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India: Deadly attack on BJP election convoy in Chhattisgarh blamed on Maoist rebels

Indian police said Maoist rebels were behind a deadly IED and gun attack on a BJP election convoy in central Chhattisgarh state

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US approves $2.6 billion sale to India of 24 MH-60R multi-mission helicopters

The US State Department approved the sale of 24 Sikorsky MH-60R multi-mission helicopters to India, the DSCA said

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India says ‘key conspirator’ behind Kashmir attack killed by police

Indian police said that one of the "key conspirators" behind a suicide attack that killed at least 40 troops in Kashmir had died in a shootout with government forces

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India and Russia sign $3 billion nuclear submarine lease agreement

India signed a $3 billion deal to lease a third Russian Akula class nuclear-powered submarine for 10 years, giving Delhi a boost in the Indian Ocean

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Bird strike likely caused Indian MiG-21 fighter jet crash near Pakistan, defense ministry says

An Indian Air Force MiG-21 Bison fighter jet crashed in desert in western Rajasthan state, close to the border with Pakistan

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Pakistan detains JeM suspects after Kashmir attack

Pakistan has detained dozens of alleged JeM militants after a suicide attack in Indian-held Kashmir last month which sent tensions soaring

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Indian Air Force pilot returns from Pakistan as violence rages in Kashmir

An Indian Air Force pilot detained in Pakistan after being shot down in an aerial engagement with Pakistan Air Force aircraft returned to India

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Afghanistan fears spillover of India-Pakistan tensions

Fearing a spillover from tensions between India and Pakistan, war-ravaged Afghanistan has advised its nuclear-armed neighbors to exercise restraint

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Pakistan will release Indian pilot in ‘peace gesture,’ Khan says

Pakistan will release an Indian pilot captured after he was shot down in a rare engagement between the neighbors in Kashmir, Prime Minister Imran Khan said

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Pakistan ‘shot down’ 2 Indian Air Force planes in Kashmir, military says

Pakistan shot down two Indian Air Force planes in its airspace in Kashmir, the military said, adding that one Indian pilot had been captured

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