
New Delhi: India is planning to seek technological cooperation of the US to check the flow of fake Indian currency notes the way Washington does to put a stop of circulation of counterfeit USD. Impressed by the American technology, which has a database of each counterfeit US dollar - photograph, from where it originated, its route of travel and people behind its circulation - India is all set to ask...

09:06 PM, Jun 03, 2012

Washington: Besides preparing for the next month's Indo-US Strategic Dialogue in Washington, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will discuss a range of bilateral issues and Afghanistan with Indian leadership when she arrives in New Delhi next week. While the specifics of Hillary's trip to India with stops in Kolkata and New Delhi are still being given a final shape, a senior Obama administration official involved in the planning said...

12:40 PM, May 03, 2012

New Delhi: In a bid to strengthen the commercial ties between the two countries, India and Japan on Monday agreed to boost cooperation in infrastructure projects in DMIC, railways and energy sectors at their first Economic Dialogue. Besides the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor, the two countries also agreed to accelerate cooperation in infrastructure development in the areas along the Chennai-Bengaluru Industrial Corridor. "We discussed the entire gamut of issues in which...

03:58 AM, May 01, 2012

New Delhi: India and Japan will hold the first-ever economic dialouge on Monday, a move which reflects increasing trade ties between the two countries which will also be holding series of to deepen the strategic, economic and political ties. While the first India-Japan Ministerial-level Economic Dialogue will focus on giving boost to trade and economic relations, the 6th annual Strategic Dialogue between the two countries are expected to discuss civil...

02:40 AM, Apr 29, 2012

Islamabad: Admitting that the era of warfare has ended, Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said on Monday that all issues with India, including Kashmir and Siachen, must be resolved through dialogue. He said it is time to settle issues with other countries through negotiations, Geo News reported. Speaking during a Muslim Hands International Conference, Gilani said: "I strongly believe that better sense will prevail on two sides and we...

02:30 AM, Apr 24, 2012

Washington: The US has said that the Siachen issue is to be primarily resolved through dialogue between India and Pakistan, but Washington was willing to help the two neighbours it whatever way it could, State Department has said. "We have made clear to both India and Pakistan that we are prepared to be supportive in any way that might be helpful, but that primarily we see this being settled by...

03:33 PM, Apr 10, 2012

Islamabad: Afghanistan, Pakistan and the United States are set to revive trilateral talks after a nearly seven-month deadlock, Afghan diplomats and Pakistani officials have said. Senior diplomats from the three countries are scheduled to meet in Tajikistan on March 25 ahead of the Regional Economic Cooperation Conference on Afghanistan, an Afghan diplomat and a Pakistani Foreign Ministry official said. The Afghan diplomat and the Pakistani official, requesting anonymity, said US...

12:29 AM, Mar 25, 2012

Islamabad: Talks between India and Pakistan have reduced the trust deficit and the two sides should step up efforts to create a solid foundation for taking the peace process forward, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said on Wednesday. The resolution of differences between the two countries will usher in an era of peace, progress and prosperity for the people of the subcontinent, Gilani said during a meeting with a group...

03:17 AM, Jan 19, 2012

New Delhi: US Deputy Secretary of State William Burns has stressed the need for "levelling the playing field" for foreign and domestic companies in the country's civil nuclear industry. During his visit, Burns held wide-ranging talks with Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai on Monday and also stressed the importance of continuing the implementation of the US-India civil-nuclear deal during his talks. "The Deputy Secretary stressed, in particular, the importance of continuing...

08:38 PM, Dec 13, 2011

New Delhi: Postponement of Sino-India border talks between Special Representatives notwithstanding, India on Tuesday said its high-level defence dialogue with China would take place next month as planned earlier. "I think, we expect whatever is in the pipeline will continue," External Affairs Minister S M Krishna told reporters on the sidelines of Passport Officers' Conference here. He was responding to a question on whether the defence dialogue between India and...

01:31 PM, Nov 29, 2011

New York: With a meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and US President Barack Obama not taking place on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, a meeting is being arranged between External Affairs Minister S M Krishna and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in New York on Monday. "We are planning a meeting between Secretary of State and External Affairs Minister S M Krishna on Monday subject to confirmation,"...

08:50 AM, Sep 24, 2011

New Delhi: Pakistan's newly-appointed young foreign minister, 34-year-old Hina Rabbani Khar arrived in Delhi on Tuesday for talks. After arriving, Khar said that India and Pakistan can move forward as good neighbours. She will meet foreign minister SM Krishna on Wednesday. Earlier on Tuesday, the Foreign Secretaries of both sides met to finalise the agenda for Wednesday's talks between the two foreign ministers. Crucial points of discussion that are likely...

07:50 PM, Jul 26, 2011

Chennai: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday left for Indonesia from Chennai after a three-day visit to India during which she discussed with Indian leadership, including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the growing and expanding relations between the two countries. Clinton, who was in India for the second India-US Strategic Dialogue, discussed with External Affairs Minister SM Krishna matters relating to terrorism, nuclear cooperation, situation in Afghanistan and a...

12:03 PM, Jul 21, 2011

New Delhi: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived on Monday night to attend the second round of Indo-US strategic dialogue on Tuesday when the situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan and cooperation in counter-terrorism in the backdrop of recent Mumbai blasts will be discussed. On a two-day official visit to India, she is accompanied by 25-member delegation including top security officials in the US Administration and will hold talks with...

10:07 PM, Jul 18, 2011

Washington: Ahead of a crucial Indo-US strategic dialogue, the US on Friday said it no longer considers India a non-aligned country, but New Delhi is not an American ally in traditional sense. "I do not consider India a non-aligned country any more. I think that really changed after 9/11 where India really realized that it has a wide range of common interest with the United States," said Robert Blake, the...

10:25 PM, Jul 08, 2011