Seoul, Nov 19 (DPA) US President Barack Obama said Thursday he planned to send his special envoy to North Korea Dec 8 in a bid to restart stalled multinational talks to ...

Seoul, Nov 19 (DPA) US President Barack Obama met his South Korean counterpart Lee Myung Bak in Seoul Thursday on the final leg of his Asian tour. At the top of the ...

Seoul, Nov 6 (DPA) South Korea's parliament on Friday ratified a comprehensive economic partnership deal with India, paving the way for closer trade ties. Seoul's ratification opens the way for eliminating or lowering ...

Islamabad, Nov 3 (IANS) Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani Tuesday defended the government's decision not to table the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) in parliament for ratification. Speaking on ...

New Delhi, Oct.29 (ANI): India and Bosnia-Herzegovina today signed the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty in Criminal Matters. India's Minister of State for Home Affairs, Mullappally Ramachandran signed the treaty with Bosnia-Herzegovina Minister ...

New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) The Supreme Court was Monday faced with a tricky question - can a mentally challenged girl, who had become pregnant after being raped, be allowed to give ...

New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) The stage is set for a comprehensive economic pact between India and South Korea after the union cabinet Thursday approved signing of the agreement. ...

New Delhi, July 2 (ANI): The Union Cabinet today approved the signing and ratification of Bilateral Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (BIPA) with the Government of Colombia. The Agreement is likely to ...

Bishkek, June 23 (RIA Novosti) Kyrgyzstan has signed a deal with the US for the creation of a "centre of transit shipments" at a former US air base at Manas airport, a ...

Lahore, Apr 15 (ANI): Pakistan's peace deal with the Taliban in Swat despite strong objections from the United States may heighten tensions between the two countries, and may lead to an ...

Islamabad, April 13 (IANS) Pakistan's National Assembly, the lower house of parliament, Monday approved a controversial peace deal with the Taliban in the country's restive northwest that has been widely condemned ...

Islamabad, April 10 (IANS) The ratification of a peace deal signed with the Taliban in the Swat Valley is directly linked to restoring peace in the area, a Pakistani minister said ...

New Delhi, April 3 (IANS) Describing the Indo-US nuclear deal as done in "regrettable secrecy" by the Congress-led UPA, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said if voted to power it would ...

New Delhi, April 3 (IANS) Parliamentary approval should be made mandatory before the government signs any international agreement that concerns strategic programmes, territorial integrity and economic interests, the Bharatiya Janata Party ...

The treaty of Ghent that was signed on the 24th of December 1814, in the province of Ghent, which is now located in Belgium, was the peace treaty that brought an end ...

Moscow, March 19 (RIA Novosti) There is scope for Russia and the US to reach an agreement on missile defence, the Russian foreign ministry said Thursday. "In theory, we have every ...

By Gurmukh Singh Toronto, March 9 (IANS) To cut costs, auto giant General Motors (GM) Sunday froze wages and pensions for its Canadian workers until 2012. The struggling company, which will get ...

Faridabad, Feb. 10 (ANI): Minister of State for Labour and Employment Oscar Fernandes on Monday said the Government is seriously contemplating comprehensive amendments in the Factories Act, 1948 that would require ...

New Delhi, Jan.22 (ANI): Bilateral Investment Promotion Agreement (BIPA) between government of India and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan has come into force from Thursday following the exchange of Instruments of ...

Islamabad, Jan 21 (IANS) The Pakistan government has decided to reinstate the 7,700 employees who were recruited during the two prime ministerial terms of the slain Benzair Bhutto but were subsequently sacked.Information ...

Islamabad , Nov 3 (ANI): PML-Q chief and former Pakistan premier Ch. Shujaat Hussain has reportedly said the water crisis (between India and Pakistan ) could become extremely dangerous unless the ...

New Delhi, Oct 12 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) today recommended that undertrials be allowed to vote in the elections and the maximum period of detention of a person ...

New Delhi, Oct 3 (ANI): The Union Cabinet today paved the way for the formal entry of Afghanistan into the South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA). The Union Cabinet has approved the ...

New Delhi, Oct 3 (ANI): The Union Cabinet today gave its approval for ratification of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Convention No. 142 to enhance skills of personnels. The Cabinet would enable ...

New Delhi, Sept 17 (ANI): India has conveyed to American businessmen that the approval of the landmark Indo-US civil nuclear deal will open new opportunities for them and contribute to energy ...

New Delhi, Sept 11 (ANI): The Union Cabinet today gave its approval for the signing and ratification of the Extradition Treaty between India and Iran. The treaty would provide a legal ...

New Delhi, Sep 11 (IANS) India Thursday approved the signing of an extradition treaty with Iran and another on mutual legal assistance in criminal matters."The union cabinet today gave its approval for ...

By Arun Kumar Washington, Aug 14 (IANS) The Washington based Arms Control Association (ACA) has asked nuclear exporting countries to flatly reject "as unsound and irresponsible" a US proposal to exempt India from ...

By Naveen Kapoor Colombo , August 3 (ANI): The 15th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit concluded in Colombo on Sunday condemning terrorism in all its forms and manifestations. In a ...

DPA Prague, July 25 (DPA) The future of the Lisbon Treaty lies in the hands of Ireland, whose voters rejected the pact in a June referendum, the Czech and Polish presidents said Thursday. ...