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PM Narendra Modi and German Chancellor Angela Merkel in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. (Photo: AP)

Made for each other: Delhi, Berlin get closer

Responding to a question, Mr Modi said India and Germany were “made for each other”.

31 May 2017 2:31 AM

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Prime Minister Narendra Modi talk during a contract signing ceremony as part of a meeting at the chancellery in Berlin. (Photo: AP)

'Made for each other': Everything you need to know about Modi-Merkel meet in Berlin

Modi said a comprehensive review of bilateral relations was undertaken during the talks with Merkel.

30 May 2017 6:57 PM

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi review the guard of honor during a military welcoming ceremony prior to German-Indian government consultations at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany. (Photo: AP)

Modi, Merkel to set plans for bilateral strategic ties in 4th Indo-German IGC

The last IGC was held in New Delhi in October, 2015, when bilateral ties were significantly scaled up.

30 May 2017 3:44 PM

Merkel said that the ease of doing business in India and the fast track mechanism set up in 2015 to assist German businesses work in India received appreciation from the German side. (Photo: AP)

Modi, Merkel discuss Brexit, terrorism ahead of summit meet

In their informal talks on Monday, both leaders also exchanged views on China's 'One Belt, One Road' initiative and climate change.

30 May 2017 10:24 AM

German Chancellor Angela Merkel talks to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on a balcony, during a meeting at the government guest house Meseberg Palace in Meseberg, Berlin. (Photo: AP)

On four-nation tour, Narendra Modi has ‘very good interaction’ with Merkel

The meeting has been described as a very informal affair where the two leaders are believed to have discussed issues of mutual interest.

30 May 2017 8:43 AM

Police also seized electronic devices, drugs and weapons after searching six locations in four different districts of Berlin. (Photo: Representational/ File)

German police arrests 9 drug trafficking suspects, including 4 Islamist militants

Police did not provide further details about the profiles of the suspects or their possible intentions.

24 May 2017 9:25 PM

Deportations will also be sped up under the new law, and authorities will be allowed to detain individuals who are awaiting deportation. (Photo: AFP)

Germany passes new measures to deport migrants asylum

In a law passed, Germany's migration agency will be allowed to evaluate cellphone data of migrants who arrive without proper documents.

19 May 2017 4:37 PM

Martin Schulz, chairman of the German Social Democratic Party (SPD). (Photo: AP)

Germany: SPD chief Martin Schulz acknowledges defeat in national elections

Schulz's SPD won just 31.2 percent of the votes, well below the 39.1 percent it garnered five years ago, final results showed.

15 May 2017 7:36 PM

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (Photo: AP)

Angela Merkel's conservatives win election in center-left rivals' heartland

Media showed Merkel's Christian Democratic Union beating the Social Democrats by 33 percent or more to around 31 percent.

15 May 2017 9:55 AM

France's Macron to meet German chancellor Merkel, in first trip abroad as president

Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble on Thursday underlined common ground with Macron in Germany and France's bid to bolster the EU.

12 May 2017 6:31 PM

The bill was proposed last year by security officials from German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative bloc. (Photo: Representational/AP)

German ban on full-face veils for public servants goes ahead

The law also applies to soldiers and still needs approval from the upper house of parliament.

28 Apr 2017 3:21 PM

The new laws follow several jihadist attacks, including a truck rampage through a Berlin Christmas market that claimed 12 lives (Photo: AP)

German MPs approve partial burqa ban, security measures

The prohibition will apply to public servants -- including election officials, military and judicial staff -- performing their duties.

28 Apr 2017 9:21 AM

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (Photo: AFP)

Merkel says UK won't have same rights as EU members post-Brexit

The leaders of the other 27 EU nations will meet on April 29 to set down the bloc's 'red lines'.

27 Apr 2017 2:27 PM

Appearing on a high-powered panel at a conference to push for more support for women in business, Trump also said she was still trying to define her place in her father's administration. (Photo: AP)

Ivanka Trump draws groans, hisses for defending father on Berlin visit

Ivanka Trump shrugged off the audience’s reaction saying it was a part of politics and that she was used to it.

26 Apr 2017 8:54 AM

For years, Teichtal lobbied the German authorities, raised millions of euros in funds and bought a 3,000 square metre plot of land next to Chabad's synagogue in Wilmersdorf district. (Photo: AP)

Germany: Berlin to see its 1st Jewish campus after Holocaust

More than just a new facility, the centre is a step towards re-establishing a vibrant Jewish community in the former Nazi capital.

09 Apr 2017 3:39 PM

German chancellor Angela Merkel and US President Donald Trump. (Photo: AP)

Merkel, Trump talk over concerns over Afghanistan, Ukraine

Merkel’s spokesperson Steffen Seibert said in a statement on Thursday that the two leaders had talked by phone on Wednesday afternoon.

06 Apr 2017 1:49 PM

Kunkel told the dpa news agency that the rat was killed with gas and removed (Photo: Air Berlin)

German airliner grounded 10 days after rat boards in Florida

Company spokesman Ralf Kunkel said today that crews spotted the rat when the plane was on its way back to Berlin.

04 Apr 2017 8:16 AM

Government spokesman Steffen Seibert said on Monday that such a law was 'a non-issue' at the moment and noted that religious freedom is guaranteed by the German constitution. (Photo: AP)

No need for new legislation to regulate Islamic organisations: German govt

The arrival of thousands of Muslim migrants in Germany in recent years has rekindled debates about the country's relationship with Islam.

03 Apr 2017 4:26 PM

The statement said the group's ban came after several months of investigation and a raid of the mosque and other buildings by 160 police officers in November. (Photo: Representational/AP)

Islamic cultural association mosque banned for extremist comments: German state

Investigations confirmed that several members of the mosque had already left Germany for Syria to join extremist Islamic fighters there.

23 Mar 2017 9:31 PM

Angela Merkel's suggestion of another handshake went unheard or ignored by Donald Trump. (Photo: AP)

Trump did not refuse to shake Merkel's hand: spokesman

German media pointed to the incident as another marker of the meeting's general icy mood between the German chancellor and the US president.

19 Mar 2017 7:12 PM

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