Lahore, Feb 25 (IANS) The India-Pakistan Samjhauta Express resumed plying on Thursday, after being suspended for some days due to the violent street protests in Haryana, the media reported. The train, with a capacity of…
Washington, Feb 25 (IANS/AKI) The US does not eavesdrop on citizens of foreign countries “unless there is a specific and validated national security purpose”, a government official responded to reports alleging Washington had spied on…
Islamabad, Feb 25 (IANS) Pakistan is looking to do just about enough for India to resume the dialogue process, said a Pakistani daily on Thursday. An editorial “All For Show” in The Nation said that…
London, Feb 25 (IANS) Indian Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar visited the UK on February 23-24 for talks with his British and Commonwealth counterparts. Jaishankar was here to attend the extraordinary meeting of the Commonwealth Ministerial…
United Nations, Feb 25 (IANS) Demanding an “unrelenting focus on poverty eradication,” India has said that the selective priorities of donor countries should not override the national development plans and needs of countries fighting poverty….
Dhaka, Feb 25 (IANS) Bangladesh is set to become a founding member of the Chinese-government initiated Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) as the country’s parliament has passed a bill in this connection, the media reported…
Washington, Feb 24 (PTI) A top American environmentalist group today slammed the WTO over its ruling against India’s solar localisation policies for US firms. Alleging that almost half of US states have a programme like…
Havana, Feb 25 (IANS) Cuban and US delegations met in Havana this week to discuss “ways to increase bilateral cooperation” in combating cybercrime, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. “Both sides agreed on the importance…
Damascus, Feb 24 (IANS) Syria on Wednesday condemned the remarks of US Secretary of State John Kerry, who warned that Syria would be hard to be held together if the cessation of hostilities did not…
Kutch: Nepalese Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli arrives in Kutch of Gujarat on Feb 23, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Kathmandu/New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) Nepal and India did not issue a joint communique at the…
Kathmandu, Feb 24 (IANS) Nepal and India did not issue a joint communique at the end of a state visit by Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli to Delhi on Wednesday due to India’s position on…
Brussels, Feb 24 (IANS) European Council President Donald Tusk said here on Wednesday the European Union (EU) would respect the decision of British people with regard to the country’s decision on whether or not to…
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) With China’s increasing assertiveness on its claims over the South China Sea, Vietnam, the southeast Asian nation that is most vulnerable to this, on Wednesday appreciated India’s position on th…
Damascus, Feb 24 (IANS) Syrian President Bashar al-Assad reassured his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin via a phone call on Wednesday that his administration will observe a cessation of hostilities as planned by Russia and the…
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. (File Photo: Xinhua/PID/IANS) Islamabad, Feb 24 (IANS) Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday said that Pakistan was pursuing good relations with all its neighbours, including India, as mutual cooperation was…
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. (File Photo: IANS) Tokyo, Feb 24 (IANS) Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will visit Russia despite the US urging him not to do so, a top government official said on…
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday greeted the Amir and people of Kuwait on their National Day on Thursday and hoped that bilateral relations will be strengthened further. In a message…
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. (File Photo: Xinhua/PID/IANS) Islamabad, Feb 24 (IANS) Indian High Commissioner Gautam Bambawale on Wednesday met Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and discussed bilateral relations, the media reported. Bambawale and Sharif “exchanged…
Moscow, Feb 24 (IANS) A coordination centre began operations at Syria’s Hmeimim airbase in order to implement the ceasefire, the Russian defence ministry has said. “In accordance with the Russian-US February 22 agreement on the…
United Nations, Feb 24 (IANS) UN Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs Miroslav Jenca has held two days of talks in the Maldives with government and opposition leaders to facilitate a dialogue in the Indian Ocean…