New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull arrived here on Saturday on a four-day state visit. He was welcomed by Union Minister Rajiv Pratap Rudy at the airport. This is Turnbull’s first…
Moscow, April 9 (IANS) Russia on Sunday said the cancellation of British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson’s visit to Moscow demonstrates London’s lack of understanding of knowledge of events in Syria. “Moscow needs a dialogue with…
Washington, April 9 (IANS) US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley on Sunday said there is no political solution to the conflict in Syria until President Bashar al-Assad is out of power. “There’s not…
Mumbai, April 9 (IANS) Barely a week after an Indian dhow with 11 crew members was hijacked by Somali pirates, Indian and Chinese navies joined hands to save a Tuvalu-flagged container ship with 19 Filipino…
Jaipur, April 9 (IANS) Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday offered prayers at the shrine of Khwaja Mouinuddin Chisti in Ajmer. “She along with a few members of her delegation arrived at the dargah…
Washington, April 9 (IANS) The US has ordered the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson and its strike force towards waters near North Korea, as a show of force against the military provocations of the Kim…
Pyongyang, April 9 (IANS) North Korea on Sunday condemned the US bombing in Syria as an “absolutely unacceptable aggression” against a sovereign state and said this justifies Pyongyang’s further military development. “The US missile strike…
New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) India and Bangladesh on Saturday said that the international community should end selective approach to combating terrorism and called for finalisation of Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism. “Terrorism remains one…
New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) In a significant boost to strategic cooperation, India and Bangladesh on Saturday signed 22 agreements, including as many as five on defence cooperation, while New Delhi extended to Dhaka lines…
New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday condemned the terror attack in the Swedish capital that left four people dead and at least 15 injured. “The people of India saw the news…
By Bappaditya Chatterjee Petrapole (West Bengal), April 8 (IANS) As the Khulna-Kolkata trial train chugged in at West Bengal’s Petrapole station, 90-year-old Kumudi Hazra’s eyes turned moist. She nostalgically remembered the early days of her…
Moscow, April 8 (IANS) Russia intends to discuss international counter-terrorism with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson during his upcoming visit next week, despite strained Russia-US ties, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharov said on…
Petrapole (West Bengal), April 8 (IANS) Nine years after the inauguration of the Maitree (friendship) Express passenger train service between Kolkata and Dhaka, the first Khulna-Kolkata train chugged into the Petrapole Railway station on the…
New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday expressed the firm belief that there will be an early solution to the issue of sharing waters of the Teesta river with Bangladesh while…
London, April 8 (IANS) British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has called off a visit to Moscow in the wake of the Syrian chemical weapons attack, a media report said. Johnson, who was set to travel…
New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) India and Bangladesh on Saturday signed 22 pacts to boost bilateral ties, including in defence and civil nuclear energy, with New Delhi offering a $4.5 billion line of credit to…
Kolkata, April 8 (IANS) With the melody of Rabindrasangeet providing the perfect backdrop, two buses on Saturday drove out from the premises of West Bengal secretariat Nabanna, as India and Bangladesh added a fresh chapter…
Tawang (Arunachal Pradesh), April 8 (IANS) Tibetan Spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Saturday said it was up to his people to decide whether the institution of the Dalai Lama should continue or not. A…
Washington, April 8 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has accepted his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping’s invitation to visit Beijing, said Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. Trump hosted the Chinese President for a two-day visit at…
New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) India and Bangladesh on Saturday signed 22 agreements in the fields of defence cooperation, civil nuclear energy, space and cyber security among others, following bilateral talks between Prime Minister Narendra…