India

Indian on board ship captured by Iran speaks to family: ‘Have enough food, doing duties as usual’

The ship’s capture comes amid tensions between Israel and Iran, which escalated following an Israeli airstrike on April 1 on the Iranian embassy in Damascus, killing 16 people, including senior officers of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

India

Days before 29 Maoists were killed in encounter, Bastar Inspector General said in interview: ‘Will leave no safe pockets for Naxals’

Sundarraj P, who has spent 11 years in the Maoist-affected region, on the government’s push to end Left Wing Extremism and challenges ahead of polls