India

May 24, 2019, 1:09 am

India declares it has ended Iranian oil imports

As a partner to the United States, ambassador says his country has also stopped imports from Venezuela

By AFP

India Prime Minister Narendra Modi (L) gestures on stage during his victory speech at the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) headquaters after winning India's general election, in New Delhi on May 23, 2019. (Photo by PRAKASH SINGH / AFP)

May 23, 2019, 7:10 pm

Netanyahu speaks to Modi on India election win, moans about coalition woes

Prime minister tells his Indian counterpart he hopes to meet as soon as they each form a government, notes it is harder to do in Jerusalem than in New Delhi

By TOI staff and Agencies

An Indian supporter of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) celebrates the election results outside the BJP headquarters in Mumbai on May 23, 2019. (Punit Paranjpe/AFP)

May 23, 2019, 1:50 pm

Modi claims victory in Indian elections, vows ‘inclusive’ future

‘India wins yet again,’ incumbent PM declares as early results point to decisive victory for his Hindu nationalist party

By AFP

Indian supporters and party workers of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Bangalore dance and hold flags as they celebrate the results of India's general election on May 23, 2019. (Manjunath Kiran/AFP)

May 23, 2019, 12:25 pm

Netanyahu congratulates India’s Modi as early election results point to big win

PM says he hopes to ‘continue to strengthen the great friendship’ between the two countries following vote in world’s largest democracy

By AFP and TOI staff

Indian voters show their ink-marked fingers after casting their vote in the Ghoramara island around 110 km south of Kolkata on May 19, 2019, during the 7th and final phase of India's general election. (DIBYANGSHU SARKAR / AFP)

May 20, 2019, 9:00 am

Modi’s party confident after polls predict India election victory

Prime minister secures ‘overwhelming’ lead in mammoth national election seen as a referendum on strongman and his Hindu nationalist party

By Jalees ANDRABI and Abhaya Srivastava

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, staff work in the turbine building of the Bushehr nuclear power plant near the southern Iranian port city of Bushehr, February 25, 2009. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Liang Youchang)

April 23, 2019, 4:35 pm

China pans US crackdown on Iran oil, warns move will ‘intensify Mideast turmoil’

Beijing lashes out at Trump administration decision to sanction Iranian oil buyers; India to go along with ban

By Agencies

Lt. Gen. Jack Jacob, shown sitting in his New Delhi home, likely saved hundreds of thousands of lives while serving as chief of staff of the Indian Eastern command during the 1971 Bangladesh war. (Ashish Sharma/Open/JTA)

April 21, 2019, 10:07 am

Famed Jewish-Indian general to be honored in Jerusalem

Lt. Gen. Jack Jacob’s name to be added to plaque at Ammunition Hill memorial site for Jews who served admirably in foreign militaries

By TOI staff

March 11, 2019, 3:03 pm

Devsena Mishra

Elections in India and Israel – an opportunity for the youth

As India and Israel are going to face general elections, on both sides some interesting developments related to election campaigns are taking shape

Indians dance as they wait to welcome Indian fighter pilot Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman at India Pakistan border at Wagah, 28 kilometers (17.5 miles) from Amritsar, India, March 1, 2019. (AP Photo/Prabhjot Gill)

March 2, 2019, 1:00 am

Pakistan frees captured Indian pilot in ‘gesture of peace’

Pakistani aviation authorities partially reopen airspace in further sign of apparent de-escalation between nuclear-armed neighbors

By ASHOK SHARMA and Zaheer Babar

Indian soldiers and Kashmiri onlookers stand near the remains of an Indian Air Force aircraft after it crashed in Budgam district, some 30 kilometers from Srinagar on February 27, 2019. (Tauseef Mustafa/AFP)

February 28, 2019, 2:00 pm

Pakistan will release Indian pilot Friday as ‘peace gesture’

Move comes after tensions soar between nuclear-armed rivals following rare aerial clash

By AFP

Students of Islami Jamiat Talaba, a wing of religious political party Pakistan Jamaat-e-Islami, chant slogans during an anti-India protest rally, in Lahore on February 27, 2019. (ARIF ALI/AFP)

February 27, 2019, 12:19 pm

China urges Pakistan and India to show restraint, seek dialogue

As tensions spike over downing of Indian jets in disputed Kashmir region, Beijing says nuclear-armed rivals should maintain ‘good neighborly and friendly relations’

By AFP

Pakistani protesters burn a representation of an Indian flag during an anti-Indian rally in Peshawar, Pakistan, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019 following an Indian airstrike on Pakistan territory. (AP/Muhammad Sajjad)

February 26, 2019, 8:15 pm

India used Israeli arms for strike inside Pakistan — report

Rafael-made SPICE smart bombs said used in attack on militant camp, as tensions spiral between nuclear rivals

By Judah Ari Gross and Agencies

An F-16 fighter jet carrying a 'Rocks' air-to-surface 'bunker buster' missile takes off from an Israeli air base in an undated photograph. (Rafael Advanced Defense Systems)

February 20, 2019, 7:08 pm

Israeli arms makers unveil new bunker buster and suicide drone in India air show

The ‘Rocks’ air-to-ground missile billed as a cost-effective weapon to destroy protected underground targets; the Mini-Harpy can stay in air for 2 hours before flying into a target

By Judah Ari Gross

An illustrative photo of students at a Jewish day school. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images via JTA)

February 15, 2019, 11:27 pm

Jewish Sunday schools pop up across Europe and Asia

Newest school opens in Bulgaria as part of program by Euro-Asian Jewish Congress to expand Jewish learning

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as Netanyahu arrives in India on January 14, 2018. (Avi Ohayon/GPO)

January 30, 2019, 5:51 pm

PM to make one-day trip to India next month — report

In Delhi, Netanyahu expected to meet Narendra Modi before heading to Warsaw to attend US-organized summit on Iran; he may also go to Munich

By Raphael Ahren