India, Pakistan to bolster cross-border peace, seek better ties
NEW YORK: There was no grand rhetoric and only hints on the way ahead, but the much-anticipated meeting between the leaders of India and Pakistan in New York marked the …
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A new beginning? Terror concerns shadow Manmohan-Sharif meeting
NEW YORK: India and Pakistan have spoken about a “new beginning” in their accident-prone relations many a time, but the much-hoped for new dawn has been often darkened by brutal …
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Middle East peace hopes: India roots for dialogue to resolve Syria, Iran
NEW YORK: A new narrative of multilateralism appears to be emerging from the ongoing 68th session of the United Nations General Assembly, with the US and Iran deciding to restart …
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India, US reignite ties, unveil pact to start nuclear business
WASHINGTON: It was a blessed sunny day in Washington, the kind of weather that fills you with hopes of rebirth and renewal. Inside the White House, India’s Prime Minister Manmohan …
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BRICS widens strategic canvas, bond over Syria
NEW YORK: Six months after the BRICS summit in Durban, the five-nation grouping of emerging economies underlined its growing strategic solidarity in New York by jointly backing a Russia-initiated proposal …
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New realism: India, Pakistan hint terror attacks will not derail New York meeting
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK: In an act of faith, India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said that the “barbaric” killing of Indian soldiers in Jammu and Kashmir will not deter him to …
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The ‘new normal’ future of India-US relations
WASHINGTON: The new normal in India-US relations is no longer a rhetorical flourish; it’s the all-too-real real context of the current play of India-US relations that will frame Prime Minister …
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Iran-US thaw prospects good news for India
NEW YORK: On a crisp bright day in New York, the seeds of a rapprochement between the two sworn rivals were sown quietly, amid cautious hopes that the US and …
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India-US ties: Defence ties poised to be next big thing
WASHINGTON: The landmark nuclear deal, that transformed relations between India and the US, may take some more time to fructify, but defence ties are on an upswing and may well …
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Terror Inc: From Mumbai to Nairobi, mayhem goes on
Terror is rapidly shrinking geographies and has emerged as a truly trans-national enterprise that specialises in manslaughter and packages savagery in the guise of a perverse ideology. Five years ago, …
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