Shrugging aside recent diplomatic wrangles, India and China are all set to ink a new boundary mechanism to prevent flare-ups along the 4,057-km-long unresolved Line of Actual Control (LAC) that separates the world’s two largest armies.

As foreign minister S.M.

On a day marked by uneasy calm in the ongoing standoff between the Pak government and the military, New Delhi has been watching the events unfold there with some amount of anxiety as well as concern.

On a day marked by uneasy calm in the ongoing standoff between the Pak government and the military, New Delhi has been watching the events unfold there with some amount of anxiety as well as concern.

As external affairs minister S.M.

A day after India’s consulate in Shanghai issued an advisory asking Indian businesspersons to “stay away from Yiwu” in China, as they could “face detention and mistreatment in case of trade disputes”,

External affairs minister S.M.

India has made it clear that there is no question of moving heavy guns and artillery further away from the Line of Control, as proposed by Islamabad as one of the conventional confidence-building measures between the two neighbours.

The “quota within quota” for minorities in employment and educational institutions announced by the government on Thursday has evoked howls of protest from many Muslim leaders. Not only are they dissatisfied with the 4.5 per cent reservation but are also unhappy that the Muslim community has been clubbed with other minorities, thus making its share in the quota pie smaller.

Walking the tightrope between its burgeoning ties with Tel Aviv and its support for the Palestinian cause, foreign minister S.M.