A six-month investigation commissioned by the province of British Columbia had scoured more than a million land titles for signs of illicit funds swirling through Canada’s most expensive housing market. read more

Former army chief General Dalbir Singh was on Thursday named as the Indian high commissioner India to Seychelles, an Indian Ocean island nation. read more

Nigeria leapfrog the North Africans into second place in Group E after three games, a point behind leaders South Africa, who recorded their biggest ever international victory with a 6-0 hammering of Seychelles in Johannesburg. read more

The Norwegian, the most senior member of WADA’s leadership to express opposition to the move, said in a statement that Russia had yet to satisfy key criteria for its anti-doping agency’s readmission. read more

A WADA statement said its independent Compliance Review Committee (CRC) had recommended that the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) be reinstated when the agency’s executive committee meets in the Seychelles on September 20. read more

India and the Seychelles were committed to securing the oceanic space around them for sustained development, said Sushma Swaraj. read more

During President Danny Faure’s visit to India this week, the two countries agreed to work on the stalled Assumption Island Project keeping each other’s interests in mind. But it is still to be ratified by his national parliament dominated by the Opp... read more

India also announced a $100-million credit to Seychelles for augmenting its defence capabilities read more

The Seychelles President’s visit comes just days after he said that a joint project with New Delhi to develop a naval base at Assumption Island in his country would not move forward. read more

India and Seychelles signed an agreement in January to build military facilities on the remote island of Assumption, but the project quickly attracted criticism from opposition read more

There has been growing political opposition in Seychelles to a pact it signed with India in 2015 to develop a naval facility at the Assumption Island which would have given India a strategic advantage in the Indian Ocean Region. read more

The bilateral talks between Faure and Modi assumes significance after Seychelles ordered an inquiry into the leak of a highly classified agreement signed with India to develop infrastructure on Assumption Island, which lies southwest of the mainland... read more

India plans to invest $550 million in building a military base on Assumption island, Seychelles to help it ensure the safety of its vessels in the southern Indian Ocean. read more