New Delhi: The diplomatic row over mistreatment of an Indian diplomat's daughter has reached US Secreatry of State Hillary Clinton. Krittika Biswas' lawyer Ravi Batra has written a letter to Clinton saying that there was violation of diplomatic privilege granted to the Indian Consul General Debashish Biswas' family. The letter also demands immediate review and issuance of new interpretation that enables privileges granted by the Vienna convention. The lawyer had...
09:59 AM, Jun 02, 2011
New York: The Indian Consul General in New York Prabhu Dayal on Saturday said the arrest of Krittika Biswas is illegal and that she has diplomatic immunity. Prabhu Dayal slammed the US State Department for violating the Vienna Convention which clearly states that diplomatic immunity is extended to family members of consular officers. "There's a difference in perception on diplomatic immunity. We have pointed this out to US authorities so...
07:27 AM, May 28, 2011
New Delhi: Krittika Biswas, the daughter of an Indian diplomat who has sued New York City for $ 1.5 million after being wrongly arrested for sending obscene e-mails is accusing her school of singling her out. Krittika said, "The school principal actually pushed for my arrest before checking facts. I was arrested on suspicion while the real culprit was forgiven after he apologized. School decided not to press charges against...
12:25 PM, May 27, 2011
New Delhi: Krittika Biswas, the daughter of an Indian diplomat who has sued New York City for $ 1.5 million after being wrongly arrested for sending obscene e-mails is accusing her school of singling her out. Krittika said, "The school principal actually pushed for my arrest before checking facts. I was arrested on suspicion while the real culprit was forgiven after he apologized. School decided not to press charges against...
12:25 PM, May 27, 2011
New Delhi: Indian diplomat Debashish Biswas's daughter Krittika has sued the City of new york for 1.5 million dollars - for wrongful arrest. Krittika, 18, was arrested for sending obscene emails to her teachers. The charges were later dropped and she was released. Krittika Biswas's ordeal may have been life changing for her and her family but the US government is firm on its stand that she did not enjoy...
08:14 PM, May 26, 2011
New York: The United States has played down a lawsuit filed by Krittika Biswas, the 18-year-old daughter of Indian diplomat Debashish Biswas in the US, who slapped a case against New York City and sued mayor Michael Bloomberg for $1.5 million for wrongful arrest. The US State Department, citing the rule book, has said family members of consular officials do not enjoy diplomatic immunity as per the Vienna convention. "The...
02:19 PM, May 26, 2011
Washington: Diplomatic immunity does not apply to family members of consular officers, US State Department has said, a day after the daughter of an Indian diplomat filed a law suit against New York City alleging that she was falsely arrested and suspended for sending obscene e-mails to teachers at her Queens High School. "The Vienna Convention on Consular Affairs provides that consular officers are not liable to arrest or detention...
09:09 AM, May 26, 2011
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11:23 PM, May 25, 2011
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10:03 PM, May 25, 2011
Islamabad: A Saudi Arabian diplomat was shot and killed by unidentified attackers in Karachi on Monday, just five days after explosives devices were lobbed at the Saudi consulate in the southern Pakistani port city. The Saudi diplomat, identified in media reports as Hasan MM Al-Kahtani, was attacked by four gunmen riding two motorcycles while he was driving to work. The attack occurred a short distance from the Bahrain consulate. The...
11:30 AM, May 16, 2011
Islamabad: A German woman diplomat glided into trouble after her paragliding stint in the Pakistani capital violated the city's heavily-guarded 'red zone', which is home to key buildings like the presidency and Parliament. Shasha Wolf, a security adviser in the German embassy, her instructor Rao Akhter Hussain and Haseeb Hussain were paragliding from the Margalla Hills overlooking Islamabad on Monday when an army air defence unit spotted them violating the...
04:38 PM, May 10, 2011
London: Britain has expelled five Libyan diplomats to protest at the Libyan government's actions and because they could pose a threat to national security, Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Wednesday. "To underline our grave concern at the regime's behaviour, we have today taken steps to expel five diplomats at the Libyan embassy in London, including the military attache," Hague told parliament. "The government also judged that, were those individuals...
08:08 PM, Mar 30, 2011
Lahore: In a setback to US efforts to seek early release of its national Raymond Davis arrested for double murder, a Pakistani court on Thursday rejected his claim that he has diplomatic immunity and said it would go ahead with his trial. During the last hearing of the case, 37-year-old Davis, a suspected CIA contractor, had filed an application in which he insisted that he had immunity. Lawyers representing the...
12:34 PM, Mar 03, 2011
London: Britain has revoked the diplomatic immunity of Libya's Muammar Gaddafi and his family and called on the autocratic leader to step down, the foreign minister said on Sunday. William Hague also said that former Prime Minister Tony Blair has spoken to Gadhafi in the past few days, but did not disclose what was discussed. Hague defended Blair's friendly relations with Muammar Gaddafi's regime in the past and also British...
07:27 AM, Feb 28, 2011
Islamabad: Pakistan's former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has accused the interior ministry of "mishandling" the case of US official Raymond Davis, who faces trial for killing two Pakistanis, by not letting the matter be confined to his ministry. "The Raymond Davis case was mishandled because interior ministry was made the focal point instead of keeping it confined to the foreign ministry," said Qureshi, removed as foreign minister in the...
01:02 PM, Feb 24, 2011
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
Islamabad: Pakistan government is exploring a possible "blood money deal" between American official Raymond Davis, arrested for double murder in Lahore, and relatives of the victims for ending the tense standoff with the US. Finding itself on a sticky wicket on the issue of freeing 37-year-old Davis, the government is looking at a face-saving option under which the relatives of the two men killed by the American agree to withdraw...
03:08 PM, Feb 18, 2011
Washington: The White House has said that US is currently focused on getting its diplomat Raymond Davis released from Pakistan, notwithstanding the setback it received at the hands of Pakistani courts. Davis, who held US diplomatic passport, is currently under arrest in Pakistan on charges of murder of two Pakistani nationals. "The United States on Pakistan is focused on ensuring that the diplomatic status of Mr Davis is honored and...
07:41 AM, Feb 18, 2011
Islamabad: After weeks of tense standoff, the US and Pakistan may be nearing an arrangement to repatriate US official Raymond Davis with the government expected to concede in court that the American qualifies for diplomatic immunity under the Vienna Convention. The government's counsel is expected to testify on Davis's diplomatic status when the Lahore High Court reconvenes on Thursday. The government's position, though not publicly disclosed, was finalised at a...
01:37 PM, Feb 16, 2011
Washington: The US has denied reports that it has suspended all high-level dialogue with Pakistan after Islamabad refused to release an American diplomat detained on possible murder charges. "We continue contact with Pakistan to express the importance of resolving the case of a US diplomat in accordance with international law," State Department spokesman PJ Crowley posted on Twitter on Tuesday afternoon. Crowley's tweet came hours after The Washington Post reported...
08:39 AM, Feb 09, 2011
