Vienna, May 1: China will actively push forward the nuclear disarmament process, said the country's envoy in Vienna Monday. According to Cheng Jingye, China's permanent representative to the UN and other international organisations in Vienna, the complete prohibition and thorough destruction of nuclear weapons and establishing a world free of nuclear weapons ...

New Delhi, April 29:  Former Singapore President S R Nathan has been conferred the prestigious Pravasi Bharatiya Samman award in recognition of his contribution in building closer links with India. The award, considered as the highest honour conferred by the government on foreign nationals of Indian origin, was presented to Nathan ...

Beijing, April 30: One more Indian trader was detained in China on charges of indulging in prostitution in addition to the four already held in Shanghai for the offence. An Indian trader, based in Yiwu, which housed China's biggest wholesale commodity market was arrested in an anti-prostitution raid by the local police ...

Islamabad, April 30: The Pakistan national cricket team is set to play 10 matches against Sri Lanka in a seven-week-long tour which is to start June 1. An official from the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) told Xinhua Monday that the Pakistan squad would start its tour June 1 by playing the first ...

New Delhi, April 30: Ending the post-Fukushima lull, India and Japan Monday decided to resume negotiations on their civil nuclear deal and launched two separate dialogues in the domains of maritime and cyber security. External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna held wide-ranging strategic and economic dialogues here with his Japanese counterpart Koichiro Gemba, ...

Tehran, April 30: Iranian Foreign Minister Ali-Akbar Salehi is hopeful that the next round of nuclear talks between the country and the world powers would be fruitful, ISNA news agency reported. Speaking during a joint press conference with his visiting Armenian counterpart Edward Nalbandian, Salehi Sunday called the Istanbul talks held earlier ...

Kolkata, April 29: Stressing that people of Bangladesh wanted the Teesta water sharing accord signed with India, Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dipu Moni Sunday hoped the pact will be inked, saying the two countries were continuing discussions on the issue. "We are hopeful that the Teesta water sharing accord will be signed. The ...

Islamabad, April 29: US Ambassador to Pakistan Cameron P. Munter has blamed the Pakistani media for "misreporting the issue of Hafiz Saeed" and said the US government did not announce any bounty "specifically" for the Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief. "Pakistani media is very active and responsible but it misreported the issue of Hafiz ...

Kathmandu, April 26: The Indian Cultural Centre in Kathmandu in collaboration with New Delhi-based Katha Books organised a workshop on children's story book writing. The three-day workshop will begin today at Rato Bangla School, Patandhoka. ICC Kathmandu is initiating the new project in imaginative learning by holding this workshop for children. The Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) is ...

Islamabad, April 26: Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani was Thursday convicted for contempt of court by the Supreme Court that gave him a 30-second symbolic sentence for refusing to write to Swiss authorities to reopen a corruption case against President Asif Ali Zardari. Gilani was convicted of contempt of court and ...