External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid has denied any differences within the government on the question of scrapping the AgustaWestland deal. "I have not expressed any reservation at all. I only said whatever decision taken has to be a collective decision," Khurshid said. ...
11:35 AM, Feb 19, 2013
Holding that investigation into the Rs 3,600-crore VVIP helicopter deal was on at "many levels", India on Monday said Letters Rogatory is the "best and strongest method" available to it for seeking details from Italian courts on the case. External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid also said a CBI team from New Delhi has gone to Milan in Italy to get material and details about the case. ...
04:42 AM, Feb 19, 2013
Many bilateral processes were in operation between India and Pakistan but it was "difficult" to say whether the issue of beheading of two Indian soldiers was over, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said on Monday. ...
02:20 AM, Feb 19, 2013
With a CBI team is set to leave for Italy on Monday to investigate the Rs 3,600 crore AgustaWestland helicopter deal, the Indian government is still keeping silence on the details of the case, and the only information making rounds is the one revealed by the Italian probe report. External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid speaking to CNN-IBN defended the Indian government saying that the Italian government has asked for secrecy....
06:56 AM, Feb 18, 2013
Maldives on Sunday summoned Indian High Commissioner DM Mulay and lodged a protest after former President Mohamed Nasheed remained holed up at the Indian mission for the fifth day even as External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid spoke to his counterpart to resolve the crisis. ...
11:10 PM, Feb 17, 2013
External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid on Sunday spoke to his Maldivian counterpart for the second time in four days to defuse the crisis over former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed who remained holed up at the Indian High Commission in Male for the fifth day. Khurshid, who is on an official two-day visit to Bangladesh, called up Maldives Foreign Minister Abdul Samad Abdullah from Dhaka, official sources said in Dhaka. ...
09:59 PM, Feb 17, 2013
It has been more than two days that former Maldives president Mohammed Nasheed has been holed up inside the Indian High Commission in Male. The Maldivian government has reassured India saying it won't take any harsh decision on former president Nasheed to fuel instability. ...
11:02 AM, Feb 15, 2013
There is no end to the crisis in the Maldives as former president Mohamed Nasheed is still holed up in the Indian high commission in Male despite Delhi's intervention. Meanwhile, Minister of External Affairs Salman Khurshid on Thursday spoke to his Maldivian counterpart, explaining India's position. ...
08:53 PM, Feb 14, 2013
India is making efforts to resolve the crisis in Maldives, where former president Mohamed Nasheed continues to remain holed up in the Indian High Commission, even as Minister for External Affairs Salman Khurshid spoke to his counterpart in the Maldivian government on Thursday. ...
05:28 PM, Feb 14, 2013
The crisis in Maldives has sparked a diplomatic row between the country and India after former Maldivian president Mohammed Nasheed took refuge at the Indian High Commission in Male on Thursday. According to sources, Minister of External Affairs Salman Khurshid is slated to speak to his Maldivian counterpart about the former president. ...
04:52 PM, Feb 14, 2013
Rejecting charges that it was not proactive in probing allegations of kickbacks in the Rs 3600 crore VVIP chopper deal, Government today said it would act only according to the law and not to please the Opposition in this case. ...
03:04 PM, Feb 13, 2013
JKLF leader Yasin Malik sharing a dais with LeT Chief and Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed in Pakistan on Monday created a flutter in India. ...
10:55 PM, Feb 11, 2013
Union Minister Salman Khurshid on Saturday justified the government's decision to issue an ordinance on sexual violence against women, saying views of the Justice Verma panel and the public in general were that something needed to be done with a "sense of urgency." ...
02:21 AM, Feb 03, 2013
Against the backdrop of a debate over lowering the age of juveniles, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid on Friday said no such decision should be taken in "isolation". ...
01:39 AM, Feb 02, 2013
Amid clamour for lowering the age ceiling for juveniles, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid seems to favour the existing limit noting one should not react by looking at the issue in isolation but said the government will consider the demand. "We do know that the Verma Commission report that will be considered by the government, has not endorsed that the age be reduced...So if you like the Verma Commission report...
10:45 PM, Feb 01, 2013
India on Thursday said it was confident that under the leadership of Secretary of State John Kerry Indo-US relationship will continue to strengthen not only for development of the two countries but also as "a pillar of stability amidst many global and regional challenges confronting" them. ...
03:22 AM, Feb 01, 2013
Pakistani terror group Lashkar-e-Toiba operative and 2008 Mumbai attacks conspirator David Coleman Headley has been sentenced to 35 years in jail but India has expressed its unhappiness about the verdict delivered by a Chicago court on Thursday. ...
10:03 PM, Jan 25, 2013
David Coleman Headley, one of the conspirators of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, was sentenced on Thursday to 35 years in prison. Headley, 52, whose meticulous scouting missions facilitated the assault by 10 gunmen from a Pakistani-based militant group, which killed 160 people - including children. ...
01:05 PM, Jan 25, 2013
In his first reaction on David Headley's sentencing, Minister of External Affairs Salman Khurshid told CNN-IBN in an exclusive interview that India would have sought a longer jail term for 26/11 Mumbai attacks conspirator, had he been tried in India. He, however, added that he was satisfied with the prison term extended to him by the US. ...
09:53 AM, Jan 25, 2013
Notwithstanding lukewarm response from India following heightened tensions, Pakistan on Thursday said it wants to resolve all issues with India, including those along the Line of Control, through talks as dialogue is the best way to address such matters. Islamabad wants to sort out all issues with New Delhi, particularly ceasefire violations along the LoC, Foreign Office spokesman Moazzam Khan told a weekly news briefing. ...
08:13 PM, Jan 24, 2013
