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Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said that it takes very little to worsen a situation and he was a promoter of peace. (Photo: AFP)

Pak's Qureshi skips Jaishankar's SAARC address, points to Kashmir

Jaishankar had, however, refused to comment on the absence of his Pakistani counterpart during his opening statement.

27 Sept 2019 8:36 AM IST

External affairs minister S. Jaishankar during a press conference on completion of first 100 days of MEA in the present government in New Delhi on Tuesday. (Photo: PTI)

'Kashmir was in a mess before August 5': S Jaishankar on Article 370...

MEA explained how Jammu and Kashmir acceded to India after the country gained freedom in 1947 and the drafting of...

26 Sept 2019 8:57 AM IST

The irony in its behaviour, and its impact on Saarc, lies in the fact that it was India that stalled the framing of the Saarc Regional Convention on Suppression of Terrorism (RCST).

Let's have free movement within Saarc

The citizens of Poland and Portugal can move to London or Copenhagen freely and set up home and family there.

15 Sept 2019 12:05 AM IST

The meet on February 1-2 to attend the Programming Committee will be the first meeting of the SAARC member states since the postponement of the 19th SAARC that was supposed to take place in Islamabad November last year, a Foreign Ministry official said. (Representational Image)

India proposes information exchange over Covid19 amongst SAARC...

India proporsed that a network of experts representing Health Services may set up on whatsapp to enable exchange of...

28 March 2020 8:49 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (PTI photo)

PM Modi invites SAARC leaders for a discussion on coronavirus strategy

Together, we can set an example to the world, and contribute to a healthier planet, said Modi

13 March 2020 2:20 PM IST

This is the second time that PM Modi will be chairing the BRICS Summit, the first being the Goa Summit in 2016. (PTI)

Padma Rao Sundarji | New currency for Brics: How feasible will it be?

Brics, whose joint share in worldwide GDP overtook even that of the G-7 in 2020, isn't the first entity to come up with...

12 April 2023 12:00 AM IST

Indias ranking was far behind from other neighbouring countries such as Pakistan, Nepal and China. (Photo: AFP)

India ranks 133 in global list of happiest nation, Pak fares better:...

The World Happiness Index 2018 has placed India in the 133rd position, a drop of 11 places from last year's 122nd rank.

15 March 2018 3:40 PM IST

CISF set to offer expert advice to SAARC countries

A team of Qatar government officials are all set to visit India so that the deal can materialise.

23 Jun 2018 5:38 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he was happy to see CEOs of many important companies are looking at India with confidence. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

India to strengthen ties during Bimstec summit

So far as the Mal-dives is concerned, there have been tensions in Indo-Maldivian bilateral ties in recent months.

12 Aug 2018 2:41 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives to participate in the 4th BIMSTEC summit in Kathmandu. (Photo: PTI )

Indian diplomacy's key focus is regional blocs

India is a strategic partner, not a member, of Asean, and this strategic partnership has developed fairly well.

4 Sept 2018 12:27 AM IST

Before Swaraj left, she made Indias stance clear at the SAARC meeting that India wont engage in regional cooperation when terrorism is the single-largest threat to peace and stability in South-Asia. (Photo: Twitter | @MEAIndia)

India-Pakistan foreign ministers avoid each other at SAARC meet

Sushma Swaraj left SAARC inter-ministerial meet midway, prompting criticism from Pak Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood...

28 Sept 2018 9:04 AM IST

Saarc needs to find ways to resolve rifts within

Saarc needs to find ways to resolve rifts within

The debate should stop short of being highly contentiousâ€, but the offended state will have voiced its grievance for...

16 Sept 2018 12:00 AM IST