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India arrests 3 after student gang-rape in Kolkata

Indian police have arrested three men accused of gang raping a law student in Kolkata, officials said yesterday, a case that has reignited anger in a city still scarred by the rape and murder of a doctor last year.

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India bans land import of jute, yarn from Bangladesh

India yesterday banned the imports of certain jute products and woven fabrics from Bangladesh through land ports.

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India’s ties with Bangladesh must go beyond Hasina era: experts

One expert said India needs to grasp the reality of the new power structure in Bangladesh and move ahead

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Border dispute: India calls for a permanent solution with China

Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh told his Chinese counterpart that the two countries should seek a “permanent solution” to their decades-old border dispute, in a new push for a conclusive outcome.

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People of W Bengal being branded Bangladeshis

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee yesterday said Bangla-speaking people from the state were being branded as “Bangladeshis” in some BJP-ruled states.

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India arrests 2 for harbouring J&K attackers

New Delhi’s counter-terrorism agency said yesterday it has arrested two men in India-administered Kashmir for allegedly harbouring Pakistani gunmen behind a deadly attack on civilians that sparked a days-long conflict between the two countries.

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India to evacuate citizens of Nepal and Sri Lanka from Iran

India has decided to evacuate all citizens of Nepal and Sri Lanka from war-hit Iran following a request from the two South Asian countries..The Indian Embassy in Tehran said in a post on its official X handle that “On request of the Governments of Nepal and Sri Lanka, the Indian Embassy’s

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India will ‘never’ restore Indus water treaty

New Delhi will “never” reinstate a key water treaty it suspended with Pakistan over deadly violence in India-administered Kashmir, the interior minister said in an interview published yesterday.

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More than 200 India plane crash victims identified

More than 200 victims of last week's Air India jet crash have been identified through DNA testing, a hospital official said Wednesday, inching towards ending an agonising wait for relatives.

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India-Pakistan ceasefire reached without US mediation, Modi tells Trump

Modi says India had paused its military actions following a request from Islamabad

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Air India cancels 66 flights to be operated with Dreamliner

India's civil aviation regulatory body tonight said Air India has cancelled 66 flights to be operated with Boeing 787 Dreamliner since the June 12 Ahmedabad plane crash which involved an aircraft of the same model

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Air India cancels six international flights today amid fleet safety checks

Air India cancelled six of its international flights today, including Ahmedabad-London, due to various reasons and enhanced checks of its aircraft fleet

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Air India cancels Ahmedabad-London flight due to operational issues

However, the official did not elaborate on the "operational issues"

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Air India flight delayed in Kolkata after engine snag; passengers deplaned

Flight AI180 landed on time at Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport at 12:45am

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Air India Dreamliner returns to Hong Kong after technical issue mid-air

The Dreamliner aircraft flying Air India flight AI315 out of Hong Kong on Monday is now undergoing checks

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Air India crash: Cockpit Voice Recorder recovered

The recovery of the CVR is expected to provide vital insights regarding the cause of India's worst aviation accident in a decade

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Second black box found: officials

Investigators in India yesterday recovered the second black box from the London-bound Air India Boeing 787 that crashed in the city of Ahmedabad, killing at least 279 people, authorities announced.

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US officials survey Air India crash site

Officials from the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) surveyed the site of Air India plane crash that killed at least 271 people, sources said yesterday, with families continuing to wait for DNA profiling results to identify charred bodies.

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