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Centre evacuates fresh batch of 290 Indians, 1 Sri Lankan from Iran

India on Monday evacuated 290 Indian nationals and one Sri Lankan citizen from Iran amid an escalation in hostilities between the Persian Gulf nation and Israel following the United States bombing......

Over 3,400 Indians evacuated from Iran in 14 flights so far: MEA

India has evacuated over 3,400 Indian nationals from Iran so far in 14 flights under Operation Sindhu launched on June 18 to bring home its citizens amid the ongoing Iran-Israel conflict, according......

India evacuates 3,170 citizens from Iran, Israel

India on Tuesday evacuated over 1,100 citizens from Iran and Israel amid ongoing tensions between the two countries, taking the number of evacuees under Operation Sindhu to 3,170. IMAGE: Union......

Modi in Turkmenistan: 'I give you 100 on 100 marks for yoga demonstration'

Prime Minister Narendra Modi who inaugurated a traditional medicine and yoga centre at the Turkmenistan capital lauded the students who demonstrated yoga. "I give you 100 on 100 marks for the yoga......

Gandhi's life has solutions to world's two biggest problems: Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi offering prayer after laying a wreath at Mausoleum of the first President of Tukmenistan at Ashgabat. Photograph: Manvender Vashist/PTI Photo Prime Minister Narendra......

Zardari to ink $7.6 bn TAPI gas pipeline pact

President Asif Ali Zardari is scheduled to ink an agreement on the $7.6 billion Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline project with the Turkmen and Afghan heads of state at......

Immediate need to hike fuel prices: Oil Ministry

With rupee depreciation leading to jump in oil import bill, Petroleum Minister S Jaipal Reddy on Tuesday said there is an immediate need to raise fuel prices, but refused to say when the hike will......

TAPI gas pipeline likely to complete by 2017-18

Billed as 'Peace Pipeline' for the troubled South-Asia region, the US-backed $9-billion Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India gas pipeline is likely to be completed by 2017-18. Oil Minister M......

Moily faces China's Lopez diplomacy in Turkmenistan gas quest

The Turkmenistan event underscores the lengths to which China’s oil-and-gas companies will go to curry favour in resource-rich localesThis June, Petroleum Minister M Veerappa Moily had......

Indians continue to impress at Asian Indoor

Indians win 2 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze at Asian Indoor Games IMAGE: Ajay Kumar Saroj celebrates. Photograph: Athletics Federation/Twitter India added two gold, one silver and two bronze medals to......

Olympics: South Korea told to remove banners at village

IMAGE: South Korean Flags and signs hang on the appartment building hosting Olympics participants, at the Athletes Village, where a person has tested positive for COVID-19, ahead of Tokyo 2020......

India's medal hope, Mirabai Chanu pulls out of Asian Games

IMAGE: The Indian Weightlifting Federation expect Mirabai Chanu to be fit for the Olympic qualifiers later this year. Photograph: Paul Gilham/Getty Images World Champion weightlifter Mirabai Chanu......

Hangzhou to host 2022 Asian Games

The Chinese city of Hangzhou was confirmed on Wednesday as the host of the 2022 Asian Games, the Olympic Council of Asia announced at its General Assembly in Ashgabat. The capital of China's......

Big blow! World champ Mirabai 'can't compete' at Asian Games

'I am of the opinion that in such less time it's not good to take heavy load' IMAGE: Mirabai Chanu won the gold medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast in April. Photograph: PTI......