Mr. President,The United Nations is completing 70 years this year. Therefore, this General Assembly is historic. I congratulate you on behalf of the Prime Minister and people of India as well as on my own

United Nations: After India asked it to "give up terrorism" and sit for talks, Pakistan has asserted that "core" issue of Jammu and Kashmir will always be on top of the agenda of any bilateral

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi called up External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj to congratulate her on her "excellent speech" at the UN General Assembly, and for "rightly" emphasizing on the need to end all

United Nations: Calling for a comprehensive and equitable climate change agreement at Paris summit later this year, India today said developing countries can do more if they are enabled in their efforts with the provision

United Nations: Pushing for UN Security Council reforms, India today said that the world body appears to have become an "ineffective institution" as it has failed to address the new challenges to international peace and

United Nations: Rubbishing Pakistan's 4-point formula for peace, India today asserted that it is ready to discuss all issues if the neighbouring country addresses "just one" point of ending terrorism emanating from there as she

New York : External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj met with her counterparts from neighbours Sri Lanka and Nepal.Sushma held bilateral talks with her Sri Lankan counterpart Mangala Samaraweera and with Nepal's Mahendra Pandey on the

New York: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj met British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond on Tuesday to discuss Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Britain in November.Mr Hammond told Ms Swaraj that everyone in the United

New Delhi: The number of Indians who lost their lives in stampede in Saudi Arabia's Mina during haj has risen to 35, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj confirmed today.Sushma also assured that the Indian Embassy

New Delhi: Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's meeting with US President Barack Obama next week, the two countries have decided to further deepen their security and economic cooperation and increase bilateral trade five-fold to

Washington: In a development that is likely to raise eyebrows in China, the US, India and Japan have decided to elevate their trilateral partnership to the ministerial level, first meeting of which is scheduled to

Washington: Even as recognising the threat posed by South Asian terror groups including Pakistan based Lashkar-e-Taiba and D company, India and the US decided to step up their counter-terrorism efforts, they reached five other key

Washington: Rejecting reports that the Indo-US dialogue was aimed at countering China, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Secretary of State John Kerry today said the Communist giant did not even figure in bilateral discussions."China

Washington:  India and the US today kicked off the first strategic and commercial dialogue with a focus on boosting trade ties and enhancing regional security ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's meeting with President Barack

New Delhi:  All the 39 Indians held hostage in Iraq by Islamic State militants for more than a year are "alive", external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj told the families of the victims on Friday.Swaraj, who

New Delhi: India has expressed concern over the ongoing strife in several parts of Nepal, where a proposal to revert as a Hindu state was overwhelmingly rejected by the Constituent Assembly, triggering violent protests amid

Colombo:  Sri Lanka today said it will release 16 Indian fishermen, arrested recently for allegedly poaching in its waters, in a "goodwill gesture" ahead of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's visit to India, his first foreign

Berlin: Keen to be part of ‘Clean Ganga' initiative, Germany has offered to rejuvenate a segment of the river in Uttarakhand by using technology it had employed to clean the Rhine, considered one of the

Berlin:  External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj arrived here today on a two-day visit during which she will hold talks with the German leadership to strengthen bilateral ties with a particular focus on enhancing economic engagement.During

Arun Jaitley to inaugurate 2-Day Tax Conference todayNew Delhi: Top indirect tax officials will meet here for two days from Monday to discuss issues related to taxpayers services, ease of doing business, GST and Centre's