Foreign Affairs

New DeIhi: The first two-day counter-terrorism exercise for “Quad” countries - India, US, Japan and Australia - hosted by National Investigation Agency (NIA) began at the NIA headquarters in New Delhi on November 21. The...

New Delhi: Members of the regional group BIMSTEC are looking at enhancing security cooperation as it is an important element at enhancing partnership among them, a top official of the Ministry of External Affairs...

  New Delhi: The Indo-Pacific Oceans initiative announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Bangkok East Asia Summit (EAS) on November 4 included a key proposal on maritime security pillar that would foster rules-based...

  New Delhi: India and Singapore on November 20 expressed satisfaction at the deepening defence ties between the two countries and reaffirming their commitment to support further initiatives that would promote stability in the region. At...

  New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh called on Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister of Singapore Heng Swee Keat in Singapore on November 19 and expressed satisfaction at the increasing engagement of the Armed...

  Beijing: China has objected to the visit of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to Arunachal Pradesh, saying the Chinese government never acknowledged the "so-called" northeast Indian state, which it claims to be a part of...

New Delhi. American Congressmen were firmly told that Kashmir was always an integral part of India and that terrorists caused "ISIS level of brutality" there. Speaking at an American Congressional hearing on Human Rights in...

  Paris. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar had a “good discussion” with French President Emmanuel Macron on important strategic issues here November 12 at the Paris Peace Forum. "Met with President @EmmanuelMacron at the #ParisPeaceForum. A...

  New Delhi. As part of its exercise to strengthen maritime and regional security with Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA), a high level delegation led by Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan is...

New Delhi: With Pakistan playing a major role in Afghanistan and continuing to support insurgent outfits like the Haqqani group and Taliban, it was now apprehensive of a strategic encirclement by India which has...

Bangkok: In an indirect reference to China, US National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien said “there is no room for imperial powers anymore. Those days are in the past.” Elaborating further, the top US official said...

  New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has been leaving for Russia November 4 for a three-day visit from November 5 to co-chair 19th India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission on Military and Military Technical Cooperation (IRIGC-M&MTC). During his...

  Bangkok: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe on November 4 agreed to further strengthen bilateral cooperation in third countries at a meeting here to review the evolving security scenario in...