Three Indian naval ships are currently on a three-day visit to Sri Lanka as part of their spring overseas deployment, imparting sea training to Lankan naval and coast guard trainees.
India's current growth rate of 7.5 per cent is not enough as per its own requirement standard and the country has the "potential" to do "better", Union finance minister Arun Jaitley has said.
A Delhi court on Tuesday sent JNU students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya, arrested in a sedition case over a controversial event in the varsity's campus, to 14 days judicial custody.
Canada has met a self-imposed deadline to accept 25,000 Syrian refugees fleeing their country's civil war, officials said, fulfilling a campaign promise by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to Saudi Arabia as part of his three-nation trip from March 30 during which he will also visit Washington to attend Nuclear Security Summit, where his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif is also scheduled to be present.
Pakistan's military provides weapons and training to IS militants in Afghanistan and instructs them to kill the "infidel" Afghan forces, according to the terror group's fighters who laid down their arms.
Travel bookings from India to destinations in Europe, Russia, Canada and New Zealand have seen an uptick by 25-30 per cent this season, according to travel companies, as weakening currencies in these regions promise to give holiday-makers more for their money.
Describing its nuclear arsenal as a "factor of stability in South Asia", Pakistan said on Wednesday that it will maintain a full-spectrum deterrence and take steps to effectively respond to the threats to its national security.
Two patients and a caretaker were killed during an overnight raid by Afghan forces on a health clinic in the central province of Wardak, the Swedish Committee for Afghanistan, the aid group which runs the facility, said on Thursday.
Hittig out at the Narendra Modi government over the JNU controversy, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Friday the NDA government has formed a new definition of Indian Penal Code (IPC), under which any opposition to BJP and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangha (RSS) is the biggest crime now.
Promising to end Nepal's internal problems soon, Prime Minister KP Oli on Tuesday said the proposed political committee to address the demands of the Madhesis will be formed before his fence-mending India visit this week.
With issues like President's Rule in Arunachal Pradesh, Pathankot terror terror attack and JNU row set to generate heat in Parliament, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reached out to the opposition by convening a meeting of leaders of major political parties on Tuesday.
A Pakistani university attacked last month by the Taliban reopened on Monday guarded by hundreds of police, highlighting a pervasive atmosphere of fear after the Islamist group vowed more strikes on schools.
Vadodara will be home to the country's first railway university, minister of state for railways Manoj Sinha has said.
BJP national executive member L Ganesan on Thursday appealed to all parties to refrain from attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his foreign tours saying "this will indirectly encourage the anti-national elements."
Beverages major Coca-Cola on Monday announced its foray into value-added dairy drinks segment in the Indian market with Vio brand, which will make its debut across the country next month.
US President Barack Obama on Sunday promised to "look at" export controls to make sure Indian firms have the same access to American technologies as "closest allies" and expressed the hope that the new year will see deals for the US companies to build new reactors in India.
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