Bangalore: The French diplomat accused of raping his three-and-a-half-year-old daughter was arrested on Tuesday morning. The arrest came after the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) confirmed that Pascal Mazurier did not enjoy any diplomatic immunity, and that the Bangalore police could arrest him. The accused has now been taken for a medical check up and will be produced in court later in the day. The French Consulate on Monday issued...
08:57 AM, Jun 19, 2012
Bangalore: The French diplomat accused of raping his three-and-a-half-year-old daughter now faces arrest. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has confirmed that the diplomat does not enjoy any immunity, thus clearing the way for his arrest. The French Consulate too came out with a statement on Monday saying, "A complaint has been lodged regarding the rape of a minor girl who is a French National. The complaint names the father...
08:33 AM, Jun 19, 2012
Bangalore: The French diplomat in Bangalore who was accused of raping his three-and-a-half-year-old daughter does not enjoy any immunity, sources said on Monday. Pascal Mazurier was detained on Thursday night for questioning, after his wife, who is an Indian, accused him of raping their minor daughter. However, the police had said that they could not arrest him since he enjoyed diplomatic immunity. However, sources now say that Mazurier holds a...
01:50 PM, Jun 18, 2012
New Delhi: Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi will be in Delhi on Thursday on a two-day visit to formally invite Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit to be held in Tehran in August. Salehi, who will be in Delhi as the Special Envoy of President Mahmoud Ahmedinijad, will hand over an invitation to the Prime Minister, the External Affairs Ministry said in a statement. During...
09:47 PM, May 30, 2012
New Delhi: Some IT professionals and businessmen were facing problems in getting visas mainly due to outsourcing issues in those countries but Indian consulates are active in providing all help in resolving the grievances, Lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday. Asked during Question Hour about denial of visa by some countries to some IT professionals and even students, Minister of State for External Affairs Preneet Kaur said her ministry as...
10:40 PM, May 16, 2012
New Delhi: It was an emotional reunion the Bhattacharya family has been waiting. After nearly a year in foster care in Norway, two NRI children, separated from their parents on grounds of negligence, arrived in India to an emotional welcome following a prolonged custody battle and diplomatic pressure by India. The children - Abhigyan (3) and Aishwarya (1) - escorted by uncle Arunabhas Bhattacharya and their Norwegian foster father were...
07:19 PM, Apr 24, 2012
Minister of State for External Affairs Preneet Kaur on Tuesday confirmed that the Norway NRI children will stay in Delhi for the day. ...
12:08 PM, Apr 24, 2012
New Delhi: Thieves have struck the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) adjoining Prime Minister's Office in the high security South Block in New Delhi, decamping with the laptop and pen drive of a senior official besides attempting to break into two rooms. The incident comes two months after theft of a hard disk of a computer was reported from the Home Ministry in North Block. In November last year, a...
01:12 PM, Mar 19, 2012
New Delhi: Sri Lankan special envoy Prasad Kariyawasam on Thursday apologised for his alleged remark that certain Tamil Nadu MPs had links with the LTTE. The MEA had summoned the envoy to explain his remark. Said Kariyawasam, "The government of India has expressed concern over the tone and content of my remark. I am very sorry about that. That is not what I meant. I have a lot of respect...
01:41 PM, Mar 15, 2012
New Delhi: India will soon send "factual documentation" of its policy framework pertaining to child rights and welfare to Norwegian authorities, which had asked for them following the NRI children custody row. Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has already compiled its response to the query of Norwegian authorities about laws and policies dealing with children's rights and their welfare in the country, official sources said. Ahead of the hearing case...
08:40 PM, Mar 11, 2012
New Delhi: India has reportedly asked Norway to expedite the return of the children of NRI couple Anurup and Sagarika Bhattacharya, urging it to do so keeping in view the "humanitarian dimension". A terse government statement said, "The children are neither orphans, nor Stateless persons. They enjoy the protection of the Indian State." "India urges Norway to expedite the process of return of the children to India in view of...
06:13 PM, Feb 22, 2012
New Delhi: As part of its public diplomacy outreach, the ministry of external affairs has donned the mantle of filmmaker with the premiere of 'A Brush With Life', a special documentary on the life of master modernist Satish Gujral, the artist who overcame physical challenges to become a stalwart of contemporary Indian art. The movie, commissioned by the ministry and supported by History TV 18 as a showcase of contemporary...
03:52 PM, Feb 16, 2012
New Delhi: Chinese companies are not being invited for the Defence Ministry's biennial military exhibition 'Defexpo' here next month but there will be an official delegation from that country for the event. The External Affairs Ministry has shot down a Defence Ministry proposal to invite Chinese companies to take part in the four-day show that will have representation from several countries including the US, Israel, Russia and France, sources told...
09:00 PM, Feb 07, 2012
New Delhi and Oslo seem to have finally agreed on a solution - that of handing over the children to their grandparents in India. ...
09:44 PM, Jan 24, 2012
New Delhi: Around 10 days before war broke out between India and Pakistan in 1971, the then President of Pakistan Yahya Khan had given an inkling of his intentions to attack this country after taking a few drinks with an American journalist. Yahya had told the journalist on the day of their meeting that he would be "at the front within 10 days" when the American talked about getting back...
12:30 PM, Jan 16, 2012
New Delhi: The Government has given sanction for the prosecution of 21 social networking sites like Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Yahoo India in the ongoing spat between the companies and the Government of India over content regulation. The Centre told a Delhi court on Friday that there is sufficient material to proceed against the 21 social networking sites for offences of promoting enmity between classes and causing prejudice to national...
01:58 PM, Jan 13, 2012
New Delhi: The Ministry of External Affairs has said that the two Indian traders who were allegedly held hostage in Yiwu in China are now safe in Shanghai and will return only after the legal procedure is complete. The MEA said, "The traders are in Shanghai. We are in touch with them, we cannot disclose their location. They are safe and all possible assistance is being provided to them. We...
01:22 PM, Jan 05, 2012
New Delhi: A special Lokayukta court in Bangalore will hear External Affairs Minister SM Krishna's petition on Thursday in an illegal mining case. Earlier, Krishna on December 9 petitioned the Karnataka High Court to quash the illegal mining case against him, a day after police launched a probe into his alleged role in illegal mining when he was chief minister during the period of 1999-2004. Krishna has contended in the...
07:30 AM, Dec 15, 2011
London: British prosecutors on Tuesday dropped charges against underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's close aide Iqbal Mirchi in connection with a case in which he was accused of threatening to kill a man, citing lack of evidence. Britain's Crown Prosecution Service said on Tuesday that it has decided to discontinue the charges against Muhammed Iqbal Memon, also known as Iqbal Mirchi, who is wanted in India in connection with the 1993...
10:36 PM, Nov 15, 2011
New Delhi: Just pick up your video camera and shoot a three-minute film if you think you can capture the essence of India, wherever you are. You could win loads of prizes! In a pioneering initiative to promote India's soft power, the Public Diplomacy Division of the external affairs ministry has launched a global video contest entitled 'India Is' that is open to anyone in the country and around the...
01:47 PM, Nov 15, 2011
