India, Japan call for self-restraint in South China Sea

India and Japan on Friday sought a peaceful solution to the territorial disputes in the strategic South China Sea, saying parties involved in the matter must not resort to "threat or use of force",......

India, Lanka to find 'innovative' solution to fishermen issue

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj with Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe in Colombo on Friday. Photograph: Dinuka Liyanawatte/ Reuters India and Sri Lanka on Friday......

'We now have a prime minister who talks'

'This is not a small change, it's a BIG change. People wanted to hear the voice of their PM. They can do so now. This is a big parivartan.' 'I don't see any change in him after he became PM. You......

India's relations with the US must not be one-sided

'It is in the interest of both sides that the visit is seen as being successful. Both sides have invested considerable political capital in it.' 'This rapid exchange of visits and the decisions......

E-commerce boom spells doom for big retailers

The threat may be a decade away, but it has brick-and-mortar sellers rethinking their strategies and banking on the govt to regulate online companies. On its Big Billion Day, Flipkart logged $100......

MFN status must for India: Pakistani industry chamber

Pitching for Most Favoured Nation status for India, Pakistani business community on Friday said every effort, including a liberalised visa regime should be initiated to boost bilateral trade.......

India plans to bridge rising trade deficit with China

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will this week abandon the ongoing standoff in parliament over alleged massive losses in the allocation of coal mines by flying off to Iran to participate in the 16th......

Cotton export to Bangladesh may hit 13.5 mn bales

The first session of discussion over cotton trade between Bangladesh's Ministry of Commerce officials, Bangladesh Tariff Commission and Trading Corporation Bangladesh (TCB) personnel and other......