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INS Tabar (file photo)
India 'sinks Somali pirate ship'
An Indian navy warship has destroyed a Somali pirate "mother ship" that fired on it in the Gulf of Aden, officials say.
How sea piracy is hurting India
Technology sets sights on piracy
Q&A: Somali piracy

map Top Pakistan ex-commando killed
A former chief of Pakistan's elite military commandos is killed near the capital Islamabad, police officials say.

Drone 'US raid' kills five in Pakistan
A missile fired by a suspected US drone kills at least five people in north-western Pakistan, security officials say.

FEATURES, NEWS, ANALYSIS
INS Tabar Palsied by piracy
Why India is hurt by lawlessness on the high seas
Arun Kumar Tortured
Victims of police excesses speak out in India
Mojj Engineering Systems Cash-strapped
Small firms in India come under pressure

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Indian ship crew in 'safe waters'
Jobs plan controversy in India
Soldier's Kashmir 'rape attempt'
Ex-PM makes Bangladesh demand
Unusual rush of voters in Kashmir
Tibet exiles discuss China policy
Khyber pass reopened to convoys
Sri Lanka army 'takes rebel town'
India policeman refuses to serve
Pakistani soldiers killed in Swat
Karzai offers Taleban safety deal
Bangladeshi 'militant' arrested

BUSINESS
Pakistan asks IMF for rescue loan
Tata Group cools expansion plans

OTHER FEATURES
Robust defence
Testing times
Taleban fears in Peshawar
Delhi's smog fears
Time for Afghan withdrawal?
Rough justice
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Indian investors watch share prices outside the Bombay Stock Exchange building in Mumbai Mutual benefit
Kaushik Basu on how China can help India
Women queue to vote in Bandipora High turnout
Kashmir voters cast their ballots as protests fade
Rhino at Kaziranga national park Road threat
Traffic dangers to India's precious wildlife
OTHER TOP STORIES
UN in talks on Afghan returnees
Terror suspect 'unfit for trial'
Pakistan backed raid, says Nato
Indian 'transfusion tiger' dies
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