Iran’s and India’s ambassadors in Yerevan on Tuesday stressed the importance of Armenia’s involvement in a new transnational transport corridor planned by their countries. “We believe that the communication corridor from India to the Iranian port of Chabahar and on to Armenia and further north, the Black Sea, is a …
Read More »Navy Commander: Iran, Russia, China to Hold Joint Naval Drills in Persian Gulf
Commander of the Iranian Army’s Navy Rear Admiral Shahram Irani announced that the Islamic Republic, Russia and China will stage a joint Naval exercise in the Persian Gulf waters. “Delegates from Pakistan, Brazil, Oman, India, South Africa and a number of the Caspian Sea littoral states have also been invited …
Read More »Indians Fleeing Ethnic Clashes Escorted Back Home
Thousands of people who fled deadly rioting and ethnic clashes in northeast India last week are returning home, escorted by security personnel, officials said on Monday. Fierce fighting broke out in the state of Manipur bordering Myanmar when members of about 30 tribal groups clashed with a non-tribal group, the …
Read More »India, Iran to ‘Fight All Forms of Terrorism’
Iran and India on Monday reaffirmed their resolve to fight all forms of terrorism in order to establish peace, stability and security in the region. The two sides issued a statement at the end of the one-day visit of Ajit Duval, the Indian national security chief’s to Tehran and his …
Read More »India, Iran expanding bilateral military cooperation
India and Iran are expanding bilateral military cooperation to newer domains in future, Lt Gen Dinesh Singh Rana, Director General of Defence Intelligence Agency of India said. “We are further working toward expanding the bilateral military cooperation to newer domains in the near future, and I am sanguine that our …
Read More »India set to ditch US dollar in cross-border trade
India’s central government has unveiled its new Foreign Trade Policy, which is expected to facilitate greater trade, boost manufacturing, help to shift away from the US dollar, and make the rupee a global currency. The FTP 2023, revealed on Friday by Indian Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal, comes into …
Read More »Pew: India saw highest levels of religious hostilities during lockdown
India has experienced the highest levels of religious hostilities during Coronavirus lockdown by targeted Muslims and killed Christians in custody, a new report revealed. According to think tank Pew Research Center’s report, there was the highest level of religious hostilities during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 in India. Based on …
Read More »India: Muslim homes reportedly destroyed in Delhi
The authorities in Indian capital New Delhi demolished Twenty-five houses in a Muslim locality on October 21. It is to be noted that the residents had gone to offer Friday prayers at the time of the incident that occurred in the Kharak Riwara Satbari area. On October 27 a few …
Read More »India: Modi’s government approved release of Muslim woman’s rapists
Eleven men convicted of gang-raping Bilkis Bano and killing her family members during the 2002 Gujarat riots were released in August. The government of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the August release of 11 men convicted and sentenced to life in prison for gang-raping a Muslim woman. The approval …
Read More »India: Court allows Hindu’s plea on right to prayers at Gyanvapi Mosque
The Varanasi District Court has rejected a Muslim organisation’s plea challenging a request by some Hindu worshippers to hold daily prayers at Gyanvapi Mosque. A group of Hindu women asked the court earlier this year to seek permission to pray at a shrine inside the Gyanvapi Mosque. The Mosque believed …
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