China outreach to Bhutan poses fresh challenge to IndiaChina’s Bhutan outreach poses a significant foreign policy challenge for India in the neighbourhood, not least because the new government i...
30 Jan, 2019, 06.17 PM IST
India and China in outreach war in poll-bound BhutanAhead of Bhutan’s parliamentary polls, both India and China are jockeying for influence with all stakeholders who, they believe, are like t...
24 Jul, 2018, 03.21 PM IST
Bhutan king’s India visit reaffirms ties, sends signal to ChinaWhile Bhutan needs to reaffirm special security ties with India, Delhi on its part needs to strengthen establishment in Thimphu amid China’...
13 Jul, 2018, 11.19 AM IST
Bhutan plays big role in ending Sino-Indian military standoff in DoklamVery little has been said about how Bhutan undertook a delicate balancing act between two hostile neighbours, withstanding huge pressure fr...
13 Jul, 2018, 10.50 AM IST
Border standoff: Why Bhutan will not ditch India"Bhutan will never go behind India's back. It has as much at risk from the Chinese incursion in Doklam plateau as India," a Bhutanese analy...
13 Jul, 2018, 10.30 AM IST
India watching China’s bid to court BhutanDelhi-based senior Chinese diplomats have been visiting Bhutan regularly over the past few months and continued to do so even during the Do...
12 Jul, 2018, 11.22 AM IST
India to host Bhutanese king Jigme Khesar Namgyel WangchuckThe King's trip will be a reaffrimation of Indo-Bhutan ties amid relentless pressure by Beijing to make inroads into Bhutan including estab...
31 Oct, 2017, 09.50 AM IST
Foreign secretary S Jaishankar in Bhutan amid fresh PLA citings near DokalamJaishankar’s trip to Thimphu is the maiden visit by a top Indian official to Bhutan since the Dokalam standoff ended on August 28.
04 Oct, 2017, 08.17 AM IST
China wants to establish diplomatic ties with BhutanStrategically placed between India and Tibet, Thimphu remained aloof since 1951 after China took firm control of Tibet, which formed border...
12 Aug, 2016, 12.12 PM IST
Bhutan to host 6th edition of literature festAn initiative of the India-Bhutan Foundation in association with Siyahi, a literary agency, the festival is being powered by the Rajasthan ...
24 Jun, 2015, 12.34 PM IST
Take your chance to drive from India to another country!For travel within Bhutan, a local tour agent can be helpful as they know of many details that an Indian driver may not fully know. The Bhut...
30 Apr, 2015, 09.10 AM IST
After PM Narendra Modi, Home Minister Rajnath Singh likely to meet his Pakistani counterpartThe question on granting of MFN status to India by Pakistan will figure at the talks at Thimphu, according to Pakistani HC to India Abdul B...
21 Jul, 2014, 04.06 AM IST
Narendra Modi arrives in Bhutan on his first foreign visit as PMHe is accompanied by External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and Foreign Secretary Sujatha Singh.
15 Jun, 2014, 02.06 PM IST
Stronger Indo-Bhutan air link: Bhutan's national airline Drukair to connect Mumbai with ThimphuIndo-Bhutan air link is getting stronger with the plan of Bhutan’s national airline Drukair to connect Indian city Mumbai with Thimphu.
03 Feb, 2014, 04.13 PM IST
- India, Pak optimistic about taking dialogue process forward
THIMPHU: A day after their meeting here aimed at restoring the dialogue process, Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao and her Pakistan counterpar...
07 Feb, 2011, 12.54 PM IST
- Pak hopes for 'constructive' Indian attitude at FS talks
Pakistan today said it is going to the upcoming Foreign-Secretary level parleys with India with an "open mind" and was hopeful of a "constr...
04 Feb, 2011, 03.48 PM IST
- Krishna may meet Qureshi in Thimphu
Foreign minister, S M Krishna, may have a "pull-aside" meeting with his Pakistani counterpart, Shah Mehmood Qureshi, in Thimphu on the side...
18 Jan, 2011, 05.22 AM IST