Port of Spain, February 21: Hindus in the Caribbean island nation of Trinidad and Tobago led by Indian-origin Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar joined the rest of the Indian diaspora across the world to celebrate Mahashivratri Monday. The festivities began from midnight of Feb 19. Mahashivratri this year coincided with the annual Carnival ...

Accra (Ghana), February 19: Five Indians and 31 other foreigners were arrested in Ghana for flouting investment laws, the authorities said. The other foreigners arrested include 28 Chinese, two Filipinos, and one Bangladeshi. The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) said the foreigners were illegally engaged in business in Accra. They were arrested by ...

New York, February 17: The UN General Assembly has voted in favour of a resolution that condemned the violent crackdown in Syria and urged Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down. India supported the Arab League-backed resolution, but made it clear that it was opposed to use of force. The resolution, adopted ...

New Delhi, February 14: Amid China's bid to step up ties with the Indian Ocean archipelago nation, India and Seychelles Tuesday signed three pacts for the supply of coastal surveillance radar systems and Dornier aircraft that will enable the island nation to combat piracy more effectively. External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna and ...

Chandigarh, February 8: The Punjab NRI Commission today issued notice to the Centre and the state government on a complaint field by expatriate Indian workers regarding non-payment of their salaries by a Nigeria based company for the last 11 months. The notice was issued to Ministry of External Affairs, Ministry of Overseas ...

New Delhi, February 10: With the Maldives slipping into a deeper crisis with defiant ousted president Mohamed Nasheed alleging a coup, a team of senior officials of the external affairs ministry Friday left for Male to assess the ground realities and help stabilise the situation. The team, led by M. Ganapthi, secretary ...

Colombo, February 9: The crisis in the Maldives deepened Thursday with a court ordering the arrest of ousted president Mohamed Nasheed, who assured that he doesn't "want a war" as his family fled the country and took refuge in Sri Lanka. The Criminal Court in the Maldives ordered the arrest of Nasheed ...

Bulawayo, February 8: The Indian Embassy in Harare is planning to set up a consular in Bulawayo on a trial basis. According to a embassy statement, “the Embassy of India is planning to set up a consular camp in Bulawayo on a trial basis, sometime in March. The exact dates will be ...

New Delhi, February 7: As a long-standing partner of Mauritius in its development, India Tuesday announced a new economic package of a $250 million line of credit and a $20 million grant for the island-nation. The package was unveiled during bilateral talks between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and visiting Mauritian Premier ...

Moscow, February 8: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad will declare a date in the near future for a referendum on a new constitution for his country, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said following talks with the Syrian leader in Damascus. "President Assad said that in the next few days, he will meet with ...