Israel-India relations

Israeli-made Spike missiles are displayed during a street parade marking the 65th anniversary of the Armed Forces Day in Seoul, South Korea, October 1, 2013. (AP/Lee Jin-man)

June 24, 2019, 10:01 pm

India again reportedly spikes $500 million missile deal with Israel

On-again-off-again sale from Rafael defense contractor scrapped; Netanyahu helped push it through during state visit last year

By Judah Ari Gross

Bharatiya Janata Party leader and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attends a ceremony to thank the Union Council of Ministers for their contribution in India's general election, at BJP headquarters in New Delhi, May 21, 2019. (Prakash Singh/AFP)

June 9, 2019, 2:19 am

Indian leader calls for global conference on countering terrorism

Visiting the Maldives, Narendra Modi says terror is the biggest threat currently facing the world

By Agencies

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

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

Illustrative - top secret file open on a desk (Getty Images)

April 3, 2019, 12:51 pm

Report: Official forgot secret arms deal file at airport

Classified documents on Indian weapons sales left on restaurant table, found and returned by waiter

By TOI staff

April 2, 2019, 3:19 pm

Walmart India unit Flipkart setting up R&D center in Israel – report

Flipkart, the Indian e-commerce giant that bought Israeli analytics startup Upstream Commerce last year, is also scouting for more Israeli tech, ETtech website says

By Shoshanna Solomon

Debjani Ghosh, the president of the National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM), a trade association of Indian technology companies, during a visit to Israel, March 6, 2019 (Shoshanna Solomon/Times of Israel)

March 17, 2019, 12:56 pm

Fathers and mentors are key to powerful women, says India’s head of tech firms

Debjani Ghosh, female president of India’s association of software companies and former Intel India chief, says Israelis must have local partners for inroads to Asian giant

By Shoshanna Solomon

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

A Barak-8 missile, developed by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is launched during a test (IAI)

January 25, 2019, 5:04 pm

India successfully tests ship-borne air defense system created with Israel

In latest trial of the jointly produced Barak 8 maritime interceptor, Indian Navy fires surface-to-air missile at low altitude target

By Judah Ari Gross

Illustrative. Israeli soldiers launch a Spike anti-tank guided missile during a training exercise. (Rafael Advanced Defense Systems)

December 9, 2018, 8:08 pm

India said planning to scrap $500 million missile deal with Israel

Massive sale was already called off last year in favor of domestic weapons development, but resurrected after diplomatic push by Netanyahu

By Tamar Pileggi

Mumbai's Chabad House, where Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg, 29, and his 28-year-old wife Rivka, were killed by Islamist terrorists attack, seen here on December 25 2008. (Serge Attal/ Flash90)

November 27, 2018, 1:40 pm

Israel calls on Pakistan to bring terrorists behind Mumbai attack to justice

At 10-year commemoration hosted by India’s Tel Aviv embassy, grandfather of orphaned Moshe Holtzberg says November 2008 massacre was attack ‘against all of us’

By Raphael Ahren

Candle lighting with Rabbi Sidney Helbraun & Acharya Rohit Joshi at the Hindu-Jewish Festival of Lights at Temple Beth-El in Northbrook, Illinois, Sunday, November 18, 2018. (Ronit Bezalel/ Times of Israel)

November 21, 2018, 3:31 am

Two holidays, one theme: Hindus, Jews celebrate joint festival of lights

Bringing together two diverse communities and highlighting strong Israel-India relations, over 400 people gather in Chicago to simultaneously honor Diwali and Hanukkah

By Ronit Bezalel

October 24, 2018, 11:53 am

IAI wins $777 million deal to supply India with maritime missile defense system

Defense Minster Liberman says agreement for the Barak-8 is ‘proof that security is investment, and not expenditure’

By TOI staff

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon (L) shakes hands with his Indian counterpart Atal Bihari Vajpayee in New Delhi during an official state visit to India in September 2003. (GPO)

August 16, 2018, 5:52 pm

Former Indian leader who oversaw improved ties with Israel dies

Atal Bihari Vajpayee, a member of the Hindu nationalist BJP, was the first Indian premier to host an Israeli PM when Ariel Sharon visited in 2003

By AP and TOI staff

A Boeing 787 flight number AI139 of Indian national carrier Air India, from New Delhi, performs maneuvers on the tarmac at Ben Gurion International Airport on the outskirts of Tel Aviv, on March 22, 2018 after using Saudi airspace for the first time. (AFP PHOTO/JACK GUEZ)

July 22, 2018, 7:04 pm

High Court said to advise El Al to drop suit over Saudi route to India

Israeli carrier claims Air India given unfair competitive advantage by being allowed to use Saudi airspace when El Al can’t

By TOI staff