India

Iranian railway to provide landlocked Afghanistan with a lifeline

Jul 08, 2020 23:47

A 610-kilometer railway connecting Iran’s only ocean port of Chabahar to Zahedan near the eastern border would provide a lifeline to the landlocked Afghanistan, a country where the transport system has been hampered by years of war and a fierce rivalry between two major neighbors of India and Pakistan.
Jailed Indian officer in Pakistan refuses to appeal death sentence for espionage

Jul 08, 2020 11:56

A former Indian naval officer on death row in Pakistan for alleged spying has refused to lodge an appeal against his conviction, an official said Wednesday, and will try for a military pardon instead.
Iranian official says Chabahar route will outshine Suez Canal

Jul 06, 2020 06:45

An Iranian official responsible for development and administrative affairs at Iran’s largest ocean Port of Chabahar says the gateway will soon eclipse the Suez Canal in providing a quicker trade link between Europe and Asia.
India's Modi rallies troops at China border after deadly clash

Jul 04, 2020 06:03

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has rallied the country’s troops near a disputed frontier with China, amid heightened tensions in the area following a deadly clash that killed 20 Indian soldiers.
India approves purchase of Russian fighter jets despite US sanction threats

Jul 03, 2020 07:35

India has approved buying 33 Russian fighter jets, worth more than $2.4 billion, despite US threats to impose sanctions on the country over transactions with Moscow.
Indian military killed 229 in Kashmir in first half of 2020: Group

Jul 02, 2020 09:21

A rights group says 229 people have been killed during military operations in the Indian-administered Kashmir so far this year.
Killing of grandpa in Indian-controlled Kashmir sparks new wave of rage

Jul 02, 2020 02:58

Hundreds of people in Indian-controlled Kashmir have denounced the killing of a civilian during an encounter between New Delhi forces and pro-independence fighters in the disputed Himalayan valley.
Six dead, 16 injured in India boiler blast

Jul 01, 2020 06:16

At least six people have died and 16 were injured in a boiler blast at NLC India Ltd's power plant in Neyveli in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, local police said on Wednesday, in the site's second such explosion in two months.
Muslims in Kashmir fear demographic shift amid Indian ambitions

Jun 30, 2020 01:41

Social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and Instagram in Kashmir are filled with angry posts from people who got their newly issued domicile resident certificates.
Outrage mounts in India over killing of father, son in police custody

Jun 28, 2020 03:55

Public outrage is mounting in India over the killing in police custody of a father and his son in the southern Indian State of Tamil Nadu, with comparisons being made to the killing of African-American George Floyd in the United States.