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India concerned about Afghan security situation: Rajnath Singh

India is concerned about the security situation in Afghanistan and will continue to support the local government's efforts for peace, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Friday

Maldives' foreign minister hails late Indian president Pranab Mukherjee

Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdulla Shahid on Thursday penned a message in the Condolence Book opened by the High Commission of India in Maldives, dedicated to the late former president of India, Pranab Mukherjee, following his demise

IHC gives India, Jadhav second chance to clarify stance on pursuing case

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) granted on Thursday another opportunity to New Delhi and Kulbhushan Jadhav to clarify their stance on pursuing the case before the federal capital’s high court

Speaker Nasheed attributes prosperity, independence to India-Maldives relations

Parliament Speaker and former president of Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed has praised Maldives-India relations, describing it as an age-old friendship

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Despite closed border due to Covid, people to people exchanges continue at India-Bhutan checkpoint

Mobile phones glued to their ears and eyes fixed on the other side of the gate, several people wait near the Phuentsholing main gate every day

Tonsuring of a Nepali in Varanasi condemned

Nepali Congress Vice-president Bimalendra Nidhi has condemned the tonsuring of a Nepali national in the Indian city of Varanasi by a group of people to protest Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s remarks that Ayodhya, the birthplace of Lord Ram lies in Thori, Nepal’s Parsa district

Fake Sri Lankan cricket league's Indian kingpin gets interim bail

A day after a trial court in Punjab sent the prime suspect in the fake Sri Lankan cricket league to judicial custody along with two others for recently hosting a fake Sri Lankan T20 league near Chandigarh, it on Friday granted six-week interim bail to Ravinder Dandiwal, who is also allegedly involved in international tennis match-fixing

Pakistan wishes to peacefully resolve Kashmir issue: Qureshi

Pakistan wishes to resolve all outstanding issues with India, including the core issue of Jammu and Kashmir dispute, through peaceful means, Foreign Affairs Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi stated in a reply in the National Assembly on Friday

Nepalese ambassador talks with Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister over poster against Nepial PM Oli

Nepal's Ambassador to India Nilambar Acharya on Friday talked to Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath about a poster at a temple in Varanasi criticising Prime Minister K. P. Sharma Oli’s recent comment on Ayodhya

Pakistan offers India consular access to Jadhav for a third time

Pakistani authorities offered on Friday to grant consular access to Kulbhushan Jadhav for a third time, a day after India's diplomats stormed out of a meeting with the spy

India slams Pakistan for fearful consular access to Kulbhushan Jadhav

India on Thursday slammed Pakistan for intimidating and distressing imprisoned Indian citizen Kulbhushan Jadhav during the consular access granted to its officials

Indian officials left without hearing Jadhav

Pakistan on Thursday provided consular access to Commander Kulbhushan Jadhav for the second time at the Indian request but the Indian diplomats left the meeting without hearing the naval officer-turned-RAW agent, compelling Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi to conclude that New Delhi was never interested in the consular access

8 civilians killed in Pakistani mortar attack: Officials

At least eight civilians were killed and eleven others were wounded following mortar attacks by Pakistani forces on the Sarkano district in Kunar, as well as Asadabad, the provincial capital, according to the local officials in the area

PM Oli’s Ayodhya claim ends possibility of talks with India: Nepali Congress

Nepali Congress Vice-president Bimalendra Nidhi has termed Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s claim that Thori village in Parsa is the real Ayodhya and the birthplace of Lord Ram baseless, irrelevant and objectionable

Pakistani forces do cross-border firing, kill eight civilians in Afghan province

At least eight civilians were killed and six others wounded after cross-line shelling by Pakistani forces targeted Sarkano district and Asadabad city, the capital of eastern Kunar province, provincial governor said on Wednesday

Amid soured Nepal-India ties, Oli is threatening relations between peoples of two countries, say people and experts

At a time when Nepal-India ties have hit an all time low over boundary issues, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s remarks on Monday regarding the birthplace of Lord Ram have done more harm than good, as he has stoked a controversy that could affect people-to-people ties, leaders and foreign affairs analysts said on Tuesday

'Indian security obstructs mobility of Nepalis at Byas in Darchula'

India has obstructed the mobility of local residents to and from Kalapani area of Byas rural municipality in Darchula

Nepal witnesses anti-Pakistan protests for 'atrocities' on Hindus

Rashtriya Ekta Samaj, a fringe outfit, on Tuesday held a protest outside the Pakistan Embassy in Kathmandu, accusing the Pakistan government of destroying Hindu and Buddhist temples in that country

Nepal government says PM Oli’s Ayodhya claims did not intend to hurt anyone

After drawing flak from several quarters, the Nepalese foreign ministry today clarified that Prime Minister Oli’s Monday claims on Ayodhya were non-political and had no intent of hurting sentiments