New Delhi (Sputinik): A consortium of state-funded Indian banks has filed a fresh plea in the UK High Court seeking the full disclosure of assets owned by Vijay Mallya, an Indian liquor baron on the run. Mallya faces criminal charges in India for...
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New Delhi (Sputnik): The Indian government on Tuesday categorically rejected US President Donald Trump’s assertion that he had been approached by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to mediate on the Kashmir dispute with Pakistan.
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New Delhi (Sputnik): Years after his country remained tight-lipped and in denial mode about Osama bin Laden’s whereabouts, Prime Minister Imran Khan revealed it was his country’s spy agency, the ISI, which ultimately facilitated the efforts of...
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New Delhi (Sputnik): Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan said he will not allow the jailed chief of the Pakistan Muslim League and his predecessor Nawaz Sharif access to air-conditioning and television in prison.
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New Delhi (Sputnik): Three persons have been arrested in the Indian capital city of New Delhi for allegedly abducting and robbing Canadian-origin Indian Airlines pilot Mohammad Mehdi Mool nine days ago, police said.
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New Delhi (Sputnik): A multi-storey building was up in flames in India's commercial city of Mumbai on Monday afternoon with many people feared trapped on the third and fourth floors of the Telephone Exchange complex.
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New Delhi (Sputnik): An interministerial panel has recommended banning all private cryptocurrencies in India and imposing fines and penalties for carrying out any activities connected with virtual currencies.
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New Delhi (Sputnik): Addressing Pakistan's US diaspora at a large community event in the Capital One Arena in Washington DC ahead of his much-anticipated first bilateral meeting with United States President Donald Trump, Pakistan’s Prime Minister...
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New Delhi (Sputnik): A controversial statement by the Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Satya Pal Malik has evoked sharp reactions from political leaders and the general public alike.
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India and Russia signed a $5.43 billion S-400 contract in late 2018, with deliveries expected to commence in late 2020. Delhi has moved forward with the defence deal despite US threats to sanction the country, with more than half of all Indian arms...
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NEW DELHI (Sputnik) - India maintains contact with the Iranian authorities on the situation with the seized UK-flagged tanker Stena Impero with 18 Indian citizens among the crew members, a spokesperson for the Indian Foreign Ministry said on...
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Veteran Indian politician Sheila Dikshit, New Delhi’s longest-serving chief minister, has died after a prolonged illness
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New Delhi (Sputnik): India will closely watch next week’s White House meeting between US President Donald Trump and Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, especially on matters of security and possible changes in Washington’s Indo-Pacific...
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New Delhi (Sputnik): India's third-generation anti-tank guided missile NAG (Cobra) is set to enter the production stage with the formal announcement of a fortnight-long summer trial near Pakistan's border. NAG anti-tank guided missiles were...
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New Delhi (Sputnik): Pakistan has installed biometric machines outside toilets in its ministries for top ranking officers. This is in contrast to promises made by Prime Minister Imran Khan during his election campaign to end the “VVIP Culture”.
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New Delhi (Sputnik): Bangladesh and China have set up a Joint Working Group (JWG) to review and streamline the transfer of funds for ongoing Chinese projects in Bangladesh. Bureaucratic red tape, procedural complexities and competition between...
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New Delhi (Sputnik): A notification by India’s Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change last week to cull “vermin” monkeys roaming in the non-forested areas of northern Himachal Pradesh state has angered both animal rights activists...
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New Delhi (Sputnik): Serving a life-term for kidnapping and murdering the husband of a woman whom he wished to have as his third wife, an Indian man who founded a South Indian restaurant chain died of cardiac arrest on Thursday.
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New Delhi (Sputnik): India handed over a 23-page dossier to Pakistan on 14 July during the Kartarpur Corridor talks at Wagah Border, accusing Islamabad of arming a secessionist Sikh group to spread terror.
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New Delhi (Sputnik): India’s Bihar state is being ravaged by floods, but in the midst of this human and economic tragedy, Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Modi has faced severe trolling on social media for inviting key leaders of the state’s...
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