New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) Afghanistan’s Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi held a restrictive press conference in the Afghan Embassy premises in New Delhi on Friday, while no women journalists were allowed, who were informally invited to a press interaction.
New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) Former Indian diplomats on Friday welcomed Afghanistan Foreign Minister Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi's visit to India, highlighting the historic relations between both countries.
Dhaka: Amidst the developments in Bangladesh's political trajectory, the resurgence of Islamists has been the one catching everyone's attention. A country with about 90 per cent Muslim population, this surely is not supposed to be alarming. But Bangladesh is no Middle East or Central Asia — wherein religion profoundly shaped their political systems. Religion, albeit a strong influence, has more cultural and symbolic presence than a political one — whereby Bangladesh's political establishment is influenced by principles of nationalism, socialism, secularism and democracy. Here, cultural and ethnolinguistic identity have historically taken precedence over religious one.
Kathmandu, Oct 10 (IANS) The government of Nepal has approved a land swap agreement between its Consulate General in Kolkata and the Indian Railway Development Corporation Limited to facilitate the construction of the Kolkata Metro's Purple Line project.
New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) Pakistan could never imagine that a group it once raised and used to spread terror in neighbouring countries would one day run a government and realise that diplomacy does not flow out of the barrel of a gun.
New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) India on Friday announced that it would further deepen its engagement in development cooperation projects, particularly in the sectors of healthcare, public infrastructure and capacity-building, in Afghanistan considering the war-torn country's pressing requirement for economic recovery and development.
New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar met his Afghanistan counterpart Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi in New Delhi on Friday as both held discussions on India's support for Afghanistan's development, bilateral trade, territorial integrity and independence, people-to-people ties and capacity-building besides several other issues.
Bridgetown, Oct 10 (IANS) Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla interacted with the Indian community in Barbados on Friday, urging them to become strategic partners in the growth story of India. He lauded the contribution of Indian diaspora members, calling them India's ambassadors who bridge hearts across continents.
New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) While many would have thought and hoped that Bangladesh would limp back to normalcy with the interim government announcing that elections would be held early next year, a close assessment of the situation in the country paints a grim picture.
New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) United States President Donald Trump has emerged as a central figure in brokering a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, marking the first tangible progress toward peace in Gaza after three years of incessant bombing.
