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Oct 17, 2024 | 
ndtv.com | Rica Roy |Umashankar Singh |Chandrajit Mitra
S Jaishankar and Ishaq Dar sat next to each other during the lunch. Cricket featured as a talking point between S Jaishankar and his Pakistani counterpart Ishaq Dar during an official lunch hosted by Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Islamabad, sources said. Mr Jaishankar and Mr Dar, who sat next to each other during the lunch, held only informal talks over cricket and there was no formal discussion over resumption of cricketing ties, sources added.
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Aug 23, 2024 | 
ndtv.com | Umashankar Singh |Pushkar Tiwari
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday visited Ukraine on the first-ever trip to the country by an Indian PM and invited President Volodymyr Zelensky to visit India. PM Modi's invitation to Mr Zelensky came during their wide-ranging talks in Kyiv. At a media briefing, NDTV asked Mr Zelensky about PM Modi's invitation, to which he said that he would be "happy" to visit India.
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May 11, 2024 | 
ndtv.com | Umashankar Singh |Debanish Achom
New Delhi: The Pakistani government is carrying out a massive crackdown on residents in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, or PoK. Reports from the troubled areas say the Pakistani authorities have been attacking civilians who have been protesting against heavy taxation, high inflation, and electricity shortage. Repression in PoK is not new. The latest crackdown started when numerous protesters took out a march today.
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Apr 14, 2024 | 
ndtv.com | Umashankar Singh |Anindita Sanyal
New Delhi: India has said it is concerned about the Iran-Israel escalation and has advised both nations to exercise restraint. The tension must be resolved through "dialogue & diplomacy", the foreign ministry has said, balancing two crucial diplomatic ties. . Since late last evening, Iran -- which backs Palestine -- has launched a drone attack on Israel amid the latter's war on Hamas.
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Apr 13, 2024 | 
flipboard.com | Umashankar Singh
'Sad little man': Trump mocked online for response to Iran attack on IsraelDonald Trump on Saturday decided to respond to the recently reported attacks by Iran on Israel, and it did not go well. After it was reported that …
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Apr 13, 2024 | 
ndtv.com | Umashankar Singh |Saikat Bose
New Delhi: India is seriously concerned at the escalation of hostilities between Israel and Iran that threatens the peace and security in the West Asia region, the Ministry of External Affairs said today, hours after Iran launched a drone and missile attack on Israel. "We call for immediate de-escalation, exercise of restraint, stepping back from violence and return to the path of diplomacy. We are closely monitoring the evolving situation.
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Feb 24, 2024 | 
flipboard.com | Umashankar Singh
Bengaluru-Chennai Expressway: Now Travel Between These Two Cities In Just 2 Hrs; 4-Lane E-Way To Be Ready By Year-EndThe current time to travel between Chennai and Bangalore is 5 to 6 hours. But with the completion of this expressway in 2024, the travelling time …
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Dec 28, 2023 | 
ndtv.com | Umashankar Singh |Anindita Sanyal
New Delhi: A treaty on transfer of sentenced persons can come to the aid of eight Indian Navy veterans on death row in Qatar. The men, sentenced to death by a Qatar court in October for charges not yet known, got their sentence commuted today. Details of the new punishment are unclear since the judgement is yet to be released. In case of long jail terms, they can be transferred to India under the 2015 treaty, a retired Navy officer has said.
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Dec 26, 2023 | 
ndtv.com | Umashankar Singh |Saikat Bose
New Delhi: It is possible that the explosion near the Israeli embassy in New Delhi is an attack, Tel Aviv has said, putting out an advisory for Israelis living in India and particularly in New Delhi. The advisory asks Israelis to avoid visiting crowded places such as malls and markets, particularly areas frequented by people from the community. It also asks them to stay alert and "avoid externalizing Israeli symbols". "Avoid participating in events with many participants that are not secure.
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Oct 11, 2023 | 
ndtv.com | Umashankar Singh |Sumana Nandy
New Delhi: India has launched a round-the-clock emergency helpline for its citizens in Palestine as Israel moves in on Gaza to retaliate against the Hamas group's Sabbath attack. "In light of the prevailing security situation, Indian nationals in Palestine can directly contact the Representative Office of India to address any case of emergency or needed assistance on the 24-hour emergency helpline," the Indian embassy in Palestine posted on X.
