"India and Nigeria share many commonalities. Our historical experiences and common developmental challenges have brought us close together. We share common hopes and aspirations."
Indian High Commissioner for Canada R L Narayan said Montreal-based businessman Saul Itzhayek, who was sentenced to three years in jail in the Bihar's Motihari city in October 2007 for various criminal offences and visa violation, should follow due process of law.
Holding Pakistan responsible for South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation's 'underperformance', India has said the bloc was nowhere near achieving its potential.
Musharraf said the two 'important' countries in South Asia should work jointly for the cause of peace and stability in the region.
The Pakistani police is questioning three local employees at the residence of the Indian High Commissioner Satayabrata Pal in Islamabad and has sent questionnaires to "some Indian citizens" in the mission in connection with a theft at his home last month.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is said to have expressed his 'unhappiness' over the media coverage on violent protests in Kashmir Valley following killing of Burhan Wani saying the Hizbul Mujahideen militant has been portrayed as a "hero".
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The Pakistan Army has claimed that Indian troops killed two of its soldiers on the Line of Control.
A Chinese firm said the unmanned aircraft was not sold to any government.
'For this kind of informal summit, I think it is better to leave the leaders much time to discuss whatever they would like to discuss'
There is also no information on what has happened to the appeal by Jadhav's mother.
Three people were killed and scores injured when a blast went off near the Denmark Embassy in Islamabad on Monday.
Pal, who succeeded Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon, was among the seven new envoys of different countries who presented their credentials separately at a colourful ceremony at the Presidential office in Islamabad.
External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said that he was optimistic about the chances of Indian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom Kamlesh Sharma for the coveted post. Sharma, a seasoned diplomat, is pitted against Malta Foreign Minister Michael Frendo, a veteran politician who heads the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group. The election for the post of Commonwealth Secretary General is expected to take place during the three-day summit, beginning on November 23.
No decision has yet been taken, however, on which match the general would witness.
She said it was her will-power and determination to return to her motherland, which prevailed upon the caretaker government to withdraw the arrest warrant and ban on her return.
Indo-Canadian relations are set to take off with the government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper laying out a detailed roadmap for bilateral cooperation. Business leaders in Toronto are pitching for strong expansion of trade ties.
Pal said the two countries made efforts to resolve 'Kashmir, which is self-evidently a very important issue'.
A former officer of the Indian army, who had headed the peacekeeping force in Sri Lanka, has claimed that the then Indian High Commissioner to Colombo J N Dixit had asked him in 1987 to eliminate LTTE chief V Prabhakaran when he comes for a flag meeting with the force.
India also said the deal is a significant departure from orthodoxy and is critical to see what was within and without of the agreed framework.
"We have done exceptionally well and I am sure it is different phase for women's cricket back in India," the 34- year-old said at a special reception hosted for the team by the Indian High Commissioner to the UK, Y K Sinha, on Monday.
Foreign Secretary Aizaz Chaudhry 'condemned the unprovoked firing by' Indian forces on the Line of Control in which two Pakistani soldiers were killed, Pakistan Foreign Office said in a statement.
The residence -- No 3, Heath Villas in Hampstead Heath, north London -- was valued at an estimated 2.7 million (Rs 23 crore) a few years ago
Though no official announcement has been made regarding Suri's successor, it is reported that the Indian High Commissioner in Sri Lanka Nirupama Rao is likely to be the next ambassador in Beijing.
External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Vikas Swarup, credited with expanding foreign ministry's social media outreach and handling sensitive issues deftly, was on Thursday appointed India's High Commissioner to Canada.
The Indian High Commissioner Satyabrata Pal, who went ahead with the plans to hold a Republic Day reception at the same hotel after the blasts, said that the Pakistan government has not spoken to Indian officials on the incident.
The Indian High Commission was planning to hold a Republic Day reception at the hotel later in the evening.
Hardening its stance further, India has once again virtually rejected Pakistan's latest invitation for talks on Kashmir.
Describing himself as "an extremely good arbitrator", Trump on Monday said he was ready to mediate between Pakistan and India on the Kashmir issue if both sides agree to it.
India has urged Canada to ease visa regulations to facilitate its student community and boost trade and employment opportunities.
The exhibition will feature a selection of Husain's paintings from the 50s to 70s.
'Some of his decisions were not so good, but his intentions were always guided by a deep national interest.'
Pakistan on Wednesday informed India that its request for consular access to Sarabjit Singh, sentenced to death for his alleged involvement in bomb blasts in Pakistan, was being examined.
Four Indian doctors, who claim they are being forced to treat Ebola patients against their will in Nigeria, want to return home and appealed to the Indian government to facilitate this.
In an effort to improve Indo-UK bilateral trade, the British Chamber of Commerce and Industry will bring out an India Fact File on September 1, Indian High Commissioner to the UK, Kamalesh Sharma said in London.
In the meeting, which was held in makeshift tents at the Zero point, both the sides discussed timing of completion of bridge, alignment of roads and other engineering aspects of the proposed crossing points.
Referring to the bomb blasts in Delhi on the eve of Diwali and Eid, Sir Ghulam Noon praised resident of the Indian capital for showing terrorists that they could not be cowed down by acts of terrorism.
Dismissing opposition's claim that his government has given fishing rights to Indians, Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has said he has issued clear instructions to the navy to seize boats that violate the country's territorial waters.
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