The triumphant India U-19 squad will be felicitated by the BCCI in Ahmedabad upon its arrival in India.
India on Friday made it clear to Pakistan that it should not go ahead with the meeting of its NSA Sartaz Aziz with Hurriyat representatives in New Delhi when he comes to hold talks with his Indian counterpart Ajit Doval, saying it will not be "appropriate".
India on Thursday reacted strongly to reports of Pakistan setting up a special group to "expose" New Delhi's alleged atrocities in Kashmir, saying it should focus its energies on "stemming the rot of terrorism instead of expending its breath" in making baseless charges.
The visit will be followed by the return visit of the Indian delegation to Islamabad on March 28.
Indian high commissioner Shiv Shankar Mukherjee has asked the British companies, based in Birmingham and other towns in the West Midlands, to expand and avail of opportunities offered by India.
India and Pakistan are expected to sign a revised visa agreement making liberalised provisions for businessmen when the Home and Interior Secretaries of the two countries meet for talks in Islamabad later this month, Indian High Commissioner Sharat Sabharwal said.
Suri is currently serving as Indian High Commissioner in Canberra.
"Canada must evolve fast track system for business and student visas and create its brand name in India," Indian High Commissioner to Canada R L Narayan said. He was addressing an international education conference organised by Canada-India Business Council along with Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute.
Foreign Minister Henry Odein Ajumogobia was addressing a group of nine Indian journalists in Abuja on familiarisation visit to the country, who were accompanied by the high commissioner to the country, Mahesh Sachdev.
The plaintiffs submitted that the exact nature of the 'Shivling' can be determined after removing the artificial/modern walls/floors surrounding it and by undertaking a survey of the entire sealed area by excavation and using other scientific methods.
Shashi Tripathi, member of India's Union Public Service Commission discusses India's changing demographics with Ajit Jain.
Britain on Tuesday said it wanted to expand ties in defence and hi-tech sectors with India and was looking forward to President Pratibha Patil's state visit this month to further boost bilateral relations.
At sunrise the following day, a hunt was organised for the queen to shoot a female tiger. But she decided a monarch should not make the kill and handed her gun to one of her staff to deliver the fatal shot.
Stakeholders have shown a distinct lack of seriousness in bringing a law against corruption in Indian sports, a reason why someone like tainted former pacer S Sreesanth got away despite strong evidence of spot-fixing against him in the 2013 IPL, former Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar has said.
Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon has postponed his official visit to India. The announcement about the postponement of his trip was made on the day he was scheduled to leave for India. His Communications Director, Catherine Loubier, told rediff.com, "Minister Cannon's March 2009 visit to India has been postponed due to scheduling difficulties. Canada looks forward to rescheduling the visit at the earliest mutually convenient opportunity."
India is confident of weathering the current global financial crisis and is on track to become the world's third largest economy by 2035 as predicted by experts, India's High Commissioner to the UK Shiv Shankar Mukherjee has said.
Sri Lankan Navy has arrested 53 Indian fishermen in the last 24 hours for allegedly entering its waters illegally, prompting India to summon Lankan deputy high commissioner in New Delhi.
Pakistan on Friday said that its foreign minister will be travelling to India in July to take forward the bilateral peace process. "What we can deliver at this stage is that our foreign minister will be visiting New Delhi in July," said Pakistan High Commissioner to India Shahid Malik. On the ongoing foreign secretary-level talks, Malik said, "They are going well." Pakistan currently has Hina Rabbani Khar as minister of state for foreign affairs.
Taking note of a plea of an Aam Aadmi Party councillor alleging wrongdoing in the polls, the court issued notices to the Chandigarh authorities, including the civic body.
India on Tuesday firmly told Pakistan to uphold the sanctity of the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir in the backdrop of the recent firing incidents over which the two countries engaged in a blame game.
India on Friday said it would try to ensure that maximum number of Pakistani fans travel across the border to watch matches when the two countries resume cricket ties next month after a gap of four years.
Senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Praveen Sood took over as the new Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) director on Thursday and he will be in the post for two years, officials said.
Pakistan has handed over another dossier on Lashkar-e-Tayiba operative David Coleman Headley to India seeking more information about his role in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks.Pakistan's High Commissioner to India Shahid Malik met Interior Minister Rehman Malik in Islamabad, briefing him over the latest development concerning the issue.Headley, an American citizen of Pakistani origin, was arrested by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation in October 2009.
The India-Pakistan dialogue process should be "uninterrupted and uninterruptible" and help in building trust between the two countries, Pakistan's minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar said on Tuesday.
Pakistan on Monday formally asked India to provide further information and clarifications regarding the Mumbai attacks to enable its authorities to "proceed further" in their investigation into the terrorist assault that killed nearly 180 people.
Shringla, a 1984 batch officer of the Indian Foreign Service, is considered an expert on India's neighbourhood and is currently serving as envoy to the US.
Entry-level obstacles came in the way of stepping up British investments in India but efforts of united progressive alliance government to further liberalise foreign direct investment, particularly in telecom, insurance and civil aviation sectors wer
Australia and India are all set to hold the first preliminary round of Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations in India by the end of this month, according to Australian High Commissioner to India Peter Varghese.
The Supreme Court on Monday said it will decide "once and for all" the legal issue of whether the earlier apex court judgment laying down procedures for the appointment of the director general of police (DGP) in states will also be applicable to Delhi and other cities.
India has once again pressed for the devolution of powers to the provinces under the 13th amendment (13A) of the Sri Lankan constitution and the system of provincial councils as a meaningful step towards better representation of the island's Tamil minority.
Rajapaksa said China indicated that it would help Sri Lanka, while adding that "usually they don't like" lending out more money to cover earlier debt payments.
Malik's earlier stint in New Delhi was as Pakistan's Deputy High Commissioner between 1992 and 1995.
A Pakistani judicial commission will visit India during February 3-6 to interview officials who were involved in the investigation of the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said on Friday. Malik announced the dates for the commission's visit during a meeting with Indian High Commissioner Sharat Sabharwal at the interior ministry, official sources said.
"I certainly accept that our image in India has taken a beating. I don't think that if you go through the intensity of the negative media coverage in India and not take a damage," he told Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate programme on CNN-IBN.
India signed a civil nuclear cooperation agreement with the UK,on Thursday, making it the eighth country to enter into such pact with New Delhi since the lifting of atomic trade embargo in 2008.
On the eve of the meeting of foreign secretaries, India on Sunday handed over the eleventh dossier to Pakistan containing response to points raised by Islamabad over the Mumbai terror strikes and providing "additional information" on those involved in the attacks.
India described Pakistan's allegations of stealing water as "preposterous and completely unwarranted". Pakistan has alleged that India is stealing its share of river waters and waging a water war, saying it is "scrupulously" providing Pakistan its share of water in line with the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty.
The city of Newark in the United States state of New Jersey has rescinded a sister-city agreement with the so-called 'United States of Kailasa', founded by Indian fugitive Nithyananda, citing deceptive circumstances surrounding the fictional country and terming the incident as regrettable.
India's development efforts in Afghanistan provide "more bang per buck" and the international community should take some lessons from it, British High Commissioner Richard Stagg said in New Delhi on Friday.
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