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Israel police, Palestinians clash at flashpoint Jerusalem holy site

3:40 pm August 11, 2019

Jerusalem: Israeli police and Palestinian worshippers clashed at a flashpoint Jerusalem holy site on Sunday as overlapping Jewish and Muslim holidays led to tensions there, an AFP journalist reported. Police fired sound grenades as Palestinian protests intensified at the highly sensitive Al-Aqsa mosque compound, known to Jews as the Temple Mount. The Palestinian Red Crescent […]

Netanyahu thanks PM Modi for efforts to protect Israeli representatives following blast near embassy

Israel’s friendship day message to India — ‘yeh dosti hum nahi todenge’; PM says bond is eternal

9:22 pm August 4, 2019

New Delhi: Israel greeted India on friendship day with a Twitter message that featured the song ‘yeh dosti’ from Bollywood blockbuster Sholay, drawing an equally warm response from Prime Minister Narendra Modi who asserted that the bond between the two countries is “strong and eternal”. “Happy #FriendshipDay2019 India! May our ever strengthening friendship & growing […]

Netanyahu to visit India on Sep 9 to meet PM Modi

11:18 pm July 21, 2019

Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will travel to India on a day-long visit on September 9 to meet his counterpart Narendra Modi, just eight days before an unprecedented repeat polls in the Jewish state. Netanyahu, who created history on July 20 by becoming the longest serving Israeli Prime Minister, surpassing Israel’s first premier David […]

Israel strikes Gaza after first rocket since early May

12:36 pm June 13, 2019

Jerusalem: Israeli warplanes bombed bunkers at a Hamas base in Gaza early Thursday following the first rocket fire from the territory since early May, the military said. Israeli aircraft targeted “underground infrastructure” at the base in the southern Gaza Strip, it said in a statement. The strike came after Israeli air defences intercepted a rocket […]

Kashmir is open, brides will be brought from there: Khattar ‘quotes’ some people

Haryana to launch ambucycles in Gurugram, Faridabad

9:06 pm June 11, 2019

Chandigarh: The Haryana government will introduce ambucycles –medically-equipped motorcycles–in the state with the assistance of Israel for providing emergency response to people requiring immediate medical attention. Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said the service would initially be started in Gurugram and Faridabad. He was interacting with a three-member delegation led by Israel Ambassador Dr Ron […]