Monday 10 August '09
Indian diplomats who knew him described Niaz A Naik, former Pakistan foreign secretary and Islamabad’s man for post-Lahore bus back-channel diplomacy with New Delhi...Thursday 6 August '09
The Union Cabinet will meet on Thursday to discuss a proposal, moved by the Home Ministry, to sanction additional financial assistance...Tuesday
4 August '09The Pakistan Supreme Court on Monday adjourned indefinitely the hearing of petitions challenging the release from detention of banned Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed....Sunday
2 August '09India on Saturday handed over a “detailed” dossier of evidence on the 26/11 terror attacks in Mumbai to Pakistan, almost 20 days after Islamabad sought...Thursday
30 July '09Taking a cue from the Beijing Olympics, the government is set to broadcast the 2010 Commonwealth Games using High Definition digital technology....Tuesday
21 July '09High-point of Clinton's visit was the invite extended to Manmohan Singh for the first 'state visit' to Washington during Obama admin on Nov 24.Monday
20 July '09Ahead of political engagements with the Indian leadership tomorrow, US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton today set the tone for the meetings when she described the grouping of al-Qaeda...Thursday
16 July '09An Algerian satellite with US-controlled components is expected to be the first satellite to be launched by India after the Technology Safeguards Agreement....Saturday
11 July '09S Jaishankar, who was one of the key negotiators of the India-US nuclear deal between 2004 and 2007, is tipped to become the next ambassador to China.Friday
10 July '09Entrusted to advise on “renovation and rejuvenation of higher education”, Professor Yashpal has set an agenda for some radical changes...Wednesday
1 July '09In a missive to all ministries, the Cabinet Secretariat has asked them to factor in “equity”, “public accountability” and...Wednesday
1 July '09At least 5 Cong-ruled states — Maharashtra, Andhra, Haryana, Rajasthan and Assam — have expressed reservations against Sibal's reforms.Wednesday
1 July '09Nirupama Rao, India’s first woman spokesperson in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and currently serving as the Ambassador to China....Thursday
25 June '09A High-Level Sri Lankan delegation has assured India that it intends to implement a proposal...Friday
19 June '09More than a month after the Maoists quit its fledgling Government, Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon will visit Nepal...Thursday
18 June '09A day after India and Pakistan agreed to a meeting between the two foreign secretaries before mid-July...Thursday
18 June '09S M Krishna will be making his maiden foreign visit as External Affairs Minister to Bhutan...Monday
15 June '09Look who’s the latest to join the gathering chorus of applause and praise for “Rahul-ji Gandhi.”Tuesday
9 June '09A fortnight into power and the Congress-led UPA Government is set to further India-US relations with two high-level exchanges planned in the next 10 days.Tuesday
9 June '09Australia’s intelligence chief Peter Varghese, born in Kenya in 1956 to ethnic Indian parents who later emigrated Down Under...Monday
8 June '09With Srinagar now on the boil for the last seven days over the deaths of two women in mysterious circumstances.Sunday
7 June '09When Meira Kumar was elected Lok Sabha Speaker this week, South Block achieved the feat — albeit symbolically — of presiding....Thursday
4 June '09Ahead of US Under Secretary for Political Affairs William Burns’s visit next week...Friday
29 May '09US President Barack Obama on Thursday nominated Timothy R Roemer, a veteran Democratic Congressman and a member....Sunday
24 May '09Somanahalli Malliah Krishna, India's 35th External Affairs Minister, wears the trappings of his office lightly.
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