Foreign Affairs

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...

  New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh who was on a three-day visit to Uzbekistan from November 1 held bilateral consultations with his counterpart Major General Bakhodir Nizamovich Kurbanov in Tashkent. During the meeting, both sides...

New Delhi. In an apparent reference to Pakistan, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh called for isolating all nations that have adopted terrorism as their state policy and affect the world in one way or the...

  Riyadh. In a move aimed at boosting Indo-Saudi relations in Defence cooperation, Saudi Arabia has decided to collaborate with India for procurement and manufacture of defence equipment under the newly-formed Joint Committee on Defence...

New Delhi: Taking strong exception to China objecting to splitting of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh into Union Territories on midnight of October 30, India said its sovereignty was being challenged. Asking China to refrain...

  New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh had a telephonic conversation with his Japanese counterpart Taro Kono on October 29 and congratulated him on behalf of the Indian Government for the enthronement of Emperor Naruhito. Singh...

  New Delhi. With China’s growing focus in southern Indian Ocean region, French President Emmanuel Macron announced a three-pronged security partnership with India in this region. Macron said India and France were sharing the analysis of...

  New Delhi. With the aim of further strengthening economic ties and strategic partnership, two months after the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to France, the two countries have taken concrete steps to firm...

New Delhi. In what can be perceived as a major setback to India’s plan to make a jet engine that could power future indigenous fighter aircraft including the Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft, a fifth-generation...

  New Delhi. Aimed at boosting maritime cooperation, India and Philippines inked key pacts in the field of maritime domain and security with emphasis on rules based international order amid China’s ambitions and need to...