New Delhi India has requested Pakistan to let Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s aircraft fly over its airspace to Bishkek in Kyrgyzstan where he has to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit on June 13 and 14, said a senior government official. Pakistan had fully closed its airspace on FebruaryRead More

Male India will contribute to the conservation of Maldives’ Friday Mosque, a unique place of worship made of coral stones, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced. Modi made the announcement while addressing the Muslim-majority country’s Parliament, The People’s Majlis, on Saturday and noted that the relations between India and theRead More

Male The Maldives government has announced that it will confer its highest honour accorded to foreign dignitaries — Order of the Distinguished Rule of Nishan Izzuddeen — on Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his first bilateral visit on Saturday after being re-elected for a second term. Maldivian Foreign Minister AbdullaRead More

Thimpu External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met Bhutanese King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and said the special bilateral friendship has always benefited from the ‘enlightened guidance’ of the head of state of the Himalayan nation. Jaishankar, who assumed charge on May 30, arrived for a day-long visit to Bhutan onRead More

Islamabad Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan in a letter to his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi on Friday said Islamabad wants talks with New Delhi to resolve all differences, including on the Kashmir issue, according to a media report, a day after India said there would be no bilateral meeting betweenRead More

New Delhi Jharkhand capital Ranchi will be the venue for the main event for International Yoga Day on June 21 and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attended it, AYUSH Ministry officials said on Saturday. The event will be held at the Prabhat Tara ground and around 30,000 people are expectedRead More

New Delhi The border guarding forces of India and Bangladesh will discuss several issues, including those related to cross-border crimes, as their director generals meet in Dhaka next week for the first bi-annual talks after the Modi government was re-elected, officials said Saturday. This will be the 48th DG-level conferenceRead More

Washington Some of the former top US diplomats and foreign policy experts have hailed the appointment of S Jaishankar as the new External Affairs Minister and have exuded confidence that US-India strategic ties will be further enhanced under his watch. Jaishankar, 64, known for his skillful diplomacy, tough negotiating tacticsRead More

New Delhi For the first time in the history of Indian Railways, massage services will be made available for passengers on board running trains. The facility will be made available on 39 trains departing from Indore, a railway official said on Saturday. This was a proposal from the Ratlam divisionRead More

New Delhi Seventeen councillors of the Darjeeling municipality joined the BJP on Saturday, giving the saffron party a majority in the local body, party leader Mukul Roy told reporters. Addressing a press conference when the councillors were formally inducted in the party, Roy accused West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata BanerjeeRead More