Foreign Secretary Shri Ranjan Mathai summoned Pakistan High Commissioner to the Ministry of External Affairs on Wednesday and lodged a strong protest on the actions of the Pakistan army on January 8, 2013. Regular Pakistan troops crossed the Line of Control at Mendhar sector and engaged the Indian troops who were patrolling this sector. ...
02:00 PM, Jan 09, 2013
Drawing the ire of green activists, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid has reportedly stayed and celebrated New Year in a private resort, declared "illegal" and directed to be closed by court, in the Bokkapuram forest area coming under the elephant corridor in Tamil Nadu. ...
03:10 PM, Jan 02, 2013
India and Pakistan on Tuesday exchanged a list of their nuclear facilities and their nationals lodged in each others' jails. ...
01:11 AM, Jan 02, 2013
Lt Saurabh Kalia's family wants that the torture of their son be declared a war crime and also want Pakistan to apologise ...
03:20 PM, Nov 30, 2012
New Delhi: Exploring the possibilities of bringing back former Indian Premier League (IPL) commissioner Lalit Modi, who is facing charges of financial irregularities in the conduct of the T-20 cricket tournament, India has written to the British Foreign Office on the issue. The former IPL commissioner has been staying in the UK for nearly two years. This comes two days after, according to sources, the Finance Ministry wrote to the...
06:23 PM, Nov 14, 2012
Mumbai: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has launched the second edition of its "India is...a Visual Journey" short-film contest aimed at bringing out unique perspectives on the country by both amateur and experienced filmmakers. This is the second edition of the contest and this year, it has been launched with much more fanfare, with an exclusive tie-up with the video sharing website Youtube which will host the entries. The...
11:37 AM, Nov 11, 2012
Gurgaon: A smiling Salman Khurshid on Friday said it was "awesome" to be the Minister of External Affairs and stressed that while he has a lot to learn, it won't be like waking up to find a whole new world. At his charming best, Khurshid tried to flatter the journalists on the External Affairs beat and joked that it would be a little more "pleasant" than answering questions on Uttar...
08:05 PM, Nov 02, 2012
New Delhi: Key ally of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government, the Samajwadi Party has expressed unhappiness over the elevation of Salman Khurshid to Ministry of External Affairs. Disapproving of the government's decision, Samajwadi Party leader Ramgopal Yadav said that tainted people should not be promoted. Khurshid has been at the centre of criticism since activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal in a press conference spoke about the alleged financial impropriety in the...
09:05 PM, Oct 28, 2012
Salman Khurshid is the new External Affairs Minister. The fag end of his tenure as the Law Minister was marked with controversies related to his trust, the Zakir Hussain Memorial Trust. He said he hoped to serve the government in his new capacity to the best of his abilities. ...
02:56 AM, Oct 28, 2012
SM Krishna, who resigned as the External Affairs Minister on Friday, said his decision was not linked to the Lokayukta's order to probe his role in the Mysore expressway scam. "It is in no way connected. That is a roving kind of an investigation. No motive has been attributed, so the question doesn't arise," Krishna said. He also said that the decision to quit was a well thought out decision. ...
01:43 PM, Oct 27, 2012
New Delhi: SM Krishna, who resigned from the post of the External Affairs Minister on Friday, said he quit to make way for younger people to take over. "I called the Prime Minister and conveyed my thanks for the kind of support and leadership he provided to the MEA. I have submitted my resignation. Youngsters must take over the responsibilities. I felt it was time up for me to make...
11:24 AM, Oct 27, 2012
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister SM Krishna on Friday offered to resign ahead of the proposed Cabinet reshuffle, which is scheduled to take place on Sunday. Krishna is likely to be given an important position in the Karnataka unit of the Congress party. Krishna is likely resign on Friday evening as he wants to give a free hand to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during the reshuffle. The timing of Krishna's...
04:19 PM, Oct 26, 2012
Thane: A total of 29 Indians have been sentenced to death for various criminal offences during the last five years in various countries, the External Affairs Ministry has said in response to an RTI query. In reply to a query under the Right to Information Act by activist Om Prakash Sharma, the MEA report has stated that 21 Indians had been awarded death sentence in the United Arab Emirates, six...
05:12 PM, Oct 24, 2012
London: The UK is in "active" discussions with India on opening five new trade offices across the country, according to a top British official in London. "We are in active discussions with the Indian government to open five new trade offices across India. It is a large country and we want to understand all of it," UK's Foreign Office Minister in-charge of India, Hugo Swire, said. "We have already opened...
03:53 AM, Oct 06, 2012
New Delhi: Procuring passport will be costlier from October 1 as the government has decided to increase the passport and related services fees from Rs 1000 to Rs 1500 under the normal category and from Rs 2500 to Rs 3500 under Tatkal scheme. An announcement in this regard was made in a statement by the Ministry of External Affairs on Friday night. The Passport and related services were last fixed...
11:23 PM, Sep 28, 2012
New Delhi: The External Affairs Ministry has taken note of the New Jersey NRI custody row and stepped in. External Affairs Minister SM Krishna has sought a report from the Indian mission in the US over its childcare services after an 11-month-old child was taken away from his NRI parents. Debasish Saha and his wife have been restricted from visiting their child after he was admitted to hospital with a...
01:25 PM, Sep 10, 2012
Islamabad: Issues between Pakistan and India that divide opinion will not be easy to solve, said a Pakistani daily as Indian External Affairs Minister SM Krishna reaches Islamabad on Friday on a three-day visit. Krishna, who will be in Islamabad and Lahore before leaving for home on Sunday, has said he comes with messages which he hopes can solve all the mutual problems between the two countries. "The note of...
12:27 PM, Sep 07, 2012
New Delhi: The government will set up 14 more Income Tax Overseas Units (ITOUs) to deal with the menace of blackmoney and keep a tab on illegal routing of funds from abroad and parking money in foreign countries. The Finance Ministry has recently sent a detailed proposal in this regard to the Ministry of External Affairs along with the names of the countries where these ITOUs would be made operational....
04:26 PM, Aug 15, 2012
New Delhi: With India's international engagements expanding at a rapid pace, the Ministry of External Affairs is facing an "acute shortage" of personnel and is planning to induct 500 officers in the next few years to meet its requirements. "We have been hearing repeatedly about how small the ministry is and how we are unable to cope with challenges of our time due to shortage of resources. I would like...
03:32 PM, Jul 13, 2012
Jalandhar: A Burundi national and a student of Punjab's Lovely University was reportedly beaten and left for dead in Jalandhar in April this year. The 23-year-old, Yannick Nihangaza is currently in coma. The boy was allegedly pelted with stones and beaten up on April 22. Two people have been arrested in the case. His father has now written an emotional appeal to India asking that he be repatriated to Burundi....
03:49 PM, Jul 06, 2012
