Manila, June 26 (IANS) Seven Indonesian sailors have been kidnapped and were probably being held in Sulu province of Philippines, a military spokesman said on Sunday. They were kidnapped “on the high seas of Indonesia…
Kathmandu, June 26 (IANS) Over 8,000 boundary pillars at the Nepal-India border will have internationally accepted positioning system using Global Navigation Satellite. The third meeting of the Nepal-India Boundary Working Group (BWG) at surveyor general…
By C. Uday Bhaskar The plenary meeting of the 48-member NSG (Nuclear Suppliers Group) in Seoul ended on June 24 with no specific reference to Indias application as a participating government. China supported by a…
Tirupati: Andhra Chief Minister and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) president N. Chandrababu Naidu during party’s state general body meeting in Tirupati on Nov 13, 2015. (Photo: IANS) Hyderabad, June 26 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister…
Beijing, June 25 (IANS) India’s Finance Minister Arun Jaitley met his Chinese counterpart Lou Jiwei here on Saturday and discussed economic cooperation between the two countries. The global macroeconomic situation also figured in the meeting…
By Gaurav Sharma Beijing, June 25 (IANS) India’s Finance Minister Arun Jaitley met his Chinese counterpart Lou Jiwei here on Saturday and discussed economic cooperation between the two countries. The global macroeconomic situation also figured…
New Delhi, June 25 (IANS) After the Congress slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi over India’s failed bid to join the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), party Vice President Rahul Gandhi, who is abroad, took to Twitter…
Agartala, June 25 (IANS) Around 250 Bangladeshi nationals, who tried to enter Tripura on Saturday returned back from the border, police said. These Bangladeshi Hindu tribals were evicted from their habitation by the forest guards…
Agartala, June 25 (IANS) India’s Border Security Force (BSF) prevented around 250 Bangladesh nationals from entering Tripura on Saturday, police said. “Around 250 people, including women and children, tried to enter India’s western Tripura today…
Paris, June 25 (IANS) An organisation to promote social, economic and cultural cooperation between India and Europe has been established with a base in the French capital. French European Indian Organisation (FEIO) hopes to be…
Panaji, June 25 (IANS) The Congress in Goa has demanded that the Ministry of External Affairs should protect the interest of Goans living in the UK on Portuguese passports, in view of Brexit. “I think…
Tehran, June 25 (IANS) Relations between Iran and Britain will not change after the latter voted to leave the European Union, Iran’s Foreign Ministry has said. Iran respects the decision of British people and deems…
Kabul, June 25 (IANS) The US military in Afghanistan has launched strikes against the Taliban militants after US President Barack Obama’s new order earlier this month. The new air strikes were carried out in the…
Beijing, June 25 (IANS) The $46 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a mega infrastructure project that is aimed to link Kashgar in Chinas Xinjiang province to Gwadar deep sea port in Pakistan, has made progress…
Madrid, June 25 (IANS) On the occasion of 60 years of India-Spain relations, the Ficci-IIFA Global Business Forum that took place here on the second day of the festival focused on the urgent environmental issues…
Washington, June 25 (IANS) US President Barack Obama said on Friday that he is confident Britain will make “an orderly transition” out of the European Union, after the British people voted in favour of leaving…
Havana, June 25 (IANS) A day after the signing here of a cease-fire between the Colombian government and FARC rebels, negotiators for the guerrillas said on Friday that the final peace accord should likewise be…
By Saeed Naqvi By their Brexit vote, the people have administered a punch on the chin of the British establishment, leaving it rattled and dazed. Britons have now joined electoral insurgencies elsewhere in Europe and…
New Delhi, June 24 (IANS) More than 1.2 crore passport related applications were processed in 2015, marking a growth of 18 per cent over 2014, said a Ministry of External Affairs statement. The Ministry of…
Delhi, June 24 (IANS) As India’s bid for membership of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) came a cropper, the Congress on Friday said the Narendra Modi-led government had shown “unnecessary desperation” to become a member…