Shillong, April 25 (IANS) Bangladesh’s High Commissioner to India Syed Muazzem Ali on Monday said strong political will was needed to strengthen connectivity to boost relations between India and his country. “We need political will…
New York, April 25 (IANS) India has urged developed nations to announce their “enhanced” pre-2020 climate action plans and undertake the “urgent” task of mobilising $100 billion, lack of which will hamper implementation of nationally…
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) As part of India’s growing engagements with Pacific island nations, President Pranab Mukherjee will go on state visits to Papua New Guinea and New Zealand from April 28 to May…
By Anil Giri Kathmandu, April 25 (IANS) Five Indian police personnel in uniform and carrying weapons have been arrested along with their driver in far-western Nepal’s Doti district for illegally entering the Himalayan nation, officials…
Kathmandu, April 25 (IANS) China has emerged as one of the top five bilateral donors to Nepal in fiscal 2014-15 in terms of funds disbursed, Nepal’s Finance Ministry said on Monday. Chinese aid of $37.94…
Colombo, April 25 (IANS) Sri Lanka hopes to introduce new bills in parliament by June to create a more efficient, dynamic and secure business environment conducive for investment, Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera said on Monday….
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) Extending his greetings to the government and people of Tanzania on their Union Day, President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday said he would like to see stronger ties and deeper cooperation…
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) Pakistan’s Foreign Secretary Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry will hold talks with his Indian counterpart S. Jaishankar here on Tuesday, on the margins a global conference on Afghanistan. It will be the…
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) Lok Sabha members, including those from the BJP, on Monday strongly demanded a ban on the import of Chinese goods since, they said, substandard materials from the communist country were…
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) Minister of State for External Affairs V.K. Singh on Monday held a meeting with Bahamas Foreign Minister Fredrick A. Mitchell. Deepening the Caribbean connection. MOS @Gen_VKSingh meets with Fredrick A….
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) After a period of uncertainty, India and Pakistan are to hold talks again when their foreign secretaries meet here on Tuesday on the sidelines of the Heart of Asia conference….
U.S. President Barack Obama (L) greets German Chancellor Angela Merkel (Xinhua/Huang Jingwen) Hanover, April 25 (IANS) US President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel defended a free trade agreement under negotiations between the US…
Tehran, April 25 (IANS) Iran’s First Vice President Es’haq Jahangiri said that his country will harness every legal channel to retake the impounded assets subject to a US court ruling, Press TV reported on Sunday….
Dubai, April 24 (IANS/WAM) Hani Rashid Al Hamli, secretary general of the Dubai Economic Council (DEC), has said Dubai considered China, the second largest economy in the world, as the capital of the east and…
Gaza, April 24 (IANS) The Islamic Hamas movement on Sunday said the French initiative to hold an international peace conference to end the decades of conflict between the Palestinians and the Israelis is “a waste…
By Aroonim Bhuyan Shillong, April 24 (IANS) With a new dispensation in place in Myanmar where Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi is effectively in control of state affairs, experts are of the view that…
Vijay Mallya. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) Industrialist Vijay Mallya’s passport has been revoked after he failed to turn up for a probe into a Rs.9,000 crore default of loans from Indian…
Stratford-upon-Avon (UK), April 24 (IANS) Shakespeare’s India was rich with pearls and precious stones, its people deeply religious and its veiled women famous for their “dark beauty”. And the country has repaid the Bard “richly”…
By Anasudhin Azeez London, April 24 (IANS) Parliament Speaker John Bercow urged the Indian diaspora in Britain to engage more with mainstream politics and get proper representation in parliament. “The community makes a huge contribution…
Seoul, April 24 (IANS) South Korea on Sunday strongly denounced North Korea’s launch of a ballistic missile from a submarine in what Seoul said was a clear violation of UN Security Council resolutions. Seoul’s foreign…