PM arrives in Bhutan for SAARC Summit

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived in Thimphu on a two-day visit to participate in the 16th SAARC Summit that begins on Wednesday. He was received at the Paro International airport, 60 km from......

'They started Opposition unity much too late'

'They were as late as June 2023 and they did not follow it up with concrete measures immediately in terms of a secretariat or common minimum programme, working group or seat sharing etc.''They......

Who will fix India's fractured take on foreign policy?

Ambitious diplomats continue to be attracted to politics but do they make good politicians, asks Jyoti Malhotra Hardeep Singh Puri is only the latest eminent diplomat to fall for the attraction of......

Modi sworn-in for 2nd term; Shah joins govt, may get finance

Other big names who were sworn-in as cabinet ministers are Rajnath Singh -- who retains home ministry -- Nitin Gadkari, Nirmala Sitharaman and Smriti Irani.Sushma Swaraj opted out of the......