What makes the Rs 90,000-crore Great Nicobar Island project critical for India both militarily and economicallyIndia is undertaking a massive Rs 90,000 crore project in Great Nicobar. This initiative will develop a major transshipment port and intern...
15 May, 2026, 12.24 PM IST
With Chabahar Port in limbo, can India still reach Central Asia and Russia?India's crucial trade route to Russia and Central Asia is at a critical juncture. US sanctions on Iran's Chabahar port create uncertainty f...
14 May, 2026, 11.01 AM IST
Chinese firm shuts Gwadar plant in Pakistan, lays off workers amid lossesA Chinese firm has ceased operations in Gwadar citing business difficulties. This development raises concerns ahead of Prime Minister Shehb...
03 May, 2026, 07.18 AM IST
Ex-military officers defend Great Nicobar push, reject Rahul Gandhi’s concernsRetired military officials are backing the Great Nicobar Project. They counter allegations of land grabbing and corruption, highlighting it...
02 May, 2026, 10.29 AM IST
Pakistan tests Taimur anti-ship missile with 600-km range: How it could be part of PAF’s plan to target Indian Navy shipsPakistan has successfully test-fired its Taimoor air-launched cruise missile. This indigenous weapon can strike enemy ships from up to 600 ...
24 Apr, 2026, 11.47 AM IST
Pakistan: In a first, Baloch fighters launch sea attack, three Coast Guard personnel killed near Iran border, GwadarThree Pakistan Coast Guard personnel were killed in an attack by Baloch fighters on a patrol boat near the Pakistan-Iran border. This marks...
13 Apr, 2026, 09.28 AM IST
Pakistan, China vow to tap full potential of strategic Gwadar PortThe CPEC is the flagship project of China's ambitious USD 60 billion Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and it links China's Xinjiang province ...
31 Dec, 2021, 03.37 PM IST
China-Pakistan Gwadar Port runs into rough weatherChinese co terminates container liner services to Gwadar; inadequate cargo & lack of use of port for transit to Afghanistan cited as reasons
10 Sep, 2019, 12.54 PM IST
China's flagship port in Pakistan shackled by heavy securityWith national elections due in July, Pakistan’s government is keen to trumpet the commercial viability of the deep seaport in the once slee...
27 Feb, 2018, 12.18 PM IST
Bank of China plans to open branch in Gwadar port: Pakistani officialGwadar Port Authority Chairman Dostain Khan Jamaldini said in a meeting yesterday that The Bank of China is planning to open a branch in Gw...
11 Aug, 2017, 03.51 PM IST
Chinese navy ships to be deployed at Gwadar port: Pakistan navy officialChina would deploy its naval ships along with Pakistan Navy to safeguard the strategic Gwadar port and trade routes under the $46 billion C...
25 Nov, 2016, 09.46 PM IST
Gwadar port to be fully operational by 2016 endThe development of the Gwadar port is part of China's ambitious $46 billion dollar joint economic corridor pact with Pakistan.
12 Apr, 2016, 06.48 PM IST
Chinese company to get lease of Gwadar Port's free trade zonePakistan will hand over 2,281 acres of Gwadar Port's free trade zone to a Chinese state-owned company on lease tomorrow to develop the stra...
10 Nov, 2015, 10.03 PM IST
Pakistan to declare strategic Chinese-run Gwadar port duty-freeThe sea port in Balochistan province provides easy and short sea access to land-locked Afghanistan and the Central Asian countries.
11 Jun, 2015, 10.11 PM IST
Pakistan's Gwadar port run by China 'matter of concern' for IndiaPakistan's decision to hand over strategic Gwadar port to China is a matter of "serious concern" for India, Defence Minister A K Antony sai...
06 Feb, 2013, 07.01 PM IST
India irked as China gets Pakistan's strategic Gwadar portPakistan's cabinet formally agreed to hand over the operation of its strategically located Gwadar port to China on Wednesday.
02 Feb, 2013, 06.20 AM IST
'China's take over Gwadar port not aimed at encircling India'Gwadar Port is at the apex of the Arabian Sea and the mouth of the Persian Gulf, and only about 400 km away from the Strait of Hormuz, a ke...
01 Feb, 2013, 10.22 PM IST