Egypt looking to build investment ties with India: Envoy

CNN-IBN's Suhasini Haider spoke to Egyptian Ambassador on President Mohamed Morsi's visit to India and ties between the two countries. During the interview, Khaled El Bakly said while trade routes have opened between Egypt and Europe, India remains a big power that has been an unexplored country for the Egyptians. ...
06:04 PM, Mar 20, 2013

Egypt's President Mursi to hold talks with Manmohan on trade ties Egypt's President Mohammad Mursi will hold bilateral talks with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday, seeking to deepen relations with India and to make it a partner in his country's development. Mursi, who came to power after Egypt's first democratic elections in 2012, is likely to focus on betterment of trade ties besides boosting bilateral relations. ...  
06:56 AM, Mar 19, 2013

China's nuclear powered aircraft carrier programme rings alarm bells China's plans of building a nuclear powered aircraft carrier with reactors in existing submarines in the Indian Ocean has raised alarm bells. Is China flexing its muscles in India's strategic space and what should India's response be? ...  
10:51 AM, Mar 18, 2013

US lawmakers call for more economic reforms in India Describing the current economic atmosphere in India as "deeply troubling", top American lawmakers and experts on Wednesday said the country needs to take urgent steps towards the next phase of reforms to boost economic growth. ...  
01:48 AM, Mar 14, 2013

Send marines or face consequences: PM warns Italy Taking a tough stand, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday accused Italy of violating "every rule of diplomatic discourse" and asked it to send back the two marines undergoing trial for killing Indian fishermen, failing which there will be consequences on bilateral ties. ...  
01:22 PM, Mar 13, 2013

'Indo-US ties one of the defining 21st century partnerships' Describing the Indo-US relations as one of the defining partnerships of the 21st century, a top Obama administration official has said America "fervently" supports India's rise. ...  
02:45 PM, Mar 12, 2013

Indo-US ties one of the defining 21st century partnerships, says US Describing Indo-US relations as one of the defining partnerships of the 21st century, the US on Monday said that it "fervently" supports India's rise. "The President considers US relations with India, the world's largest democracy, to be 'one of the defining partnerships of the twenty-first century'", National Security Adviser to the US President Tom Donilon said in his address to the Asia Society in New York. ...  
03:00 AM, Mar 12, 2013

India-Mauritius discuss regional, global issues India and Mauritius on Monday reviewed their co-operation to strengthen the partnership between the two countries and discussed regional and global issues of common interest. "My consultations with President (Rajkeswur) Purryag have been frank and cordial. We reviewed the co-operation between our Governments and discussed regional and global issues of common interest," President Pranab Mukherjee wrote in the visitors' Book after meeting the President of Mauritius. ...  
02:16 AM, Mar 12, 2013

Success in Indo-Pak talks not a one day affair: Khurshid Terming as "unofficial" Pakistan Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf's visit to India, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid on Sunday said success in bilateral issues involving the two neighbours is a time taking affair. ...  
02:23 PM, Mar 10, 2013

Normal ties with Pakistan after terror machine shut, says Prime Minister
by IANS
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday said there cannot be normalisation of ties with Pakistan unless the "terror machine still active" in that country is brought under control. ...  
05:43 AM, Mar 09, 2013

India should engage with new China confidently: PM
by IANS
Noting that China was in the process of a leadership change, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday said India should engage with the "new China" confidently and constructively in the spirit of national consensus. ...  
12:26 AM, Mar 07, 2013

'US looking for strategic partnerships with India' The US is looking for a long-term strategic partnerships with India as it has a tremendous capability to be a security guarantor in South Asia, but America's ties with Pakistan poses challenge to the bilateral relations, a top American military leader said on Tuesday. ...  
12:26 AM, Mar 06, 2013

Open communication will help to make relationship effective: US Acknowledging India's increasing role on global stage, the US leaders said the two countries have vast opportunities and open lines of communication will help us to make our relationship effective. Co-Chairs of the powerful Congressional Caucus on India and Indian-Americans along with the dozen US lawmakers on Wednesday met in a special briefing to discuss relationship with India. ...  
06:13 AM, Feb 28, 2013

Unresolved Indo-Pak issues hampering J&K growth: Omar Unresolved issues between India and Pakistan have hampered the growth and economic development of Jammu and Kashmir, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said on Tuesday. ...  
02:06 AM, Feb 27, 2013

Kerry meets Mathai, reaffirms importance of US-India ties Newly appointed US Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday met visiting Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai and stressed that there would be no change in India-US relationship, which he is looking forward to take a step forward during his stint at the Foggy Bottom. ...  
10:47 AM, Feb 22, 2013

Delhi: Man ditches live-in partner, charged with rape A youth, in a live-in relationship with his childhood friend for over five years on the promise of marriage, has been charged with raping her. In its charge sheet filed before Metropolitan Magistrate Jyoti Kler, police has said that Rohan, working with a multi-national company in New Delhi, was raping his friend since 2007, while they were living together in a flat. ...  
09:14 AM, Feb 10, 2013

India rejects OIC suggestion to allow mission to J&K Strongly rejecting Organisation of Islamic Cooperation's suggestion of allowing an OIC fact- finding mission to Jammu and Kashmir to assess rights situation there, India today said the grouping has no "locus standi" on such matters and termed suggestions to this effect by Pakistan Foreign Minister as "propagandist". ...  
02:33 PM, Feb 08, 2013

India confident of strengthening strategic partnership with US India on Thursday said it was confident that under the leadership of Secretary of State John Kerry Indo-US relationship will continue to strengthen not only for development of the two countries but also as "a pillar of stability amidst many global and regional challenges confronting" them. ...  
03:22 AM, Feb 01, 2013

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Ironically, it was the words of the Indian Army Chief that made many journalists covering the tensions at LoC take the first pause in the ...
07:52 PM, Jan 27, 2013