India’s tough talk on Thursday on the killing of its soldiers prompted Pakistan to strike a conciliatory note after its initial belligerence, but an early resumption of the bilateral composite dialogue is no longer on the cards.

India has hinted at a clear Pakistani imprint in the murderous terror attack targetting the Indian consulate in Jalalabad on Saturday morning.

Even as India and Pakistan try and smoke the peace pipe, Islamabad has served a démarche to India protesting against the arrest of their fisherman in the Sir Creek area on July 23.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh may have assured visiting Bangladesh foreign minister Dipu Moni on Friday that his government intends to introduce the Land Boundary Agreement in Parliament, but there was little coming by way of any substantial assurance from the BJP on the proposed pact except that discussions would be held within the party on this.

Amid the BJP’s continuing opposition to the implementation of the Land Boundary Agreement between India and Bangladesh, the latter’s foreign minister Dipu Moni is hoping that political parties here see the larger picture and act based on it.

In damage-control mode after upsetting Bhutan by withdrawing its cooking gas and kerosene subsidy, India has quickly reached out to the leader of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), which won the country’s just concluded elections, assuring him of India’s “steadfast and unflinching support”.

As India looks towards Burma to fulfil its quest for energy security, its growing interest in investing in the energy sector there is expected to figure prominently during the foreign office consultat

A concerned India has clearly told Sri Lanka once again that it needs to implement the 13th amendment which devolves powers to the provincial councils and not dilute it.

The stalled India-Pakistan peace process is headed back on track with the two countries agreeing on Tuesday to fast-track the composite dialogue process.

India has rejected US whistleblower Edward Snowden’s request for political asylum after carefully examining it and determining it saw no reason to accede to it.