India counters China's threat by 'necklace of diamonds'

India's answer to China's 'string of pearls' in Asia, particularly South Asia, is its own 'necklace of diamonds', reports Aziz Haniffa India's erstwhile foreign secretary and former Ambassador to......

Relations with Pak should be India's top priority: Aiyar

Scoffing at former minister Mani Shankar Aiyar's suggestion of close India-Pakistan cooperation on combating terror, Lalit Mansingh, former ambassador to the United States, argued that India needs......

Obama ends Pak veto over India in Afghanistan

United States President Barack Obama has ended years of 'veto power' wielded by Pakistan in Afghanistan over India's active involvement in the country post-Taliban, a US expert on South Asia has......

'India won't go out of its way to promote democracy'

Democracy will remain central to India's national identity, but will not be a conscious axis of its foreign policy, reports Aziz HaniffaSouresh Roy, a protege of Professor Amitabh Matoo, director......