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India concerned about Afghan security situation: Rajnath Singh

India is concerned about the security situation in Afghanistan and will continue to support the local government's efforts for peace, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Friday

Maldives' foreign minister hails late Indian president Pranab Mukherjee

Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdulla Shahid on Thursday penned a message in the Condolence Book opened by the High Commission of India in Maldives, dedicated to the late former president of India, Pranab Mukherjee, following his demise

IHC gives India, Jadhav second chance to clarify stance on pursuing case

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) granted on Thursday another opportunity to New Delhi and Kulbhushan Jadhav to clarify their stance on pursuing the case before the federal capital’s high court

Speaker Nasheed attributes prosperity, independence to India-Maldives relations

Parliament Speaker and former president of Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed has praised Maldives-India relations, describing it as an age-old friendship

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Pakistan to reopen transit routes with Afghanistan

Pakistan would soon resume imports from Afghanistan via Torkham and Spin-Boldak transit gates, Afghan authorities said, adding that its exact date for reopening the gates would be clarified after the technical meetings between Kabul and Islamabad

Maldives receives permission to ship medical equipment from India

India has granted permission to bring a consignment of medical equipment procured by the State Trading Organization (STO) that is required for treating COVID-19 patients

Maldives repatriates 446 citizens from Malaysia, India, Nepal

Maldives Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday, revealed that a total of 446 Maldivians stranded in Malaysia, India and Nepal were repatriated from Monday, June 15, onwards

Amid India-China tensions, Pakistan military establishment huddles for strategic manoeuvres

While border tensions continue between India and China, Pakistan's military establishment is joining heads and keeping a close eye on the developments

India slams Pakistan for torture of two high commission officials

India on Tuesday slammed Pakistan for abducting and torturing two of its high commission officials in egregious violation of international conventions on diplomatic relations and bilateral treaties signed by the two countries

Pakistan concerned over India becoming UNSC non-permanent member

As India gears up to become a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council (UNSC), Pakistan has expressed serious concerns over it, calling it "not a moment of rejoice, but concern"

Air India evacuation flight lands with returnees from Maldives

An Air India evacuation flight from Maldives has landed in this tech city with a stopover at Thiruvananthapuram, carrying 155 returnees, said an official on Tuesday

Missing Indian High Commission staffers released by Pakistan police

Two Indian High Commission staffers in Pakistan, who were presumed missing since Monday morning, have been handed over to Islamabad's Secretariat police station late on Monday night

Flood of overseas calls to spearhead anti-India hate campaign in Punjab, allege Indian intelligence

In a bid to rekindle the Khalistan movement, separatist Sikh groups based in Canada and the US are being promoted by Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) to spearhead an anti-India hate campaign

Two Indian mission staffers arrested in Pakistan

The two Indian High Commission staffers in Pakistan, who were presumed missing since Monday morning have been arrested by Pakistani police for their alleged involvement in a road accident in Islamabad

Maldives announces rescue flights from India, Nepal

The Maldives Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed that repatriation flights were set confirmed to bring back Maldivians stranded in India, Nepal and Malaysia to global lockdown measures imposed to contain the COVID19 pandemic

Nepal House passes bill on new map with territory claimed by India; New Delhi calls it violation

Nepal's House of Representatives in on Saturday passed a bill on its updated political-administrative map, which includes parts of Indian territory, evoking a sharp response from New Delhi

Symbiotic India-Nepal ties souring into bitterness

For years India and Nepal have had close relations with each other -- geographically, culturally, historically, religion, but now tension is all-pervasive all along the India-Nepal border

Situation along borders with China under control: Indian Army chief

Indian Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane said on Saturday that the entire situation along the borders with China is under control and the process of disengagement has started

Death in Kashmir: A setback for Kashmiriyat

The killing of Ajay Pandita, a sarpanch, or village head, from the Hindu minority community in Kashmir, has jolted the Kashmiri Pandits who, of late, had started to believe that their dream of returning to their roots was heading towards realisation. The community had been silently working on building bridges with the majority Muslim community in Kashmir over the past several years and there were growing voices from the Kashmiri Muslims in support