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Speaking on the Visa delay issue, Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Arindam Bagchi on September 01 said that India has taken up the matter with Canada in this regard. “It is an important issue. We have taken up the matter with…

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will pay an official visit to India between September 5 to 8, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Thursday. During her visit, Hasina will meet President Droupadi Murmu and Vice President…

NEW DELHI: Maldivian foreign minister and President of UN General Assembly, Abdulla Shahid, arrived in New Delhi on Sunday on an official visit. "A warm welcome to @UN_PGA and Maldives Foreign Minister @abdulla_shahid on his arrival in…

BEIJING/NEW DELHI: China’s defence ministry on Thursday said it was firmly opposed to any third party “meddling” in the border issue and hoped India would abide by the agreements to not hold military drills near the Line of Actual…

NEW DELHI: India on Thursday finally condemned the attack on author Salman Rushdie with the foreign ministry describing it as horrific and also wishing him speedy recovery. This was effectively India’s first official reaction to…

NEW DELHI: India’s Agnipath armed forces recruitment scheme seems to have run into serious turbulence in Nepal with its government yet to approve enlisting of the country’s youth under the same. In line with the 1947 tripartite…

External affairs ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi (ANI file photo)NEW DELHI: India on Thursday urged its nationals planning to visit Sri Lanka to exercise caution and especially called on them to consider factors like currency…

NEW DELHI: India on Thursday called upon Pakistan to end its "discriminatory" approach towards its minorities and ensure their safety in view of a recent case of alleged kidnapping and forced conversion to Islam of a Sikh girl from …

India on Thursday condemned the "horrific attack" on author Salman Rushdie and wished a speedy recovery. This is the country’s first reaction to the stabbing of the 75-year-old author. "India has always stood against violence and…

NEW DELHI: In its first reaction to the stabbing of author Salman Rushdie, India on Thursday condemned the "horrific attack" and wished him a speedy recovery. Rushdie was stabbed in the neck and torso at the Chautauqua Institution in New…