The Supreme Court on Thursday sent a notice to Italian ambassador Daniele Mancini restraining him from leaving the country. But the question is whether the Indian government can really restrain the Italian ambassador from leaving the country without breaching the Vienna Convention on diplomatic relations. ...
08:32 AM, Mar 15, 2013
A day after sending out a stern warning to Italy, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will meet External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid on Thursday and reports indicate that the issue of the Italian marines is likely to be discussed. This could include what punitive actions need to be taken in the stand off with Italy. ...
09:21 AM, Mar 14, 2013
With Italy's decision to not to send back the marines dominating the news, Karan Thapar discusses with a panel of experts whether India could have handled the matter in a better fashion. ...
10:24 PM, Mar 13, 2013
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday warned Italy of consequences if it did not send its marines to India for trial in the Kerala fishermen murder case. Speaking in parliament, Manmohan Singh said, "Our government has insisted that the Italian authorities respect the undertakings they have given to the Hon'ble Supreme Court and return the two accused persons to stand trial in India. If they do not keep their word...
01:43 PM, Mar 13, 2013
Taking a tough stand, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday accused Italy of violating "every rule of diplomatic discourse" and asked it to send back the two marines undergoing trial for killing Indian fishermen, failing which there will be consequences on bilateral ties. ...
01:22 PM, Mar 13, 2013
There was uproar in the Lok Sabha over the Italian government's decision of not sending back its marines to India for trial in the fishermen killings case. ...
11:16 AM, Mar 13, 2013
Two days after the Italian government snubbed India by deciding not to send back its marines charged with the murder of two Indian fishermen, the Indian government is finally taking strong steps against Italy and threatening tough diplomatic action. Sources have told CNN-IBN that India may expel Italian ambassador Daniele Mancini and a decision on this is likely to be formalised within a week. ...
11:04 AM, Mar 13, 2013
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09:15 PM, Mar 12, 2013
Refusing to take sides in a case in which an employee of French consulate in Bangalore was charged with raping his daughter, French President Francois Hollande on Thursday said he has full faith in Indian judicial system. ...
10:40 PM, Feb 14, 2013
French Consulate official Pascal Mazurier, accused of raping his minor daughter, has been denied permission by a local court to visit his children. However, the court granted his parents permission to meet their grandchildren. ...
05:11 PM, Feb 06, 2013
The government on Friday blocked two Pakistani diplomats from travelling to Jaipur for the ongoing Literature Festival in the city. Sources said that the decision was taken after consulting the Centre. The two officials had applied for permission to travel to Jaipur and Ajmer but will now have to miss it. ...
08:51 AM, Jan 25, 2013
The father of a teenage Pakistani activist shot in the head by Taliban for advocating girls' education has been given a diplomatic post in the UK. ...
01:37 AM, Jan 03, 2013
Bangalore: French diplomat Pascal Mazurier, who is accused of raping his daughter in Bangalore, has said that he's been framed. Pascal has filed a police complaint seeking investigation. He claims that there is no DNA evidence against him in his daughter's rape case. Pascal also said that he wanted the safety of his children first. He said he hadn't got any access to his children since he came out on...
02:42 PM, Nov 08, 2012
British High Commissioner to India James Bevan said that the talks with the Gujarat Chief Minister were not an endorsement of any person, but an engagement with the state. ...
10:14 PM, Oct 22, 2012
New Delhi: After meeting Narendra Modi, British High Commissioner to India, James Bevan, on Monday said that the talks with the Gujarat Chief Minister were not an endorsement of any person, but an engagement with the state. The UK High Commissioner clarified that engagement with Gujarat is in Britain's trade interest, saying we can't ignore Gujarat when we want stronger ties with India. "We want to support British nationals travelling...
06:14 PM, Oct 22, 2012
New Delhi: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Monday met British High Commissioner to India, James Bevan in Ahmedabad. Experts opine that the meeting could be the start of the rehabilitation of the controversial Gujarat politician's image in the West. Diplomatic ties between the UK and Gujarat were strained after the 2002 Gujarat riots in which 3 British nationals were killed. British officials were banned from meeting with Modi. The...
12:24 PM, Oct 22, 2012
New Delhi: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi will meet the British High Commissioner to India, James Bevan in Ahmedabad on Monday. The meeting marks the resumption of diplomatic relations between Britian and Gujarat, which were strained after the 2002 Gujarat riots. Two weeks back, the UK had claimed that it was looking at normalising relations with Gujarat. Modi on Sunday met RSS top brass including its chief Mohan Bhagwat but...
06:57 AM, Oct 22, 2012
New Delhi: Journalist Syed Mohammad Ahmed Kazmi, who was released on bail after seven months in the Israeli diplomat car attack case on Friday, has claimed that he was framed because he use to regularly make phone calls on Iranian numbers for official purposes. "I was picked up because I use to call Iran every day for journalistic purposes. They needed a scapegoat living in the Lodhi Road area," he...
08:07 AM, Oct 21, 2012
New Delhi: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Saturday questioned the bail granted to chief accused in the Israel embassy car blast case, Syed Mohammed Kazmi, saying that if he was given bail, why hadn't Sadhvi Pragya Thakur been granted bail yet. RSS spokesperson Ram Madhav Varanasi said, " Justice Kabir, CJI, said Kazmi, accused in the attack on an Israeli diplomat's wife in Delhi has statutory right to bail....
10:33 PM, Oct 20, 2012
Bangalore: French embassy official Pascal Mazurier, who was accused of raping his four-year-old daughter, has been granted bail by the Karnataka High Court. Mazurier, who was the Chief of Joint Chancellerie in the Consulate of France, was arrested and sent to judicial custody after his Indian wife Suja Jones accused him of sexually harassing their daughter in June 2012. Pascal has to surrender his passport and cannot leave without the...
11:17 AM, Oct 17, 2012
