Italian Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi has tendered his resignation in protest against the Italian government's decision to send back two Italian marines to India to face trial in connection with the killing of two Kerala fishermen. Terzi has said that he made ...
The African peacekeeping force will be based in Mali, doubling the estimate to almost a billion dollars according to Ivory Coast's foreign minister. France's decision to leave its own Rapid Reaction Force behind after the military operation ends is a cause for...
Russia's foreign minister Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State John Kerry will meet in Berlin on Tuesday. On the agenda are discussions over the two countries' stand on the Syrian violence and the nuclear ambitions of Iran and North Korea. Another issue tha...
Defence Minister AK Antony says that he does not prescribe to the view of Sri Lankan Foreign Minister GL Peiris' that Tamil Nadu politicians are cynical. Antony said that the sentiments of Tamil people had to be respected when forging ties with Sri Lanka, and ...
News Night | In spite of being in a bilateral talk with India, Pakistan Foreign Minister has approached the United Nations in regard to the ceasefire violation row between the two countries, as it knows that India has always been against internationalizing the...
In this exclusive interview, Sophie speaks to Russia's foreign minister Sergey Lavrov about Russia's support to India's aspirations to become a permanent member of the UN Security Council and how the UNSC may benefit from India's participation. He talks about ...
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has opined that Western states are losing control over the Syrian rebels and will not be prepared to intervene in the country's conflict. Lavrov also said that during private talks with Western officials, he got the impr...
The government has offered a time-bound probe under a retired judge on the issue of Walmart lobbying allegations. The government's assurance comes after the opposition demanded that the Joint Parliamentary Committee look into the matter. The decision to permit...
The BJP is now demanding a time-bound judicial probe into the Walmart controversy. Caving in under the immense pressure of the opposition in Parliament, the government agreed to a probe and debate on the issue. The opposition, which lost the vote on FDI in mul...
After chaos in the Parliament, the Government finally agrees to a debate and probe into the Walmart allegations. The opposition has claimed that the UPA bought votes to push the FDI Bill. The US-based retail giant clarified its expenditure of 25 million dollar...
Union Minister for Law, Kamal Nath, claims that the government is open to a probe on the matter of the Walmart report. He assures that the government is taking all the necessary steps to ensure the absence of lobbying in India. The BJP and the Left have demand...
Left leader Sitaram Yechury voices the concerns shared by the BJP-led opposition and calls for a structured debate on the issues of lobbying, which were raked up by a report submitted by Walmart before the US Senate. Despite the US State Department spokesperso...
Opposition leader Yashwant Sinha leads the uproar in Parliament over the Walmart row, demanding an immediate response from the government on the issue. The US-based retail giant issued a statement and spoke before the US senate clarifying its report stating an...
Speaker of the Rajya Sabha, and honourable Vice President of India, Hamid Ansari is forced to adjourn proceedings in the Rajya Sabha after the Left parties and the BJP-led opposition demand the suspension of the Question Hour. The BJP-led opposition has empha...
Responding to a question on the BJP-led opposition's prime accusations, US State Department spokesperson, Victoria Nuland, clarifies that there has been no violation of any law by Walmart in the United States. She then goes on to downplay the Walmart report an...
The Congress-led UPA government hits back at the BJP for threatening to stall Parliament proceedings over the Walmart report. The Congress challenges the BJP to prove its allegations before causing a furore in Parliament. The United States has downplayed the i...
The BJP seeks ans independent probe into the Walmart disclosure report that spoke of lobbying in India's political circles. Although the US has downplayed the Walmart report, the BJP-led opposition is still pushing for a time-bound judicial probe on the matter...
The BJP-led opposition has emphasized that it will step up the pressure on the UPA for a clarification on the issue of Walmart. The US-based retail giant issued a statement and spoke before the US senate clarifying its report stating an expenditure of 25 milli...
NATO Foreign Ministers are meeting in Brussels, where they are expected to approve the deployment of patriot missiles in Turkey. Ankara asked its alliance partners for the weapons after several deadly incidents of cross-border firing with Syria.
Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar breaks her silence on the execution of 26/11 terrorist Ajmal Amir Kasab. In its first official acknowledgement, Pakistan has acknowledged that it received prior information about the execution of the Mumbai attack gu...
The UK has become the latest EU nation to recognise the recently formed coalition of the Syrian opposition forces as the sole legitimate representation of the Syrian people. This follows official recognition by France and Italy and a joint statement of the EU ...
Israel's latest strikes hit refugee camps in Gaza, killing three children. Israel exchanges fire with Syria who fired on its troops in the disputed Golan Heights. Both UK and France prepare to supply arms to Syrian rebels after acknowledging the new opposition...
Al Gurnov talks to Iranian diplomat Seyyed Abbas Araghchi about the current political landscape in the Middle East. The events unfolding in the region from the Arab Spring to Israel's attack on Gaza, will irrevocably change the region. They discuss Iran withdr...
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has accused the Western media of twisting the facts in the reporting of Civil War. Lavrov has warned against Western powers supplying Syrian rebel forces with arms.
Chief Minister Oommen Chandi has cancelled his Delhi trip. Chandi was expected to meet Union Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath and Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dixit to discuss about DMRC taking up the Kochi Metro. The Chief Minister was forced to cancel hi...
Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov has urged all sides of the Syrian conflict to open dialogue and reach an amiable peace resolution. This comes after the truce, brokered by a UN-backed envoy between government forces and rebel groups, crumbled. Internatio...
Russia's Foreign Minister has stated that international powers must put more pressure on the warring sides in Syria after the latest truce was wrecked. After meeting the international envoy to Syria in Moscow, Sergei Lavrov urged Western States and regional pl...
Russia has clarified that the Damascus-bound civilian flight from Moscow, which was forced to land in Turkey's capital city of Ankara, was only carrying radio equipment. Russia has rebuffed Turkey's claims that there were weapons on-board the civilian aircraft...
The British Foreign Minister has made a major announcement about the country's diplomatic presence in the state of Gujarat. On a day when Narendra Modi is ending his massive election yatra, the United Kingdom has changed its policy on the Gujarat Chief Ministe...
In a meeting with Russian premier Vladimir Putin, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki makes it clear that it is against the foreign use of force in Syria. Putin's Iraqi counterpart made it clear that the use of foreign military or diplomatic ties to overthrow...
The Finance Minister P Chidambaram has made it clear that there's no going back on reforms. In an interview to BBC, Chidambaram made it clear that India will continue on the growth path that will ensure a nine per cent growth rate at minimum. The government is...
Editor of Jaihind, the paper in which the news about the foreign trip expenses of Congress chief Sonia Gandhi appeared, remarks that his newspaper did not fabricate the news but got the data from a news agency. The news gained prominence after Gujarat Chief Mi...
Newshour | Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is making every effort to ensure that national issues dominate the state elections. He has now accused Congress president Sonia Gandhi of spending 1,880 crore on foreign trips. Why is Modi using every opportunity...
Pakistan's Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar raises the issue of Kashmir at the 67th session of the UN General Assembly, a day after Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari called Kashmir a failure of the United Nations. Robert Blake Jr., Asst Secy of State for ...
Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar's husband, Feroz Gulzar, has rubbished all rumours regarding her alleged affair with Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party and the son of President Asif Ali Zardari and former Prime Minister ...
Twenty-three-year old Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and his senior by 12 years Hina Rabbani Khar are in love. This news has come in from a tabloid in Bangladesh. The report has portrayed the romance as one of a true filmy style. The news has raised a storm in Pakista...
A 1971 war soldier has been found in a remote island in Oman. The soldier was declared dead by the government over 41 years ago. Sepoy Jaspal Singh, who was actually captured by the enemy in the 1971 war against Pakistan, was termed a martyr by the government....
A massive existential crisis stares the government in its face, as its greatest ally, the Trinamool Congress bids adieu following an intense standoff. Clearly furious over the complete apathy from the government over her ultimatum, TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee ...
Mamata Banerjee has silenced all her critics with her boldest move yet. The TMC Chief and West Bengal Chief Minister has announced a complete withdrawal from the UPA alliance. She has given her TMC Ministers in the Union Cabinet time until Friday to submit the...
Top Finance Ministry officials confirm that the government is neither going to roll back the hike in diesel prices nor rethink the FDI in retail policies. After a meeting with the Congress top brass, the Prime Minister has decided to continue with his reforms...
Mamata Banerjee has decided to pull the plug on the UPA, which means that the UPA has now been reduced to a minority on the floor of the Lok Sabha. The Congress-led UPA government, however, does still enjoy outside support from the BSP and the Samajwadi Party....
Mamata Banerjee confabulates with the TMC top brass to decide on the next course of action with regard to her role within the UPA. The deadline to act on her threats has expired, and the TMC supremo has now painted herself into a corner as the Congress-led UPA...
The UPA is still sticking to its guns over the diesel price hike and the FDI in retail policy, refusing to relent to Mamata Banerjee's demands despite an ultimatum. The TMC supremo has warned the Congress-led UPA that she will quit the alliance and withdraw th...
It's a war of nerves that is unfolding between the Congress and its estranged UPA ally, the Trinamool Congress. TMC Chief Mamata Banerjee is waiting for the Prime Minister to respond to her ultimatum before she announces her final decision on the pull-out from...
Two simultaneous meetings are being held to decide on Mamata Banerjee's future in national politics. The Trinamool Congress is holding a meeting to finalise its pull-out from the UPA alliance, even as the Congress top brass huddles to consider a Cabinet reshuf...
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi meet to decide a possible Cabinet reshuffle that has been in the offing for the last few days. Talks of a reshuffle found credence in the context of a possible TMC withdrawal from the UPA alliance....
The overtures made by the Congress top brass has not cut any ice with the Trinamool Congress. The Mamata Banerjee led UPA is now holding a final meeting to arrive at a consensus on her 'pullout' decision. The West Bengal Chief Minister has announced that she w...
Trinamool Congress MP Kunal Kunal Ghosh emphasizes that the Trinamool Congress will not tolerate the series of anti-people policies laid down by the Central government. The TMC is expected to formally announce their decision when its crucial meet ends. The Tri...
Newshour | The government has been cornered by its own allies and the Opposition over the issue of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in retail. Yet it has shown no hesitation nor any plan to go back on the reforms even as the deadline set by West Bengal Chief Mi...
News Night | Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi takes hardly any effort to conceal his Prime Ministerial aspirations. Modi, who is on his month-long election campaign, has launched a scathing attack on the Congress scion, questioning his foreign origin. Taki...
The CBI grills Vijay and Rajendra Darda, against whom it has filed a FIR in the coal scam investigation. Former Deputy National Security Advisor Leena Ponappa discusses the ongoing talks with Pakistan regarding the 26/11 terror attacks.
The ongoing India-Pakistan talks may bring about a liberalised visa pact between the two countries, and improve trade and tourism prospects. While Pakistan has assured to look into the release of Sarabjit Singh, not much has been said about the 26/11 attacks. ...
Pakistan's Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar says Pakistan wants to look beyond one event and does not want it to affect the entire process of building a relationship with India. She says that Pak wants to resolve the 26/11 issue. The intention of the process...
Pakistan's Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar says India-Pakistan has a history of missed opportunities and should not let another opportunity go by. She does not want Pakistan to be identified by its relationship with India alone and says that things have cha...
Pakistan's Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar asks India's External Affairs Minister SM Krishna to let bygones be bygones and look at 26/11 unemotionally, as what is important for the Indo-Pak relationship is to move forward. Meanwhile, 26/11 conspirator Hafiz...
While the public anger is still simmering over the South-American junket undertaken by Karnataka politicians in a time of drought, another more luxurious vacations is unveiled for a bigger delegation of MLAs in the state. Member of the National Executive of th...
The statement by Karnataka Chief Minister Jagdish Shettar, that all 'study tours' would be cancelled, was welcomed by all fraternities. However, the citizens' relief is short-lived as the Karnataka Speaker sanctions another expensive junket abroad. Former Loka...
Despite a national uproar over the wastage of crores of rupees on expensive 'study tours' abroad, the stubborn Karnataka MLAs have not learnt their lesson. The Speaker of the Karnataka Assembly has yet again sanctioned a 'study tour' abroad, and this time the ...
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton asks China to help resolve disputes in the South China Sea, which has islands with oil and gas reserves. China has responded curtly, asking US to stay out of the dispute.
For the last four days 14 MLAs from Karnataka have been soaking in the sights and sounds of South America, enjoying the beaches of Copa Cabana, the Tango dance shows of Buenos Aires and alligator spotting at the amazing Amazon eco-park, all at the expense of t...
Caving into the pressure by the media and the consequent state-wide uproar, the Karnataka Chief Minister Jagdish Shettar has swung into action. The BJP Chief Minister has vetoed all 'study tours' to be undertaken by the BJP MLAs. Hundreds of MLAs in the state ...
Angered by India's actions, Pakistan Foreign Minister shares her dissent with the media. The Pakistani government does not share India's satisfaction with the Supreme Court's decision to reject Mumbai terrorist Ajmal Kasab's plea against the death sentence. Hi...
Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar, who is now in Tehran for the NAM summit, claims that she is disappointed with India's reponse over the 'hate' SMS issue. She is reportedly irked with the Indian authorities for discussing the issue with the media be...
Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai meets External Affairs Minister SM Krishna and briefs him on Pakistan's role in the recent unrest in India. He discussed the role of Pakistani groups in hate-mongering and spreading rumours, resulting in the exodus of North East...
The Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council pegged the GDP growth for the current financial year at 6.7 percent, painting a better picture of the economy than by other think-tanks. It, however, added that inflation would remain high during the fiscal at 6.5...
Microsoft pulls the plug on Hotmail, one of the first and largest email service providers. It is relaunching it as Outlook.com but whether it will be able to catch up with the rising popularity of Gmail is questionable. Sonali Krishna catches up with Shahshi T...
Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik has given a new twist to the reported exodus of Hindus and other minority communities from Pakistan to India. Minority families from Balochistan and Sindh are fleeing to India because of the rise in violence and lack of ...
Minority families from Balochistan and Sindh are fleeing to India because of the rise in violence and lack of security. A minority leader claims that more than half the people who fleed do not wish to return. Pakistan Foreign Minister Rehman Malik, however, di...
Secondary education minister K Parthasarathi was awarded two year ordinary imprisonment and fine of Rs 5.15 lakhs for conviction in violation of FERA rules. And opposition parties are demanding his resignation. But a section of Congress says he was just awarde...
In a diplomatic shocker, the Italian Foreign Minister has accused India of 'violating its jurisdiction', merely a day after the Italian marines accused of killing two Kerala fishermen were granted reprieve. India responds by firmly stating that the 'law of the...
While Naveen Patnaik is on his first visit abroad after he turns Chief Minister, 20 MPs in Odisha get together to plan course of action against the CM.
India says that a mechanical apology from the US hardly solves any problem as the country has made it a habit to detain and frisk Indian VIPs in airports, causing them much embarrassment and inconvenience.
India chooses to take a tough stance in the SRK detention row as the External Affairs Minister SM Krishna has asked the Indian envoy to the US to lodge a strong protest with the US government.