Without naming Pakistan, Home Minister, P. Chidambaram said on Wednesday that while India sympathised with its people for suffering from terrorism, it was also the responsibility of its rulers to deal with the scourge.
 
"One of the epicentres of terror is a country on our borders. That ...

Sheikh Hasina, the Bangladesh Prime Minister, has said that her government wants to revive the rail links with India for ensuring better connectivity and to promote trade, investment and people-to-people contact. The rail link was closed in 1965.
 
After studying this year's Indian Railways ...

According to a senior Japanese official, Asia's main security forum must issue a tough statement on North Korea's nuclear weapons programme.
 
"We should make it clear that the DPRK's ongoing nuclearisation as well as ballistic missile development should never be tolerated," ...

S. M. Krishna, the Indian External Affairs Minister, held talks with his counterparts from 16 countries of the East Asia Summit (EAS) on Wednesday, setting the stage for India's seventh summit with the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) in October.
 
Terrorism, collective ways ...

The Honduran de-facto regime on Tuesday broke off its diplomatic relations with Venezuela, whose president Hugo Chavez has stood by President Manuel Zelaya since his hasty ouster and expulsion during late June.
 
The move represented an escalation in the crisis. The Organisation of American ...

Soon after India and the US reached an agreement over End Use Monitoring of sensitive technology, President Barack Obama sent his first report on the India-US civil nuclear deal inked last October to US Congress on Tuesday.
 
"The report covers the period of October 4, 2008, to June 30, ...

Bangladesh has plans to revive the Joint Economic Commissions (JECs) with its principal trade partners India and China. The emphasis has been placed on bilateral economic ties rather than on multilateral economic ties.
 
The JEC with India has not met since 2003 and with China since 2005, ...

The 42nd annual meeting of ASEAN countries wound up on Monday with a strongly worded joint statement on regional security issues but little action.
 
The ASEAN foreign ministers' final joint statement condemned last week's Jakarta bombings and North Korea's recent underground nuclear test ...

India and the United States Monday reaffirmed their commitment to the bilateral civil nuclear deal, with India providing two sites for nuclear parks to be set up by American companies. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has also been invited to visit the US in November.
 
US Secretary of State ...

India and the US Monday signed three agreements on science and technology, space cooperation and end-user monitoring accord that will pave way for more defence deals between the two countries.
 
The agreements were signed between visiting US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Indian ...

Indian Army chief, General Deepak Kapoor, arrived in the US on Monday on a week-long visit for talks with top military officials including Defence Secretary Robert Gates and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen.
 
On his first visit to the US as the Indian Army chief, ...

The South-East Asian foreign ministers on Sunday agreed to set up a regional human rights commission, even as they noted that some members were against the idea and it would start off lacking the ability to investigate or monitor abuses by members.
 
The new commission would thus initially ...

US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, on Sunday said that India is a key player in helping the US achieve global food security and end hunger.
 
"President Obama and I had a signature issue - food security and ending hunger. India is well placed to help us (achieve it)," Clinton ...

The foreign policy chief of European Union, Javier Solana, will visit Pakistan on Monday for talks with the country's leadership.
 
He will make a two-day stop in the country on his way to attend the Association of South-East Asian Nations' (ASEAN) regional forum meetings on Wednesday and ...

"We are working with India on an end use agreement (for sensitive US technology and equipment"," Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs, Philip J. Crowley told reporters Friday leaving it to "officials in India to indicate that we have reached an agreement" after ...

According to Indian PM, Dr. Manmohan Singh, France has assured India that it is ready for full civil nuclear cooperation with India, including transfer of sensitive technologies.
 
"(French) President Sarkozy was categorical in asserting that France is ready for full civilian nuclear ...

The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) member states’ gathering that was held in Egypt's Red Sea resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh announced on Thursday that the next summit will be held in Iran in 2012.
 
"President Hosny Mubarak, on behalf of my government and my country I want to thank ...

Taiwan has joined the World Trade Organisation (WTO) agreement that opens up government contracts to international competition, an official said on Thursday.
 
"This was not an easy process and various compromises were needed on all sides along the way," a member of the committee ...

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday said that the relevance of the Non-Alignment Movement has "never been greater than today" and called for a greater solidarity among members in tackling global challenges, including the financial crisis, energy security, climate change and ...

India has proposed to Bangladesh joint border patrolling along the international boundary, the Border Security Force (BSF) chief said in Kolkata on Tuesday.
 
"We've given a draft proposal to our counterpart Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) for carrying out coordinated border patrolling ...

The Indian Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh and the President of France, Nicolas Sarkozy on Tuesday reaffirmed their commitment to strengthen the bilateral ties. At a working lunch in the French capital, the two leaders discussed the situation in the sub-continent and regional and global issues ...

The sun broke through the clouds to shine brightly over the famed Parisian boulevard of Champs Elysses on Tuesday as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh became the first foreign leader to be chief guest at France's national day parade.
 
India was the focus as France celebrated 220 years of being ...

UAE, on Friday, sent a plane to Sudan which carried the relief supplies and a medical team to set up a mobile hospital.
The team comprising 14 administrators and technicians was dispatched to South Sudan capital Juba to provide curative, surgical and preventive services to the patients in the ...

The G8 summit in Italy endorsed the calls by US President Barack Obama for a world without nuclear weapons.
"We are all committed to seeking a safer world for all and to creating the conditions for a world without nuclear weapons, in accordance with the goals of the Nuclear ...

Before the G8 summit started, the emerging economies of the world, G5 nations, told the wealthier nations that the poor should be given more priority while the global issues are being resolved. 
At the end of their meeting in Italy, the leaders of the G5 countries - China, India, Mexico, ...

IIT Mumbai has joined hands with Edmonton-based University of Alberta for working together on energy and health research.
Under the three-year agreement finalized at the weekend by IIT-Mumbai by professor Pradipta Banerji, students and faculty members from the two institutions will travel to India ...

Just before the G8 summit to be held in Italy, Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna on Monday launched the website of the outreach partners, an important step which underlines the increasing congruence among the G5 countries which share common positions on key global issues.

"The ...

Oxford University of Britain and McGill University of Canada are joining hands for a research on the human brains. The two universities are the world leaders in neuroscience research.


Spokesperson for McGill University told on Friday that it is partnering with Oxford "to broaden ...

India and Japan on Friday held the third annual strategic dialogue in Tokyo where they have decided to fast-track the negotiations on a all-inclusive economic partnership agreement. 


Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna held talks with his Japanese counterpart Hirofumi Nakasone ...

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced International Student Strategy to improve safety of international students. Council of Australian Governments (COAG) will adopt many measures to improve the well-being of international students.

The initiatives include information on international ...