India-China Joint Declaration (December 04, 2006)
Joint Declaration by the Republic Of India And The People’s Republic Of China H.E. Mr. Hu Jintao, President of the People’s Republic of China, is currently paying a State visit to the Republic of India from 20 to 23 November 2006 at the invitation of H.E. Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, President of the Republic of India.<More>

Indo-Sino Press Conference (December 04, 2006)
Following is the text of the Statement by the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, at the Joint Press interaction with the President of the People’s Republic of China, Mr. Hu Jintao:<More>

Indo-Sino Agreements Nov 20-23, 2006 (December 04, 2006)
Agreements/ Protocols/ Mous Signed During Visit Of Chinese President Hu Jintao To India ( Nov 20-23, 2006).<More>

Nepal Arms Treaty (November 29, 2006)
After much suspense and debate, The Nepal Government and Maoist guerrillas finally signed a tripartite agreement with United Nations for the monitoring and management of arms and armies while Nepal goes into a constituent assembly and elections.<More>

Role of Siachen and Indo-Pak Talks (November 28, 2006)
Visiting Pakistan Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri met Minister for External Affairs Pranab Mukherjee and reiterated that Indo-Pakistan relations were “very important” but observed that the two sides needed to “develop a level of trust.”<More>

Lanka President in India (November 27, 2006)
As the Sri Lankan Air Force (SLAF) and Army (SLA) resumed operations against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), President Mahinda Rajapakse is visiting India amid allegations that senior Indian officials are pro-Sri Lankan Government (SLG).<More>

Good Voter turnout in Bahrain (November 27, 2006)
Despite high tension between the Government and Shia political groups based on allegations of planned rigging, voter turnout in Bahrain parliamentary elections was high surrounded by controversy over grant of citizenship to non-Shia groups.<More>

India Reiterates Afghan Support (November 23, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh “reiterated India’s commitment as a neighbour and friend to continue assisting Afghanistan despite the challenges posed by the security situation” and continue its rehabilitation work but declined to deploy regular troops.<More>

Iran Flexes Missile Muscle Again (November 17, 2006)
In a surprise and unscheduled military exercise displaying its conventional weapons strength and leaving Israel very worried, Iran fired a battery and range of land and ship-borne missiles and maneuvers along with anti-tank and anti-helicopter weapons.<More>

China Wants Arunachal (November 16, 2006)
Days before the visit of Chinese President Hu Jintao, its Ambassador to India has said that his nation wants the entire state of Arunachal Pradesh even as the joint working group (JWG) scheduled November 9-10 was called off because of other disagreements.<More>

Bangla Blockade Called Off (November 16, 2006)
Even though Bangladesh President Iajuddin Ahmed failed to prove his constitutional neutrality, the 14-party coalition led by Awami League leader Sheikh Hasina said that they would call of the blockade “in view of public sufferings” till next Sunday.<More>

The Bangladesh Blockade (November 14, 2006)
Bangladesh President Iajuddin Ahmed called out the Army “to assist law-enforcing agencies” to quell Opposition protests and blockade while outgoing Prime Minister Khaleda Zia instigated her cadre to “retaliate” if attacked.<More>

Foreign Secretary Level Talks Resume (November 13, 2006)
Indian and Pakistani Foreign Secretaries will resume talks in New Delhi November 14-15 and analysis and news reports indicate and Islamabad is insistent that Kashmir remain the core issue while New Delhi says that terrorism is the core.<More>

TNA MP Assassinated (November 13, 2006)
A prominent Member of Parliament and known Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) sympathizer was assassinated by unidentified killers as a Sea Tigers attack on Sri Lankan Navy resulted in the death of 6 Tigers and 35 sailors.<More>

Hu’s Visit Aimed at Building Trust (November 09, 2006)
Ahead of Chinese President Hu Jintao's visit to India from November 20-23, both nations are building up the tempo through orchestrated sound-bites focusing on the positives and not referring to the disagreements plaguing bilateral relations.<More>

India Asks Pak to Stop Stalling SAFTA (November 09, 2006)
Setting the tone for upcoming Foreign Secretary level talks, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee asked Pakistan to remove “obstructions” and allow “free flow of trade” and go beyond the expanded trade basket.<More>

Lanka Referendum on Merger? (November 09, 2006)
Under threat by right-wing JVP of a law suit, a coalition partner to the Government, Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ratna Wickremanayake told the Parliament that the controversy over the merger of north and east provinces could be settled through a referendum.<More>

Speculation on Balanced Baglihar Dam Verdict (November 08, 2006)
India and Pakistan is to meet the independent World-Bank (WB) appointed expert adjudicating on the Baglihar Dam dispute this week and the report is stated to favor Pakistan on the height of the Dam and India on the presence and location of sluice gates.<More>

China Happy With Border Talks (November 07, 2006)
Ahead of Chinese President Hu Jintao’s impending visit and echoing upbeat Indian sentiment, a Chinese Foreign Ministry document said that there has been “progress” on the “boundary negotiations” and “border areas have remained peaceful and tranquil.”<More>

Indian Relief Supplies for Lanka (November 06, 2006)
In a significant development, India has agreed to honor a request from the Sri Lankan Government (SLG) to supply relief goods to displaced populations of the North and East suffering from the closure of the A-9 Highway that is the lifeline of the Jaffna Peninsula.<More>

Nepal-Maoist Arms Accord (November 06, 2006)
In a welcome development, the Government of Nepal (GoN) seems to have reached an understanding with the Maoists where the terrorists will be confined to cantonments in 7 locations and their arms escrowed in designated places.<More>

LAC Sanctity & Peace (November 02, 2006)
Ahead of Chinese President Hu Jintao’s visit to India later in November, senior Army officers of India and China met behind closed doors to ensure that “good relations and the growing peace” along the long Line of Actual Control (LAC) is maintained.<More>

Constitutional Crisis in Bangladesh (October 31, 2006)
Violating Constitutional norms, Bangladesh President Iajuddin Ahmed named himself head of a non-party caretaker government to organize the next general election and in a partisan manner held private political briefs with selected parties.<More>

Honorable Citation for Army in Lebanon (October 31, 2006)
The 4 Sikh Regiment, that participated in the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), received the Force Commander’s Unit Citation for commendable service during the war in South Lebanon.<More>

Lanka Talks in Stalemate (October 31, 2006)
As expected, the Geneva-based talks between the Sri Lanka Government (SLG) and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) ended without an agreement on any of the issues, but surprisingly, there was no agreement on future engagement.<More>

Russia Disagrees with Iran Draft (October 30, 2006)
While insisting that it wants to “eliminate the risks of sensitive technologies” flowing to Iran, Russia opposed a European draft resolution calling sanctions against Iran because it wanted to maintain “all possible channels of communication.”<More>

Pre-cursor to Lanka Talks in Geneva (October 26, 2006)
As an Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) team left for Geneva , important information surrounding the Southern Consensus arrived between dominant political parties stressing on political settlement to the ethnic strife is emanating.<More>

Impact of China’s Dam on NE & SE Asia (October 26, 2006)
Reacting to recent media reports that China is planning to construct a dam across the Brahmaputra and divert 200 billion cubic meters of water into the Yellow River, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi notified Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on its impact.<More>

Lankan Leaders Agree on MoU (October 24, 2006)
Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapakse and Leader of the Opposition Ranil Wickremesinghe seemed to have agreed on the 6-point cooperation Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on crucial issues facing the island nation.<More>

Afghan Violence Continues (October 24, 2006)
The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said that its soldiers returned fire and killed 15 insurgents in the southern Zabul province of Afghanistan but conceded that 2 of their vehicles were damaged in the conflict but suffered no casualties.<More>

Malaysia Grants ‘Visa on Arrival’ (October 24, 2006)
Malaysia announce a “visa on arrival” for Indians visiting Malaysia for tourism purposes entering the nation from “six different points of entry” to “spur intra-regional travel and bolster tourism” in a “Hassle-free environment.” <More>

Pak Disputes Baglihar Dam Report  (October 23, 2006)
Pakistan disputed a report in the Indian media citing independent Swiss experts arbitrating the Baglihar Dam issue conclusion that upheld Indian position as “misleading” and accused that the “honour code of confidentiality” has been broken.<More>

India Upbeat about Hu’s Visit  (October 23, 2006)
Defense Secretary Shekhar Dutt sounded upbeat ahead of Chinese President Hu Jintao's visit to India saying that defense relationship between the two nations “normal” while the communist parties wanted China to initiate confidence-building measures.<More>

UNP Will Support Constitutional Amendment (October 19, 2006)
The Sri Lankan United National Party (UNP) promised to support any legislation that could be introduced by the President to restore the status quo of the merger of North and East struck down by the Supreme Court (SC) as “null and void.” <More>

Southern Consensus in Sri Lanka? (October 14, 2006)
In a significant political move, Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse’s Sri Lankan Freedom Party (SLFP) and former Prime Minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe’s United National Party agreed to pursue a “national consensus” on all issues.<More>

Corporate Military in Pakistan (October 14, 2006)
Many analysts are now accusing the Pakistani military for developing strong commercial interests to create an oligarchy of serving and retired officers to control banks, transport, road building, communication, and construction businesses worth billions of dollars.<More>

Fears of Islamic Radicalization in Maldives (October 13, 2006)
According to a report in The Independent, Maldives is slowly changing from a liberal Islamic state to a more conservative nation where fundamentalist preachers are persuading locals to adopt a more radical form of Islam and hate Christianity.<More>

Lanka-LTTE Grand Standing (October 10, 2006)
While emphasizing that his Government was committed to a “negotiated settlement” and wanting a “successful” Geneva summit, Sri Lanka told facilitators that he will be “compelled” to react if LTTE continues with “violent and provocative measures.”<More>

Iran-US Verbal War (October 09, 2006)
In a continuing war of words, Iran and the US have castigated each other with the US demanding sanctions as “time was of essence” and Iran refuting these and unilateral American sanctions as “useless.”<More>

China Claims Fusion Reactor Successes (October 04, 2006)
Chinese scientists claimed that their first experimental thermonuclear fusion test replicating sun’s energy generation process in the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) reactor was successful.<More>

LTTE Agrees to Talks (September 28, 2006)
Responding to calls from many parties and despite afterthought caveats introduced by the Sri Lankan Government (SLG), the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) said that his organization is ready to resume stalled talks on a peaceful future in the island.<More>

Maldives Opposition Wants India to Facilitate (September 28, 2006)
Maldives opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) wants India to stop arming the island Government as the threat perceptions and rationale for spending 8% of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on defense is unclear.<More>

China ’s Aging Population Plan (September 27, 2006)
Thanks to its disastrous and draconian one-child policy, China is set to have an “irreversible” ageing society in the 21st Century but the country seems to have devised a broad-based plan to address economic and social pressures from the ageing population.<More>

Indian ‘No’ to TNA Team, ‘Yes’ to Others (September 26, 2006)
Affirming its policy of separating the rights of the Sri Lankan Tamils from the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), India refused to entertain members of the Sri Lankan Tamil National Alliance (TNA) but has invited other parties for consultations.<More>

Military Coup in Thailand (September 22, 2006)
The Thai Army took over administration from to break deadlock and stop “rampant corruption” in the 74 year old democracy but promised to return “power to the people” as soon as possible but after cleaning the political system.<More>