It’s modi versus mea on indians freed in china
A tussle played out on Wednesday between Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi and the Centre on who helped in the release of 13 Indian diamond merchants serving time in a Chinese prison in Shenzhen city for alleged diamond smuggling and money-laundering.
Oz party votes to lift uranium ban
The burgeoning strategic ties between India and Australia received a further boost with the ruling Labour Party voting to reverse a ban on uranium exports to India during its annual conference in Sydn
Buddhist body in India is China foil
In a declaration that’s unlikely to go down well with China as it strives hard to emerge as a “soft power” in the Buddhist world, the international Buddhist congregation which concluded here Wednesday
China snubbed over Dalai event
It was outrage caused by Beijing’s demands that New Delhi force the cancellation of a four-day Buddhist religious congregation beginning here Sunday, where the Dalai Lama is scheduled to speak, that prompted India to call off talks with China on the setting up of a joint boundary mechanism.
India will chair Indian Ocean panel
As India assumes the chair of the Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation (IOR-ARC) for the first time in Bengaluru in a few days from now, it will be hoping to infuse some life into a g
Saarc: PM may suggest economic integration
As Prime Minister Manmohan Singh heads for the Maldives next week to participate in the 17th Saarc summit, it is expected that he will be suggesting some mechanisms to promote a greater level of regio
Chinese envoy tells a journo to ‘shut up’
It was a “diplomatic incident”, but of a different kind.
India, Nepal sign 3 key pacts
India and Nepal sought to forge what had earlier been described by Nepalese Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai as a “development partnership”, with the two sides signing three pacts, all of which are ex
India, Vietnam to hone strategic ties
When New Delhi rolls out the red carpet for visiting Vietnamese President Truong Tang Sang during his three-day sojourn in the country beginning Tuesday, it’s not without reason.
Vietnam President on India visit next week
It’s a relationship that appears to be going from strength to strength, perhaps to Beijing’s discomfort.