at a school in the Indian capital, police said Tuesday.
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Iran, India seem to be parting ways on Farzad B
Sep 05, 2017 08:11Ministry of Petroleum of the Islamic Republic of Iran says it has started preliminary talks with Russians to develop Farzad B but negotiations also continue with the Indians who have long coveted the giant gas field.
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Indian soldiers shoot dead little Pakistani girl in Kashmir
Sep 02, 2017 14:46A five-year-old Pakistani girl has been killed when Indian troops purportedly shot her in the head across the Line of Control (LoC), the de facto border that separates the disputed Kashmir region between nuclear-armed rivals Pakistan and India.