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  Barack Obama to host ASEAN leaders next year

  World | December 24, 2015 14:28 IST

  Washington: US President Barack Obama will host ASEAN leaders at a Southern California retreat next year as part of his pivot to Asia policy, officials have said.The leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations

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  ASEAN leaders launch EU-style regional economic bloc

  World | November 22, 2015 12:42 IST

  Kuala Lumpur: ASEAN leaders on Sunday declared the establishment of an EU-style regional economic bloc, ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), a single market with a free flow of goods, capital and skilled labour in the region.The

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  PM Modi calls for enhancing counter-terror cooperation with ASEAN

  World | November 21, 2015 22:08 IST

  Kuala Lumpur: Joint fight against terror and the early need for settling territorial and maritime disputes in the South China Sea figured prominently in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's discussions with ASEAN leaders and his counterparts

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  PM Modi proposes USD 1billion line of credit for connectivity with ASEAN

  World | November 21, 2015 21:53 IST

  Kuala Lumpur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today proposed a USD one billion line of credit to promote projects that support physical and digital connectivity between India and ASEAN."Connectivity is the pathway to shared prosperity. The

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  PM Modi meets Chinese counterpart Li Keqiang, discusses bilateral ties

  World | November 22, 2015 10:58 IST

  Kuala Lumpur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday met his Chinese counterpart Li Keqiang on the sidelines of ASEAN-India Summit to discuss bilateral ties and global issues of mutual concern.Condemning the recent spurt of terror

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  India doing better in every economic indicator: PM Modi

  November 21, 2015 10:00 IST

  Kuala Lumpur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that India was doing well in almost every economic indicator."By almost every economic indicator, India is doing better than we (NDA government) took office 18 months

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  India will not get involved in ASEAN disputes: Hamid Ansari

  Politics | September 19, 2015 13:51 IST

  On Board Special Aircraft:  India wants to develop "comprehensive" ties with ASEAN nations but will not get involved in any of their territorial or maritime disputes, Vice President Hamid Ansari has said."India has a very

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  India keen to have freighter service links with Asean

  India | August 08, 2015 8:14 IST

  Kuala Lumpur/New Delhi: India is keen to have freighter services with Asean member countries after a fortnightly freighter service with Myanmar has proven to be commercially feasible, said a top official on Friday.Anil Wadhwa, secretary

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  India, Myanmar joint panel meeting on Friday

  India | July 15, 2015 22:54 IST

  New Delhi: Against the backdrop of the June 9 Indian army surgical strike on northeast militants along their border, India and Myanmar will hold their first Joint Consultative Commission meeting here on Friday.Co-chaired by Myanmar Foreign

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  India boosts ASEAN engagement with dedicated mission

  World | April 23, 2015 16:22 IST

  Jakarta: India today expressed its readiness to bolster cooperation with ASEAN in collectively addressing the “traditional and non-traditional” security challenges facing the region as it formally inaugurated a dedicated mission for the 10-member bloc here.Inaugurating

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  North East made immense contribution to nation: President

  India | April 11, 2015 17:35 IST

  New Delhi: Upholding the importance of the North Eastern states of India, President Pranab Mukherjee today said despite their paltry population, the states of the region have made immense contribution to the country.  “The population

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  Philippines warns ASEAN over China reef reclamation

  World | January 29, 2015 17:55 IST

  Philippines: The Philippines has urged fellow Southeast Asian nations to jointly demand that China stop its land reclamation in contested South China Sea reefs.Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario said the credibility of the Association of

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  ASEAN to fight Ebola

  World | December 15, 2014 14:23 IST

  Bangkok: Thailand's Ministry of Public Health has organised an international conference here on Ebola-response measures in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region.The two-day event, which started on Sunday, is being held at the

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  Trade with ASEAN to touch $100 billion next year: Sitharaman

  December 11, 2014 15:53 IST

  New Delhi: The two-way trade between India and ASEAN are expected to double from the current level of $80 billion by 2022 even as it is expected to touch $100 billion by next year on

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  Engagements in a way that war doesn't remain an option: NSA

  India | November 22, 2014 22:41 IST

  New Delhi: National Security Advisor Ajit Doval today said India must engage with its neighbours—China and Pakistan—and build deterrence capabilities in a way that war does not remain a “necessary option”.At the same time, Doval

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  PM Modi thanks Fiji for its role in success of India's Mars mission

  World | November 19, 2014 18:16 IST

  Suva: Utilising his visit to Fiji, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today acknowledged the role played by this tiny South Pacific Island nation in the success of India's Mars mission in the very first attempt and

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  PM Modi leaves for home

  World | November 19, 2014 14:52 IST

  Suva: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today left for home after concluding his 10-day three nation tour during which he attended the East Asia and ASEAN-India Summits in Myanmar, the G-20 Summit in Australia and held

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  India to see stable growth; prospects depends on reforms: OECD

  November 14, 2014 8:10 IST

  Nay Pyi Taw: The Indian economy is expected to see an average annual growth of 6.7 per cent over the 2015-19 period and a further boost would depend on reform plans of the government, says

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  India, ASEAN must collaborate to tackle terrorism: Modi

  World | November 13, 2014 20:02 IST

  Nay Pyi Taw: India and ASEAN must collaborate to tackle terrorism, drug-trafficking and gun-running, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said, citing the successful intelligence sharing between India and Malaysia.Modi specifically mentioned the example of security

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  World must reject linkage between religion, terror: Narendra Modi

  World | November 13, 2014 13:18 IST

  Nair Nay Pyi Taw:  Prime Minister Narendra Modi today asserted that the world community must reject any linkage between religion and terrorism while formulating a “genuinely international” partnership in the fight against all forms of