Ranjan Mathai assumes charge as foreign secretary

Veteran diplomat Ranjan Mathai on Monday assumed charge as new Foreign Secretary succeeding  Nirupama Rao and said he would try and work to restore "trust and confidence" in Indo-Pak relations.......

Libya: Obama warns Gaddafi of military action

United States President Barack Obama on Friday asked Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to immediately shun attacking civilians, stop his troops from advancing on Benghazi and pull them back from other......

UK mulls setting up joint task force with India

Britain is "actively" exploring ways to set up a joint task-force with India during Prime Minister David Cameron's State Visit to New Delhi this month-end in an effort to forge "a partnership for......

Racist attacks endanger Indo-Australian ties

Australia's high commissioner to India, Peter Varghese, is the first foreign ambassador of Indian origin posted in New Delhi. That the 54-year-old diplomat has done well in life after moving home......