The government has so far resisted the populist trend of cutting fuel prices to avoid forgoing tax revenue and missing budget goals. read more

As part of Ekta Kapoor’s ALTBalaji web series, Home, union minister Smriti Irani paid a visit to her old home in Gurugram, 35 years later, to an emotional welcome. read more

In the absence of any waiver or concession from the Trump administration, it could have major implications for India, which is one of the biggest importers of Iranian oil and is currently developing the strategic Chabahar port. read more

India’s loadings from Iran for this month and next will drop to less than 12 million barrels each, after purchases over April-August had been boosted in anticipation of the reductions read more

New Delhi has also overturned its policy of not supplying lethal military equipment to Kabul and has provided or underwritten deals for providing gunship helicopters. Clearly, India is in for the long haul in Afghanistan, as it needs to be, to keep an... read more

Expect plenty of gunplay, piles of corpses, and a perfunctory plot. read more

The rejection of the pleas of top Congress leaders will pave the way for the Income Tax Department to scrutinise their records for the assessment year 2011-12. read more

India’s planned purchase of the S-400 air defence systems has put it in the path of sanctions aimed against Russia, while its large imports of Iranian crude and operational control of part of Chabahar has left it open to sanctions against Iran. read more

Iraqi security sources said three Katyusha rockets fired by unknown assailants had hit the perimeter of the airport, although no damage or casualties had been reported read more

US sanctions targeting Iran’s oil sector are scheduled to be reimposed in November. read more

Iran blamed Iraq for failing to protect its embassy and said it expected Baghdad to “identify and punish the attackers quickly,” said Bahram Qassemi, the spokesman for the ministry, according to local media. read more

The trilateral summit in Tehran between Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had been viewed as a chance for a diplomatic solution for Syria read more

This spin-off prequel to The Conjuring movies is just a collection of genre clichés. read more

The women’s 10m air rifle team of Elavenil Valarivan (631), Shreya Agarwal (628.5) and Manini Kaushik (621.2) then produced a sensational performance to total 1880.7 for a gold with a world record to boot. read more

The first phase of the Chabahar port was inaugurated in December 2017 by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, opening a new strategic route connecting Iran, India and Afghanistan bypassing Pakistan. read more