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India slams Pakistan at UN for repeatedly raising Kashmir issue

Srinivas Prasad, Indian envoy to UN said, 'India considered it a diversion from the agenda and as a distraction not...

10 Oct 2017 5:25 AM GMT

The move comes days after the Public Broadcasting Service aired a documentary on H-1B visa programme that allows skilled workers from countries like India to fill high-tech jobs in the US. (Photo: DC/File)

After being suspended, US resumes premium processing of all H-1B visa...

In September, the country opened up some categories of the H-1B visas for the fast processing.

4 Oct 2017 7:35 AM GMT

The picture used by Pakistans Ambassador to the UN was reported by a number of media outlets as that of Rawia Abu Jomaa, a 17-year-old girl injured in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza city in 2014. (Photo: Twitter)

Pak dodges question on photo goof-up at UN, blames India for using...

Pakistan's Foreign Office spokesman Nafess Zakaria also accused India of playing the role of a spoiler in Afghanistan.

29 Sep 2017 5:06 AM GMT

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj addresses the United Nations General Assembly. (Photo: AP)

An obsession or a reality?

As a rising power, India should not focus only on Pakistan at the UN and elsewhere.

28 Sep 2017 12:46 AM GMT

North Korea leader Kim Jong-Un said US President Donald Trump is unfit to hold the prerogative of supreme command of a country. (Photo: AFP)

Any claim of declaring war on North Korea absurd: White House defends...

North Korea's top diplomat said Monday that US President Donald Trump's weekend tweet was a 'declaration of war'.

26 Sep 2017 5:33 AM GMT

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj in UNGA said, India and Pakistan became free within hours of each other. Why is it that today India is a recognised IT superpower in the world, and Pakistan is recognised only as the pre-eminent export factory for terror? (Photo: AP)

Chinese media calls India 'bigoted', brands Sushma's speech 'arrogant'

Editorial said, 'There is indeed terrorism in Pakistan. But is supporting terror the country's national policy?'

26 Sep 2017 3:58 AM GMT

US President Donald Trump addresses the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly, at U.N. headquarters. (Photo: AP)

Recalibrate Pak policy, reach out to the world

The people of India, however, will have to decide in a little over a year if Trump or Roosevelt should be the preferred...

25 Sep 2017 12:01 AM GMT

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj addresses the United Nations General Assembly. (Photo: AP)

India set up IIT, Pakistan created LeT, says Sushma Swaraj in UN...

PM Modi, Rajnath Singh hail Sushma's speech at UN.

23 Sep 2017 7:53 PM GMT

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj delivers her speech during the 72nd United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)

We are fighting poverty, but Pak fighting against us: Sushma in UN...

The foreign minister spelled out concerns like terrorism, climate change, maritime security, nuclear proliferation and...

23 Sep 2017 3:10 PM GMT

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, who met on the sidelines of UN General Assembly session, also discussed the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy. (Photo: PTI)

Sushma discusses H-1B visa, terrorism with US Secretary of State

Swaraj and Tillerson also discussed strengthening of the US-India political and economic partnership, officials said.

23 Sep 2017 7:58 AM GMT

This combination of photos show North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (left) on April 15, 2017, in Pyongyang, North Korea and US President Donald Trump in Washington on April 29. (Photo: AP)

'Madman' Kim Jong-Un will be tested like never before: Trump

Earlier on Friday Kim blasted Trump as a 'mentally deranged US dotard' who will 'pay dearly' for threatening to destroy...

22 Sep 2017 12:55 PM GMT

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina addresses the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday at the UN headquarters. (Photo: AP)

Must be able to return to homeland in safety, dignity: Hasina on...

Hasina laid out a 5-point plan that called for protection of Rohingyas in safe zones that can be made inside Myanmar...

22 Sep 2017 8:32 AM GMT