London: Paromita Verma, the estranged wife of former Indian diplomat in the Indian High Commission Anil Verma, has withdrawn her application from the British Home Ministry seeking permission to stay in the UK indefinitely on humanitarian grounds. A British Home Office source said "Mrs Verma has withdrawn her application." The application was yet to come up for consideration. Paromita had moved the application after a fracas with her husband on...
09:23 AM, Feb 23, 2011
London: Paromita Verma, the estranged wife of recalled Indian diplomat Anil Verma, has claimed that her husband hit her more than once and she was "extremely fearful" of her fate if she was forced to return to India. In a statement contained in her complaint to the Family Division of the Royal Courts of Justice here, she said: "I am extremely fearful of what might happen to me and my...
04:04 PM, Feb 02, 2011
New Delhi: Indian diplomat Anil Verma, accused of physically assaulting his present wife, has a history of domestic violence. Verma was accused of beating his wife and guilty of shaming India abroad. There were conflicting versions about what happened in a London flat on Christmas eve last year. He said Paromita was struck on the face when they squabbled over a Christmas tree while Paromita said she was slapped. But...
06:58 AM, Jan 28, 2011
New Delhi: Indian Diplomat Anil Verma, accused of physically assaulting his second wife in London, has a history of domestic violence. Exclusive details accessed by CNN-IBN show that this was not the first time that Anil Verma has faced allegations of domestic violence. CNN IBN has accessed an FIR filed in 1998 by Vermas first wife alleging dowry harassment. Anil Verma's first wife had accused him of dowry harassment and...
07:44 PM, Jan 27, 2011
New Delhi/London: The Indian High Commission here has issued a blow-by-blow account on the alleged wife-bashing by its senior diplomat Anil Verma, who has been transferred back to India, saying the incident was "provoked" by a row over a Christmas tree gift. Taking a tough stand on domestic violence, the mission in a statement here said, "there is no question of condoning domestic violence which is totally unacceptable. Once the...
08:22 AM, Jan 19, 2011
New Delhi:After wife beater diplomat Anil Verma was recalled from London, another Indian envoy Alok Ranjan Jha, has been recalled from New York. Jha, a diplomat with the UN, was recalled from the US after he misbehaved with Air India flight attendants on his way to New York. Jha was allegedly drunk on a flight to New York, sources have said. Jha is also reported to have misbehaved at the...
11:25 PM, Jan 18, 2011
New Delhi: Facing mounting criticism over diplomat Anil Verma, accused of wife beating in London, the Government on Tuesday came out promising tough action if an enquiry finds him guilty. Officials have told CNN-IBN that, Verma will now return to India next week. Days after the story broke; the diplomat accused of having assaulted his wife in London is now packing to return. officials confirm that 1989 batch IAS officer...
11:13 PM, Jan 18, 2011
New Delhi: The British Foreign Office has released a strong statement demanding that immunity for diplomat Anil Verma be waived. Verma has been accused by his wife of beating her up and the Foreign Office said it did not tolerate diplomats working in the UK breaking the law. The statement said British government officials met with Indian High Commission officials and officials in Ministry of External Affairs in Delhi to...
05:53 PM, Jan 17, 2011
New Delhi: Senior London-based diplomat Anil Verma, accused of assaulting his wife, has been transferred back home with immediate effect and is likely to face action. Verma, a 1986-batch IAS officer of the West Bengal cadre and third-ranked diplomat in the Indian High Commission, found himself in trouble when his wife covered in blood was found screaming by neighbours on December 11. When the police arrived, 45-year-old Verma, Minister (Economic)...
04:28 PM, Jan 16, 2011
Washington: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton described India as a "self-appointed front-runner" for a permanent UNSC seat and directed US envoys to seek minute details about Indian diplomats stationed at the United Nations headquarters, according to classified documents released by WikiLeaks on Monday. In a potentially damaging disclosure, the whistle-blower website released a "secret" cable issued by Clinton on July 31, 2009, as part of its massive leak of a...
07:11 PM, Nov 29, 2010
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10:14 PM, Jul 20, 2010
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05:44 PM, May 21, 2010
SK Joshi is the Head of Chancery at the Indian Embassy. ...
06:46 PM, Nov 20, 2008
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