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India, Pakistan foreign secretaries meet in New Delhi

After months of delay and cancellation, the foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan Tuesday met in New Delhi in a bid to revive engagement.

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India's university suspends students over sedition row

University authorities at India' s prestigious Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) have rusticated three students and fined many others including their union president for organizing a protest inside campus in February where "anti-national" slogans were allegedly raised, officials said Tuesday.

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Massive fire destroys museum in Indian capital

A massive fire broke out Tuesday in a multi-storied building in Indian capital city New Delhi, destroying a museum, officials said.

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Nearly 100,000 people affected by floods in India's Assam

Flooding in India's northeastern state of Assam has affected nearly 100,000 people, officials said Monday.

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Chinese premier underlines peaceful settlement of boundary issues with India

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Thursday called on China and India to continue negotiations to seek a peaceful settlement of boundary issues.

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India to make "all efforts" to get back Koh-i-Noor diamond

The Indian government said Tuesday it would make “all possible efforts” get back a priceless diamond that is part of the Queen Mother’s Crown, only a day after telling a top court the stone belonged to Britain.

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Pakistan 'cooperating closely' with India on Pathankot probe: Sartaj Aziz

Pakistan is "cooperating closely" with India on the investigations in Pathankot terror attack, Pakistan's foreign affairs advisor Sartaj Aziz said on Tuesday.

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India says it is still wants back British queen's crown jewel

India will make all possible efforts to get back the Koh-i-Noor Diamond from Britain despite comments by New Delhi's solicitor general that the priceless jewel should stay with the former colonial ruler

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India says British queen should keep her crown jewel

India should relinquish its claim to a huge diamond it has fought for decades to get back from the British, the government told the Supreme Court on Monday, because the stone was given to its former colonial ruler rather than stolen.

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7.5% growth not enough for India’s requirement, Finance Minister says

India's current growth rate of 7.5 per cent is not enough as per its own requirement standard and the country has the "potential" to do "better", Union finance minister Arun Jaitley has said.

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India, U.S. to sign pact for access to each other's military bases

India Tuesday said that it will soon sign a logistics supply pact with the United States, putting to rest all the speculation over the much-awaited agreement.

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11 killed by live wire when demonstrating at police station in northeast India

At least 11 people were killed and 20 injured in the northeast Indian state Assam Monday after a high-voltage wire hit by police firing fell on demonstrators at a police station, said local media.

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Pakistan envoy says peace process with India remains suspended

The Pakistan High Commissioner in New Delhi Abdul Basit Thursday said peace process between India and Pakistan remains suspended.

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Indian court suggests organizers shift IPL matches from drought-hit Maharashtra

A court in India has suggested organizers of Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket tournament shift matches from the drought-hit western state of Maharashtra to save water.

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No breakthrough in stalled free trade talks during EU-India summit

The 13th summit between the European Union and India has failed to re-launch long-stalled free trade negotiations.

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EU-India summit focuses on counter-terrorism, economic cooperation

The 13th summit between the European Union (EU) and India focused on strengthening their economic partnership and counter-terrorism cooperation in the aftermath of last week's Brussels bomb attacks.

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India issues visas to 5-member Pakistan team to probe attack

Indian authorities Friday issued visas to five officials from Pakistan investigating the attack on an Indian airbase in Punjab, state-run broadcaster All India Radio (AIR) reported.