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
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: 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
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
- Gwadar Port will boost Pakistan's, region's economy: China
Chinese ambassador in Pakistan said the rejuvenation of Gwadar Port, a part of the ambitious CPEC project, is a long-term initiative and sh...
04 May, 2017, 02.16 PM IST
China deflects queries over naval deployments at Gwadar port in PakistanChinese military spokesman said he had no information about any plans by People's Liberation Army of China to establish major bases in Gwad...
30 Nov, 2016, 05.39 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
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, China discuss strategic economic corridor projectChina took control of the strategic Gwadar port this year, which gave it access to the Arabian Sea and Strait of Hormuz through which a thi...
27 Aug, 2013, 04.38 PM IST
Encircling India by string of pearls an illusion: Chinese scholarThe development of a number of strategic ports in South Asia, like Gwadar in Pakistan, by China is not to contain India, feels Hu Zhiyong.
29 Jul, 2013, 04.02 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
'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
- Taking over of Gwadar port is for strategic reasons: Analyst
Lin believed that the injection of Chinese investment could soon vitalise the port with strategic importance.
01 Feb, 2013, 05.32 PM IST
- Taking over of Gwadar is part of continued help to Pakistan: China
Set to take over operations of Pakistan's strategic Gwadar port in the Arabian Sea, China today said it is part of the continued cooperatio...
31 Jan, 2013, 09.20 PM IST