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
The attack on Anil Verma's wife was more serious than described by Indian High Commission. ...
07:42 AM, Jan 27, 2011
Washington: US President Barack Obama on Tuesday said that his administration has built a new partnership with India, as the US has stepped up efforts to ensure global peace and prosperity. Obama visited India in November last year. Building new relationship with countries like India, Obama said is part of his efforts to shape a world that favors peace and prosperity. "With our European allies, we revitalised NATO, and increased...
11:11 AM, Jan 26, 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
Experts and activists discuss the case of 'wife beater' diplomat Anil Verma's case on 'People First'. ...
10:56 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. MEA sources have told CNN-IBN that Anil Verma, has been transferred back from London to Delhi. MEA sources said that the domestic violence incident will be taken very seriously. The wife of the diplomat - Paromita Verma - is still in hiding with the...
09:39 AM, 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: Amid controversy generated by the release of secret cables by WikiLeaks, including those from US embassy in New Delhi, the Obama Administration has said that American diplomats in India are doing their job just like their counterparts here. "Our diplomats do what diplomats do, and what we do in a country like India is no different than what Indian diplomats do in our country," State Department spokesman P J...
11:51 AM, Dec 18, 2010
New Delhi: Days after a senior Indian diplomat was asked by security staff at a US airport if they could check his turban, US Ambassador Timothy J Roemer Wednesday met representatives of the Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) in New Delhi and assured them that the US will strike a balance between religious sensitivities and security needs of travelers. The US envoy met some representatives of the Akali Dal at his...
06:28 PM, Dec 15, 2010
Washington: Diplomatic cables are not part of the US policy and meant to just provide information which is not always accurate, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said, while acknowledging that the Defence Department did not handle properly the classified papers illegally obtained by WikiLeaks. "Diplomatic cables are not policy. They are meant to inform. They are not always accurate. They are passing on information for whatever it's worth," Clinton...
06:08 PM, Dec 04, 2010
London: Interpol issued a "red notice" on Tuesday to assist in the arrest of Julian Assange, founder of the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks, who is wanted in Sweden on suspicion of sexual crimes. Assange, a former computer hacker now at the centre of a global controversy after WikiLeaks released a trove of classified US diplomatic cables at the weekend, denies the Swedish allegations. The website of Interpol, the international police agency,...
08:00 AM, Dec 01, 2010
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
In addition to the numerous controversies surrounding the Games, African diplomats have now complained that Australia and New Zealand have been provided with better accommodation arrangements. ...
12:11 PM, Sep 26, 2010
Get the day's top stories with CNN-IBN Editor-in-chief Rajdeep Sardesai. ...
12:06 AM, Aug 28, 2010
India suspended all military exchanges with China after Beijing refused to budge on its decision to disallow a top army commander from visiting the country because he was serving in Kashmir. ...
12:00 AM, Aug 28, 2010
