Commonwealth

In biggest deployment in 7 decades, 6000 British military staff to take part in King Charles III’s coronation

The British Ministry of Defence said thousands of soldiers, sailors and aviators will escort the King and Camilla, the queen consort, between Buckingham Palace and Westminster Abbey on their way to and from the May 6 ceremony

In first state visit of his reign, King Charles III welcomes South African leader Cyril Ramaphosa

The visit was organized before the death of Queen Elizabeth II, a nod to her long-time devotion to the Commonwealth. Charles and Camilla, the queen consort, greeted Ramaphosa during a ceremony on Horse Guards Parade near Buckingham Palace

PV Sindhu aims to fill cabinet with missing Commonwealth, Asiad crowns in 2022

Picking the right events will be crucial in a busy season, reckons top Indian shuttler P V Sindhu, who is targetting peak form during the Commonwealth and Asian Games this year.

Why India inked a tax information pact with Caribbean nation of St Vincent and The Grenadines

There was no such agreement with Saint Vincent and The Grenadines in the past and India was negotiating this agreement for a long time

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's interview evokes concerns over race in Commonwealth nations

In countries with historic ties to Britain, allegations by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have raised a thorny question: Do those nations really want to be so closely connected to Britain and its royal family anymore?

Maldives rejoins Commonwealth; island nation had quit organisation in October 2016 over criticism of its human rights record

Maldives had quit the Commonwealth in October 2016 after being threatened with suspension over its human rights record and lack of progress on democratic reform

Rahul Dravid supervises training of aspiring cricketers from 16 Commonwealth countries at National Cricket Academy

The one-month long camp, organised from 1-30 October, is being conducted at the NCA in Bengaluru, where some of the best coaches in the country are coaching the trainees under the supervision of Rahul Dravid.

S Jaishankar to attend Commonwealth Foreign Ministers' Meeting in London, likely to meet British counterpart Jeremy Hunt

External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar will attend the 19th Commonwealth Foreign Affairs Ministers' Meeting in London today.

No meeting planned between India, Pakistan foreign ministers on sidelines of Commonwealth event, says MEA

No meeting has been planned between External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mehmood Qureshi on the sidelines of a conclave of foreign ministers of Commonwealth nations in London next week

BBC apologises for 'mixing up' Narendra Modi with Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena

BBC apologised for mistakenly referring to Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a live news broadcast of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting