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Iran, India growing banking ties without dollar: Indian diplomat
Mar 09, 2018 14:49A top Indian diplomat at Tehran embassy unveiled plans for the expansion of trade and banking ties with Iran using the national currencies of the two sides instead of US dollar, saying six Iranian banks have been authorized to make investment in India.
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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.