United Nations: After a gap of more than two decades, India's nominee Justice Dalveer Bhandari was on Friday overwhelmingly elected as a judge of the International Court of Justice, defeating his Filipino rival in the UN General Assembly as well as the Security Council. 64-year-old Justice Bhandari, a senior Supreme Court Judge, will serve a 2012-18 term in the ICJ, which is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations...
12:06 AM, Apr 28, 2012
United Nations: The UN General Assembly has voted in favour of a resolution urging Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down. The Arab nations-backed resolution condemns human rights violations in Syria and calls for an end to the violence. As expected China and Russia again voted against the measure. But this time, India has voted in favour of the resolution, taking a U-turn from the February 4 voting on a...
08:50 AM, Feb 17, 2012
United Nations: Adjusting to tough economic times, the United Nations has taken a five per cent cut in its budget for 2012-2013 at $ 5.15 billion, making it only the second time in 50 years that the world body's budget has declined over the previous year. The budget was approved by the 193-member UN General Assembly after night-long negotiations over the weekend. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the new budget...
11:50 AM, Dec 28, 2011
Istanbul: Turkey on Wednesday expressed apologies for raking up the Kashmir issue in the UN General Assembly after India conveyed its "unhappiness" over the matter. External Affairs Minister SM Krishna met his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu on the sidelines of Istanbul conference during which Krishna conveyed the country's "surprise and unhappiness." "India conveys its surprise and unhappiness on the UN General Assembly speech of the Prime Minister of Turkey wherein...
12:46 AM, Nov 03, 2011
New Delhi: Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed on Thursday, once caused a major diplomatic embarassment to India when he supported the idea of an 'independent state' for Kashmir and said that it should be a 'Baathist state' between India and Pakistan. In his maiden address to the UN General Assembly in 2009, the maverick leader also mentioned India as among the countries that will be competing for a...
07:57 PM, Oct 20, 2011
New York: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday asked India to ensure that its nuclear liability regime conforms with the Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage. She made the call in a 40 minute meeting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session with Indian External Affairs Minister SM Krishna, according to a senior State Department Official. India's nuclear liability regime has become a sticking point...
09:10 AM, Sep 27, 2011
New York: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh left the US on Monday for Frankfurt on his way back home after concluding a five-day visit during which he attended the high-level segment of the UN General Assembly. Singh will have a technical overnight halt in Frankfurt before leaving for home on Tuesday. A cake may be cut mid-air to celebrate his 79th birthday on Monday on the New York-Frankfurt leg. In his...
07:22 PM, Sep 26, 2011
New York: India struck back at Pakistan for its Foreign Minister's remarks in the UN General Assembly. A day after External Affairs minister S M Krishna said he was disappointed by S M Qureshi's speech that criticised India for the violence in Kashmir, Krishna got tougher during his address at UN General Assembly, telling Pakistan to stay out of Jammu and Kashmir. The two foreign ministers were due to meet...
08:53 PM, Sep 29, 2010
New York: Stating that Jammu and Kashmir is an internal matter of India, External Affairs Minister S M Krishna asked Pakistan to end its illegal occupation of some parts of the state before advising New Delhi. "Kashmir is an internal matter of India," said Krishna, who is here on a 10-day visit to attend the annual UN General Assembly meeting. Pointing out that Pakistan is in "illegal occupation of some...
02:44 PM, Sep 23, 2010
New York: Sources in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) have told CNN-IBN that Foreign Minister S M Krishna is likely to meet his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi in New York. Krishna arrived in the US on Tuesday to lead the Indian delegation at the UN General Assembly. The major meeting he will hold is one with Hillary Clinton, where they will talk about the preparations of Barack Obama’s...
10:25 AM, Sep 22, 2010
Shahnawaz Hussain will be leaving for the US on Tuesday. ...
11:55 PM, Oct 20, 2009
He got his visa only after the PM and Advani intervened on his behalf. ...
10:34 PM, Oct 20, 2009
BJP MP demands an answer from the Govt on why he was denied a US visa. ...
04:12 PM, Oct 20, 2009
Hussain has visited US thrice in the past and the last visit was post-9/11. ...
02:49 AM, Oct 20, 2009
They the children accidentally crossed into Iran while hiking. ...
01:05 PM, Sep 18, 2009
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