Reviving long-lost practice, India to send two parliamentary delegations to UNGA

IANS | October 6, 2025 8:49 PM

New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) Two groups of Indian parliamentarians will head to New York in the coming days as part of the country's Non-Official Delegation to the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). This follows the decision taken by the government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to revive the longstanding tradition of sending parliamentary delegations to the UNGA, allowing Members of Parliament (MPs) to contribute to international discourse.

PM Keir Starmer’s Mumbai visit this week to further bolster India-UK ties

IANS | October 6, 2025 3:43 PM

New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer will meet in Mumbai this week to hold discussions on further strengthening bilateral trade and investment, technology and innovation, defence and security, climate and energy, health, education and people-to-people relations, apart from issues of regional global importance.

After Canada crackdown, Intelligence flags UK as operational base for Khalistan modules

Vicky Nanjappa | October 6, 2025 3:39 PM

New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) With India and Canada resetting ties, the Khalistan elements have much to worry about. Canada has been acting on the Intelligence that India has been providing, and more importantly, the country is acknowledging that the problem posed by these elements is real.

'India wants to see free, fair, inclusive and participatory election in Bangladesh'

IANS | October 6, 2025 2:49 PM

Dhaka, Oct 6 (IANS) Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri on Monday said New Delhi wants to see a free, fair, inclusive and participatory election in Bangladesh at the earliest possible time.

Indian agencies track Bangladesh Army’s increasing alignment with ISI-backed elements

Vicky Nanjappa | October 6, 2025 12:09 PM

New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) The Bangladesh Army was the last ray of hope for the people of the country, but today that institution has come completely under the grip of the Jamaat-e-Islami. Just two months back, the army had appealed for peace and even foiled an attempt by Muhammad Yunus to trigger skirmishes with India.

'Europe weakened its position in future negotiations on Iran's n-programme'

IANS | October 5, 2025 8:39 PM

Tehran, Oct 5 (IANS) Iranian Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi said on Sunday that Europe has weakened its position in future talks on Iran's nuclear programmes. He said that the three European nations have weakened their role and will play a much smaller part in any future talks, local media reported.

Defence, business to top agenda of Rajnath Singh's Australia visit from Oct 9

IANS | October 5, 2025 7:31 PM

New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will meet his Australian counterpart and interact with the business community in that country during a two-day official visit to Down Under on October 9 to 10, an official said on Sunday.

Indian Army conducts humanitarian assistance, disaster relief ops in flood-hit Bhutan

IANS | October 5, 2025 6:15 PM

New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) Amid the unprecedented floods triggered by a low-pressure system over the Bay of Bengal, incessant rainfall led to the swelling of the Torsa river, inundating vast areas across West Bengal and Bhutan.

UK Prime Minister Starmer to visit India next week, hold talks with PM Modi in Mumbai

IANS | October 4, 2025 7:47 PM

New Delhi, Oct 4 (IANS) Keir Starmer, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, will undertake a two-day visit to India starting October 8 at the invitation of PM Narendra Modi, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced on Saturday.

Lankan civil servants conclude special training in India

IANS | October 4, 2025 4:33 PM

Colombo, Oct 4 (IANS) As many as 40 senior Sri Lankan civil servants underwent a special capacity-building programme at the National Centre for Good Governance of India (NCGG) from September 22 to October 3 on the theme 'Clean Cities, Better Future: Transforming Urban Sri Lanka with Regional Practices', the High Commission of India in Sri Lanka revealed on Saturday.

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Reviving long-lost practice, India to send two parliamentary delegations to UNGA

PM Keir Starmer’s Mumbai visit this week to further bolster India-UK ties

After Canada crackdown, Intelligence flags UK as operational base for Khalistan modules

'India wants to see free, fair, inclusive and participatory election in Bangladesh'

Indian agencies track Bangladesh Army’s increasing alignment with ISI-backed elements

'Europe weakened its position in future negotiations on Iran's n-programme'

Defence, business to top agenda of Rajnath Singh's Australia visit from Oct 9

Indian Army conducts humanitarian assistance, disaster relief ops in flood-hit Bhutan

UK Prime Minister Starmer to visit India next week, hold talks with PM Modi in Mumbai

Lankan civil servants conclude special training in India

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