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Indians vote in election marked by political vitriolic
May 12, 2019 03:51Voters in Delhi and elsewhere in India's north lined up early on Sunday to cast their ballots in the second-to-last round of a seven-phase general election, with the opposition seeking a united stand to deny Prime Minister Narendra Modi a second term.
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India, Afghanistan start trading goods via Iran’s Chabahar Port
May 11, 2019 10:47A big cargo of rice from India has arrived in Iran’s Southeastern Chabahar Port and is destined to be transported to landlocked Afghanistan while at the same time Afghans are sending a shipment of dried fruit to the South Asian country through the same strategic port.
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India joins US-led naval drills in South China Sea amid tension with Beijing
May 10, 2019 08:15India’s warships have taken part in a US-led naval exercise in the contested South China Sea along with warships from Japan and the Philippines joining an American guided missile destroyer.
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India's ruling party leader in Kashmir killed ahead of polls
May 05, 2019 03:55Vice-president of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the disputed Kashmir's Anantnag district has been killed by unidentified gunmen ahead of elections.
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Cyclone kills 12 in east India before lashing Bangladesh
May 04, 2019 10:45The strongest cyclone to hit India in five years killed at least 12 people in eastern Odisha state, before swinging north-eastwards into Bangladesh on Saturday where more than a million people have been moved to safety.
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Loss of Iranian crude oil imports will hurt India
May 03, 2019 00:25Fuel prices in India are set to rise after the ongoing general elections.
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Towns evacuate, tourists flee as cyclone churns towards Indian northeast coast
May 02, 2019 06:25India has evacuated more than 200,000 people along its northeast coastline by boat, bus and train ahead of a severe cyclone due to make landfall on Friday, with many villagers piling household possessions on to trucks before fleeing their homes.
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Suspected Maoist attack kills 15 police commandos, driver in Indian state of Maharashtra
May 02, 2019 03:44Maoist rebels have attacked a van carrying police commandos in the insurgents’ stronghold in western India and killed 15 officers and their driver in the Western State of Maharashtra, local police officials say.
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India tells US replacing Iran oil ‘impossible’
Apr 30, 2019 09:48India has told the US it should be allowed to import crude oil from Iran without being punished by Washington’s unilateral sanctions on Tehran, major Indian newspaper Hindustan Times reports.
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India's Modi faces increasing pressure over compliance with US sanctions against Iran amid elections run
Apr 26, 2019 09:48India's opposition parties have slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for complying with US sanctions against Iranian oil exports, denouncing it as an "attack" on the country's sovereignty as India's weeks-long general elections continue.