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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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Ayodhya seers up in arms over Nepal PM's remarks on Lord Ram

Hindu saints and seers in Ayodhya are up in arms over the statement made by Nepal's Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli that the real Ayodhya was in Nepal and Lord Ram was a Nepali

Indian intervention causing floods in Nepal: Home Minister

Nepal's Minister for Home Affairs Ram Bahadur Thapa has stated that India’s ‘intervention’ has paved way for natural disasters in the country's  southern parts

Oli's shocker: India created fake Ayodhya, Ram was from Nepal

Nepal Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli has claimed that India has created a 'fake' Ayodhya, and Lord Ram was originally from Nepal -- a shocking statement that has come at a time when India's diplomatic ties with the Himalayan nation is going through uncertain times

21 trafficked Nepali women coming home after nine months in India

After nine months of languishing in the Indian state of Manipur, the Nepal Embassy in India has finally rescued a group of 21 Nepali women who were en route to Persian Gulf countries on foreign employment

Maldives to establish air corridor with India

The Maldives has requested to establish a special travel arrangement with India when the Maldives’ border reopens after a hiatus of nearly four months

Nepal writes to India over 'malicious' media reports

Nepal has sent a letter to the government of India expressing concerns over the defamatory materials featured in some Indian television channels and urged the latter to take steps against those slanderous materials

Indian envoy to Dhaka: Vikram Doraiswami to succeed Riva Das

Senior career diplomat Vikram Doraiswami will be India's new High Commissioner to Bangladesh, succeeding Riva Ganguly Das

India assures support to Bangladesh for Rohingya repatriation

India supports Bangladesh's stand on repatriation of Myanmar's forcibly displaced Rohingyas as it seeks a sustainable and lasting solution to the crisis, Bangladesh Foreign Minister, Dr A.K. Abdul Momen said

200 Bangladeshi workers repatriated from Maldives

The Maldivian government, on Saturday, repatriated an additional 200 Bangladeshi workers from the country, as part of its voluntary repatriation program in collaboration with the national airline – Maldivian

India yet to clarify position to Pakistan on Jadhav case

Senior Pakistani lawyers have observed that accepting Islamabad’s invitation to pursue the case of Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) is the best legal option at the disposal of New Delhi, which has yet to clarify if it would go down this road or not as the deadline to file a plea challenging his death sentence by a military court is set expire on June 20

Sri Lankan Navy says COVID-hit Indian fisherfolk smuggling drugs

As Southern India experiences a surge in COVID-19 cases in recent days, Northern fishermen alleged the Navy has turned blind eye to the Indian fishermen who trespassed into Sri Lankan territorial waters to engage in bottom trawling – a fishing method prohibited in Sri Lanka

'Around 300 terrorists waiting in launch pads to infiltrate into India'

Pakistan is trying to step up infiltration and push in more terrorists into Jammu and Kashmir after failing to instigate the people of Kashmir following last year's August 5 decision of revoking Article 370 and removing its special status

200 Bangladeshi workers repatriated from Maldives

The Maldivian government, on Saturday, repatriated an additional 200 Bangladeshi workers from the country, as part of its voluntary repatriation program in collaboration with the national airline – Maldivian

India, South Korea to enhance defence technology cooperation

Indian and South Korean governments have decided to enhance cooperation in defence technology and promote industries working in this field

Sri Lanka approves agreement to transfer sentenced prisoners with Afghanistan

Sri Lanka's Cabinet of Ministers has approved the proposal to sign an agreement between Sri Lanka and Afghanistan to facilitate the exchange of sentenced persons except for those convicted of terrorism and drug trafficking