Sri Lanka has indicated to India that if it panders to Tamil nationalists demands for a Tamil Eelam in the island nation, it could have a domino effect and encourage separatist sentiments in India too.

Concerned about the extremely “active role” being played by the Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora in fuelling anti-Lanka sentiments in Tamil Nadu (TN), intelligence agencies are now said to be looking at the

The UN General Assembly on Tuesday adopted a landmark treaty to regulate the $80-billion-a-year conventional arms trade worldwide, but India, concerned over a possible negative impact on its defence c

Deeply concerned about the impact the proposed Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), which aims to regulate the global arms trade, will have on its defence contracts and agreements, India has said that it does not endorse the treaty’s final draft. It has also said that it will undertake a thorough assessment of the draft resolution from the defence, security and foreign policy points of view before it takes a final position on ATT.

In what appeared to be a climbdown for Italy and a diplomatic victory of sorts for India, Rome flew back its two marines to New Delhi on Friday, less than a fortnight after the Italian government had

In a move that will not go down well with Sri Lanka, India voted in favour of an American-sponsored resolution censuring it at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Thursday.

In a move that will not go down well with Sri Lanka, India voted in favour of an American-sponsored resolution censuring it at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Thursday.

Having decided to allow its two marines to scoot from a trial under the Indian justice system, Italy has now issued a travel advisory for its citizens asking them to be prudent, cautious and vigilant while travelling in India, and particularly in Kerala.

Angered and betrayed by Rome’s decision to not allow its two marines facing murder charges here to return to India, the external affairs ministry summoned Italian ambassador Daniele Mancini to South Block on Tuesday evening to warn him his government was “obliged to ensure their return to India within the stipulated period” as per the conditions laid down by the Supreme Court.

Former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed was arrested in Malé on Tuesday, a development seen as a serious setback to India’s efforts to ensure the political imbroglio in the archipelago settles down