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Nine Somali pirates, who were caught by the Indian Navy during a high seas operation last week, were handed over to the Yellow Gate police station on Wednesday late afternoon. They were captured from an Iranian fishing vessel, which they had hijacked, with 23 Pakistani crew members onboard. The ...

The incipient tensions between India and its tiny neighbour, Maldives, simmering for over a decade, finally came to a head when three junior ministers of the island nation’s government made crude and disparaging remarks on social media about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the Lakshadweep islands. Once New ...

KOLKATA/NEW DELHI: A marine battalion comprising more than 1,100 personnel, a squadron of about 40 drones and all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) are part of a plan devised by the BSF to secure the strategic Sunderbans mangrove region along the India-Bangladesh border against smuggling and infiltration.The blueprint of the plan has ...

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is planning to restore the century-old iconic Parsi Gate at the Marine Drive promenade that was dismantled to make way for the Mumbai Coastal Road Project (MCRP). Architect and heritage enthusiast Rahul Chemburkar of Vaastu Vidhaan, the firm appointed as consultants on the MCRP, ...

Srinagar’: As the high-profile G20 meeting inches closer, the picturesque Dal Lake in Srinagar Wednesday saw elite Marine Commandos (MARCOS) making several rounds of the famous Dal Lake as part of the acclimatisation process. Reliable sources said that while Marine Commandos were getting familiar with the Lake, CRPF men ...

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published in October 2022, as part of CNN’s Undivided series, which chronicled how Americans of very different backgrounds have found common ground. CNN  —  As soon as some members of the Islamic Center of Muncie saw the man coming toward them, they knew ...

NEW DELHI: The maritime version of French fighter Rafale has emerged as the frontrunner over the American F/A-18 Super Hornet for the mega multi-billion contract to supply 26 jets for Indian aircraft carriers. The Navy has now submitted a detailed report on these two fighters, which were trial-evaluated earlier ...

Islamabad —  Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban have sharply reacted to reports a U.S. military officer had forcibly taken a child away from an Afghan couple who arrived in the United States as refugees.The couple filed a federal lawsuit against Marine Corps Attorney Major Joshua Mast and his wife last month, ...

The young Afghan couple raced to the airport in Kabul, clutching their baby girl close amid the chaotic withdrawal of American troops last year.The baby had been rescued two years earlier from the rubble of a U.S. Special Forces raid that killed her parents and five siblings. After months ...

Editor’s Note: This article is part of CNN’s Undivided series, which chronicles how Americans of very different backgrounds have found common ground. In this series, which runs through the midterm elections, we profile unlikely friendships between people of differing ages, races, religions and cultures. CNN  —  As soon as ...