By Saeed Naqvi Hakan Fidan, Chief of Turkish Intelligence, did not give much credence to warnings by Russian agencies that a coup to oust President Tayyip Erdogan was in the works. But he shared the…
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) India reiterated that Pakistan must heed international opinion and extradite Dawood Ibrahim whom they have provided sanctuary for long to face justice for his many crimes, India reiterated on Friday….
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) India is ready to engage with Pakistan for a “result-oriented dialogue” that seeks to end cross-border terrorism and early vacation of “illegal occupation” by Pakistan of Kashmir territory, the Ministry…
Colombo, Aug 26 (IANS) UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will meet war displaced people during a visit to Sri Lanka next week, the Foreign Ministry said on Friday. Ban will visit Sri Lanka from August…
Kathmandu, Aug 26 (IANS) Nepal’s new Foreign Minister Prakash Sharan Mahat on Friday said his country will accord top priority to enhancing relations and trust with neighbours India and China. “Neighbouring India and China are…
Hyderabad, Aug 26 (IANS) The US issued more than a million visas this year in India which also accounts for 72 percent of all H1B visas issued worldwide, said a top US official on Friday….
Agartala, Aug 26 (IANS) The government-owned Food Corporation of India (FCI) has started ferrying a fresh consignment of 2,350 tonnes of rice from Kolkata to Tripura via Bangladesh to avoid transportation hitches through the traditional…
Islamabad, Aug 26 (IANS) Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday urged countries in the region to work jointly in changing the economic landscape of South Asia and help get people out of the clutches…
Panaji, Aug 26 (IANS) Out of 583 foreign nationals booked for crime in Goa over the last five years, 333 went “underground” after getting bail, Deputy Inspector General of Police V. Gupta said on Friday….
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) Visiting Singapore Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam on Friday said India needs to show urgency to realise its unfulfilled potential which he said was the largest in the world. He…
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) With India in the chair of the BRICS group this year, a conference on ‘International Arbitration in BRICS’ will be inaugurated by IT and Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad here…
By Aroonim Bhuyan New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) With Myanmar President U Htin Kyaw arriving on a four-day visit to India from Saturday on the heels of External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj’s day-long visit to…
Washington, Aug 26 (IANS) Urging Pakistan yet again to deny safe haven to terrorists, the US has told it to not discriminate among terror groups operating from its territory. US State Department’s Director of Press…
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) Singapore Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday here. Shanmugaratnam briefed Modi on the status of various bilateral cooperation initiatives, especially in the areas…
Islamabad, Aug 26 (IANS) Pakistan has informed the Afghan government that no “technical traces” of telephonic contacts between the Kabul university attackers and people on its side of the border could be found. This was…
Moscow, Aug 26 (IANS) Russia might again use Iran’s Hamadan airbase in the future but will not create a full-fledged military base in the country, an analyst has said. Russia and Iran share information and…
Washington, Aug 26 (IANS) In what is likely to be the last major engagement between India and the outgoing administration of President Barack Obama, US Secretary of State John Kerry and Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker…
Washington, Aug 26 (IANS) The US has once again urged Pakistan to deny safe havens to terrorists, and said that Islamabad should not discriminate among terror groups in its territory. US State Department Director of…
Havana, Aug 26 (IANS) Cuban authorities have confirmed that direct commercial flights from the US would resume on August 31 after more than 50 years of suspension. “The start of regular commercial flights from the…
Beijing, Aug 25 (IANS) China on Thursday hoped India could do “more” to maintain peace and stability on the border areas “rather than the contrary”, following reports that New Delhi plans to deploy BrahMos missiles…