By Sudeshna Sarkar Kathmandu, Nov 20 (IANS) Nepal's historic peace pact, which ended a decade of violent communist insurgency, turned three years Friday under the threat of unravelling. On this date in 2006, the ...

Guwahati, Nov 19 (IANS) Former Intelligence Bureau chief P.C. Haldar, appointed by the central government as interlocutor for advancing talks with separatist groups, arrived here Thursday amid hopes of providing the deadlocked ...

Kathmandu, Nov 17 (IANS) American President Barack Obama has named a former US ambassador to Eritrea and ex-vice counsel in India as the new ambassador to Nepal. Scott H. DeLisi, a career ...

Jerusalem, Nov. 16 (ANI): Israel has said it will take unilateral steps if the Palestinian Authority (PA) leaves the peace talks midway and moves to the UN to endorse it as an ...

Washington, Nov.10 (ANI): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House on Monday night, but observers monitoring the event, said a restart to the Middle ...

New Delhi, Nov 8(ANI): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday expressed concern over the rising terror activities in Pakistan and Afghanistan and appealed to the world community to take note of ...

By M.R. Narayan Swamy New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) The Tamil Tigers are finished as a military outfit but a small group of their feared suicide bombers still remain in Colombo, a top ...

Kathmandu, Nov 8 (IANS) Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda, the chief of Nepal's former Maoist guerrillas, Sunday predicted that the political crisis gripping the country for more than five months would end within ...

Guwahati, Nov 6 (IANS) Two senior separatist leaders of the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), arrested in Bangladesh, are now in the custody of Assam Police, officials Friday said. ...

New Delhi, Nov 4 (IANS) Two days ahead of a bilateral summit, the 27-nation European Union Wednesday sought greater cooperation with India in countering terrorism and underlined that it is extremely ...

By Sudeshna Sarkar Kathmandu, Nov 3 (IANS) Nepal's former Maoist guerrillas, who have kept up a siege on parliament since May and Monday launched fresh street protests against the coalition government, finally ...

Jerusalem/Ramallah, Oct 31 (DPA) Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak called Saturday on the US and Palestinians to "make an effort to start negotiations" and added that an impasse in the dialogue would ...

Guwahati, Oct 29 (IANS) The central government Thursday initiated the first round of formal talks with the pro-talk faction of the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), brightening hopes that the ...

Srinagar/New Delhi, Oct 22 (IANS) Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Thursday left for London enroute New Delhi to take part in two separate conferences on the Kashmir issue, a Hurriyat spokesman ...

Poonch (Jammu and Kashmir), Oct.22 (ANI): Police Martyrs'Day was observed in the Poonch sector of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday. Police officials and relatives laid wreaths as mark of homage at the ...

By Sarwar Kashani New Delhi, Oct 22 (IANS) India should not doubt Kashmiris and stop thinking they will ever "leave this nation", says former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and union Minister ...

Kathmandu, Oct 20 (IANS) Despite media reports of growing border tension between India and China, Beijing says it is not at loggerheads with New Delhi but would seek better ties so that ...

Kathmandu, Oct 20 (IANS) Despite media reports about a new cold war growing between South Asian giants India and China over territory, Beijing says it is not at loggerheads with New Delhi ...

Guwahati, Oct 19 (IANS) Security forces Monday recovered a huge cache of weapons and explosives from a reserve forest in Assam, officials said. An army official said soldiers of the 19 Kumaon Regiment ...

Geneva, Oct 16 (DPA) The United Nations Human Rights Council adopted Friday the war crimes report of Justice Richard Goldstone regarding the conflict in and around the Gaza Strip last December and ...

Washington, Oct. 10 (ANI): Barack Obama has not won the Nobel Peace Prize as a reward for his peacemaking efforts, rather, it has been bestowed upon him to encourage peace across ...

By Sudeshna Sarkar Kathmandu, Oct 8 (IANS) Three years after they signed a peace pact with the Maoist guerrillas to end a decade-long insurgency, Nepal's major parties are now seeking a one-sided ...

Srinagar, Oct.3 (ANI): All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) on Saturday said it wanted tripartite talks including India and Pakistan to resolve the dispute over Kashmir. "A global consensus is being built that we ...

Chandigarh, Oct. 3 (ANI): Nearly 500 students from different countries participated in the annual International Peace Festival held in Chandigarh. The five-day festival, from September 27 to October 1, saw students from ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will travel to London, Dublin, Belfast, and Moscow later this month, her office said on Friday. The trip will take place ...

New York, Sep.29 (ANI): Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that an international probe should be conducted to investigate the recent encounters by the Indian security forces in Kashmir. Interacting with ...

Karachi, Sep 28 (IANS) Pakistan Monday repudiated reports that it had illegally modified the US-supplied Harpoon anti-ship missile to enable them to strike at land targets in India. "We have not ...

United Nations, Sep 27 (IANS) India has asked the world community to urgently help bring to justice the perpetrators of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, saying it is their collective responsibility and ...

Jaipur, Sep 26 (ANI): Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor has said that India will not adhere to any treaty such as the Nuclear Proliferation Treaty (NPT), and will ...

New York, Sep.24 (ANI): Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Wednesday praised US President Barack Obama's UN address, which backed Israel's right to live securely, stressed its legitimacy as a "Jewish ...