New Delhi: The Italian government increased the pressure on India after the Kollam Sessions court on Saturday rejected the bail plea of the two Italian marines, who had shot dead two Indian fishermen. While Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti spoke to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh thrice on the issue, the Indian Ambassador to Italy, Debabrata Saha, was summoned by the country's foreign minister. Speaking about the development, the Indian envoy...
09:50 PM, May 19, 2012
New Delhi: The Italian government on Saturday summoned India's Ambassador to the country over the killing of two Indian fishermen by Italian marines, said Ministry of External Affairs sources. Foreign Ministry sources confirmed that the Indian Ambassador was called to the Italian Foreign Ministry on Saturday over the issue. According to the sources, the concern of the Italian government at the charges filed against the marines in custody in Kerala...
07:44 PM, May 19, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan's former Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir, who has been part of the post-26/11 Indo-Pak dialogue process, is the country's new High Commissioner to India. Sixty-year-old Bashir has been appointed as the new envoy to India in place of Shahid Malik, Foreign Office spokesman Moazzam Ahmed Khan announced on Saturday. Bashir had served as Foreign Secretary from 2008 to March this year, when Jalil Abbas Jillani took over from him....
05:57 PM, Apr 14, 2012
Cairo: External Affairs Minister SM Krishna on Saturday asked Indian envoys to be more proactive in helping expatriates in distress, and to appoint welfare officers who will be easily accessible to ensure faster help to Indian citizens abroad. In Egypt for a three-day visit, Krishna asked Indian embassies and consulates to evolve new mechanisms to address grievances in a timely manner, during a meeting with Indian envoys to the Middle...
02:48 AM, Mar 04, 2012
New Delhi: Indian government's special envoy Madhusudhan Ganpathi on Monday reached the capital city of Oslo to discuss the custody row with the Norweigan Foreign Minister. He took up the matter with the authorities in Oslo along with Arunabhash Bhattacharya, the uncle of the two children. The visas of the two children expire on March 8. Meanwhile, the grandparents of the children sat on a protest outside the Norwegian embassy...
11:18 AM, Feb 27, 2012
Male: Just days after being sworn in as the new President, Mohammed Waheed on Saturday ruled out the possibility of early polls. Rejecting former president Mohammed Nasheed's demands calling for early elections, Waheed said that the current situation in the island nation was not conducive to holding "free and fair elections". "There is an arrest warrant against him... But I'm trying not to arrest him. He needs to cooperate," said...
07:29 AM, Feb 11, 2012
Islamabad: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and Army chief General Kayani are set to come face to face on Saturday. This will be their first meeting since the memogate scandal. The country's cabinet committee is also scheduled to meet on Saturday to discuss crucial issues related to national security and US relations. The government has convened a meeting of the Defence Committee of the Cabinet, Pakistan's highest decision-making body for...
06:59 AM, Jan 14, 2012
Islamabad: Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir is set to become Pakistan's High Commissioner in India as part of the biggest reshuffle of envoys approved by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani. According to a media report, Bashir, 59, who is due to retire next year, will replace High Commissioner Shahid Malik, whose current contract is valid till the second quarter of 2012. Malik retired some time ago and his contract had been...
01:08 PM, Dec 06, 2011
New Delhi: The jockeying for India House, the seat of the Indian high commission in London, seems to be over with the government apparently zeroing in on J Bhagwati, India's current envoy to Brussels. Bhagwati, who has been India's ambassador to Belgium, Luxembourg and to the European Union for over three years, has an impressive and varied resume that includes stints in the finance ministry and in the World Bank....
02:52 AM, Nov 29, 2011
Washington: The US has demanded that Iran must cooperate with investigations to bring to book those involved in an alleged plot to assassinate Saudi ambassador to the US. "Iran must provide law enforcement assistance and cooperate with the countries who are working to bring to justice all those who participated in the planning, sponsoring, organisation and attempted execution of the attack," Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said. Her statement came...
09:16 AM, Nov 19, 2011
New Delhi: In the wake of a spat between the Chinese envoy to India and a journalist, the BJP on Friday said the Government should take cognisance of such "brazen acts of undiplomatic behaviour" and warn the ambassador officially not to indulge in unfriendly acts in future. BJP insisted that such behaviour was totally unacceptable and insulting to Indian democracy and demanded an "unqualified apology" from the ambassador to the...
07:51 PM, Nov 04, 2011
New Delhi: Chinese Ambassador to India on Thursday told journalists to 'shut up' when questioned about map showing Ladakh and Arunachal as part of China. Chinese Ambassador was attending an event in Delhi where a Chinese company's brochure showed Arunachal and Ladakh as part of China. The Joint Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs who was present at the event had already raised the issue with the Ambassador. The...
03:11 PM, Nov 03, 2011
New Delhi: Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao has been appointed as the next Ambassador to the United States, an assignment she will take up after superannuation next month-end. Sources said Rao's appointment to succeed Meera Shankar as the US Ambassador has been cleared by the government and a formal announcement is expected soon. The 1973-batch IFS officer assumed the office of the Foreign Secretary on August one, 2009, becoming the second...
07:32 PM, Jun 22, 2011
Washington: Special US Envoy for the Middle East George J Michelle has resigned after his two-year efforts failed to advance Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. Michelle, 77, communicated his decision to President Barack Obama in a letter without giving any specific reason, except for saying that his intention was to serve in this post for two years. Michelle's resignation has been accepted by Obama and his deputy David Hale has been asked to...
09:29 AM, May 14, 2011
Kochi: Pakistan has to act strongly to eliminate terrorism as Osama bin Laden's death is not the end of the menace, French Ambassador to India Jerome Bonnafont said on Thursday. "France has always said that Pakistan, which is faced with the question of terrorism, has to act strongly in order to eliminate terrorism. We are ready to cooperate with Pakistan to eliminate terrorism. That is the message our authorities are...
10:21 PM, May 05, 2011
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