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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.
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India: New US decision not to impact Chabahar project
Apr 24, 2019 08:02The US decision to end waivers for purchase of crude oil from Iran will not impact the Chabahar port project being developed by India, a US State Department official has told PTI news agency.
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Third phase of general elections begins in India
Apr 23, 2019 06:36Voting began in the third and largest phase of India’s staggered general elections on Tuesday, including in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state of Gujarat and in opposition Congress Party chief Rahul Gandhi’s seat in southern Kerala.
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India suspends cross-border trade in Kashmir
Apr 19, 2019 13:21India’s government has suspended trade across the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir, the de facto border that divides the Himalayan region between India and Pakistan, saying it has been “misused” for smuggling weapons and narcotics.
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India confident US cannot impose sanctions over S-400
Apr 14, 2019 07:18India says it is confident it will avoid US sanctions over its purchase of Russia's S-400 missile system, which has become a lightning rod in American dispute with China and Turkey.
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World’s largest election starts in India
Apr 11, 2019 03:56Indians have started voting in the country’s multi-phase parliamentary elections, in what is considered the biggest elections in history.
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Facebook deletes accounts in India, Pakistan
Apr 02, 2019 13:09Facebook has deleted hundreds of accounts and pages allegedly tied to India’s opposition and ruling parties as well as Pakistan’s military, citing “inauthentic behavior.”