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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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Nepal opens 20 crossing points along Nepal-India border to ease entry of its citizens

Nepalis in India willing to return home will now be allowed entry to the country via twenty entry points along Nepal-India border

Modi accepts Trump's offer to be part of expanded G7 to discuss China

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a telephonic conversation with the US President Donald Trump on Tuesday, accepted his offer to be part of the expanded G7, the group of most powerful and industralised nations, to discuss the collective approach to China

Stranded Indians return from Sri Lanka

It was 'Mother Land Ahoy' moment for over 700 Indians who returned to India on Tuesday after being stranded in Sri Lanka as the flights were grounded to prevent spread of coronavirus

People of Bangladeshi origin in Britain in ‘greatest danger’ of dying in pandemic

People of Bangladeshi ethnicity have about double the risk of dying from COVID-19 than white British people, according to a Public Health England or PHE inquiry ordered by the UK government

Nepal Communist Party stresses dialogue with India to resolve territorial dispute

The Nepal Communist Party (NCP) lawmaker Narayan Kaji Shrestha urged India to sit for dialogue with Nepal to resolve Limpiyadhura, Lipulekh and Kalapani issues

Maldives repatriates 200 undocumented workers to Bangladesh

Maldives on Tuesday repatriated 200 more Bangladeshi nationals, as part of the government's repatriation efforts amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic

Asia's biggest drug seizure has South Asian links

Asia's biggest ever drug bust in Myanmar on May 18 last is reportedly linked with top Southeast Asian drug syndicates and also hints at the involvement of Karachi-based underworld network, D-Company, led by India's top fugitive Dawood Ibrahim, who controls major narcotics operations in Bangladesh and Thailand

Bhutanese businessman repairs embankment for Assam; brings cheer to 500 Indian villagers

A prominent businessman of Bhutan came forward to rebuild one of the major damaged culvert embankments at the border, which was causing innumerable hardships to hundreds of villagers of Assam

Two Pakistan High Commission officials 'caught spying', expelled from India

Two Pakistan High Commission officials were caught spying on Sunday after an operation by Military Intelligence (MI) found the men would visit Indian defence personnel as "businessmen" to secure information for "news reporters", triggering a demarche by the Narendra Modi government

Indian Navy to bring back more stranded citizens from Sri Lanka, Maldives

The Indian Navy will start the next phase of Operation Samudra Setu to repatriate stranded Indian citizens from overseas from June 1, it said on Saturday

198 Bangladeshi nationals repatriated from Maldives

Maldivian has announced the repatriation of 198 Bangladeshi nationals. The migrants departed from the Maldives to Bangladesh on a Maldivian flight

170 stranded Indian nationals leave Sri Lanka in a special Air India flight

A total of 170 Indian nationals stranded in Sri Lanka were flown out of the country in a special Air India flight and were subject to medical screening and emigration formalities

India open to talks with Nepal in environment of trust

India on Thursday said that it was open to engaging with Nepal on the basis of mutual respect and in an environment of trust to resolve the boundary issue

US diplomacy advances in South Asia - despite leadership vacuum

While US President Donald Trump's diplomacy has run into turbulence almost everywhere, South Asia is one of the few areas where it has made some headway

'It's time for Afghans to police their own country': Trump

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday repeated that he wanted to bring American troops back from Afghanistan, saying the US is acting as a police force and it is time for Afghans to police their country