India’s proposed military base in Seychelles embroiled in controversy
VICTORIA, March 3: A plan for India to build a military base on an outlying Seychelles island has won favour among the archipelago nation`s politicians, but some hostility from its people. The base on Assumption Island is to be funded by India and shared by the two countries` militaries. The deal was struck in principle in 2015 during a visit to Seychelles by India`s prime minister Narendra Modi, but progress since has been slow. The government of the Seychelles, based in Victoria on Mahe Island 1,135 kilometres (705 miles) northeast...