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
Washington: The US has sympathised with Krittika Biswas, daughter of an Indian diplomat who has sued New York City for illegally detaining her, but insisted that she did not enjoy any diplomatic immunity. "As I ve said before, as a family member of a consular officer at the Indian consulate in New York, she did not enjoy immunity from arrest from criminal or civil jurisdiction under international law," US State...
09:09 AM, Jun 15, 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
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
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
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
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
