Echoing Beijing’s view seeking a speedy settlement of the boundary issue between India and China, the government has emphasised that an early resolution will advance the basic interests of the two cou

Chinese government sources said on Monday that one of the lessons that could be drawn from the recent face-off is that it is “important to resolve things in a timely manner”.

Emphasising that the recent boundary face-off between India and China should not come in the way of bilateral ties, Beijing has called for the redoubling of efforts by both sides to speedily resolve t

Still seeking answers to why Chinese troops recently intruded across the undemarcated Line of Actual Control in the Depsang Bulge area of Ladakh, India raised the matter during external affairs minister Salman Khurshid’s meeting with new Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in Beijing.

External affairs minister Salman Khurshid told reporters on Saturday that the new pact proposed by the Chinese “consolidates and brings together the protocols and mechanism we have in place, rationalises them and takes them forward somewhat”. India, he said, had given its own set of suggestions and suggested the changes it wants in the draft.

The death of Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh, 49, in a hospital in Lahore on Thursday has sparked anger and outrage in the country and threatens to sour bilateral ties even further between the two neig

Visiting India after a gap of five long years, Nepal’s Maoist leader Prachanda appears to be effecting a “course correction” as he reaches out to India, seeking greater economic co-operation between t

The current border impasse following the Chinese intrusion isn’t the only matter India is keeping a close eye on. It’s also playing the wait and watch game on its neighbour’s “no first use” (NFU) policy on nuclear weapons with this doctrine finding no mention in China’s latest White paper on defence.

Notwithstanding the new Chinese leadership’s desire to reach out to New Delhi, Beijing is yet to respond to India’s recent suggestion that a joint mechanism be set up to assess construction work on th

India and China will finally sit together on Thursday in what will be their first ever formal talks on Afghanistan.