Ranjan Mathai assumes charge as foreign secretary

Veteran diplomat Ranjan Mathai on Monday assumed charge as new Foreign Secretary succeeding Nirupama Rao and said he would try and work to restore "trust and confidence" in Indo-Pak relations.......

Ranjan Mathai to be India's new foreign secretary

Ranjan Mathai, India's ambassador to France, will be the next Foreign Secretary, succeeding Nirupama Rao.Mathai, a 1974-batch IFS officer, will assume office from August one and will be there for a......

India welcomes US $10-mn bounty on Hafiz Saeed's head

The United States has announced a $10-million bounty on Pakistan-based Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed, the mastermind of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, a move welcomed on Tuesday by India, which said......

Indo-US ties adrift? No way, says Foreign Secretary Mathai

Ranjan Mathai, who is on his first trip to Washington, DC after taking over as India's foreign secretary, on Monday added his voice to the growing chorus of senior Indian and Barack Obama......