India on Monday suggested to the United Nations to wind up its mission on Kashmir. Participating in a debate on the UN's peacekeeping operations, India said that the United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) had outlived its utility and the UN could better utilise it elsewhere. ...
08:58 AM, Jan 22, 2013
Even as the Line of Control remains tense, the war of words between India and Pakistan has intensified. India has raised Pakistan's continuing support to terror groups at the United Nations, seeking international action against state sponsors of terror. India named Pakistan terror groups Lashkar-e-Toiba and Jamaat-ud-Dawa as major security threats to South East Asian countries. ...
11:15 AM, Jan 16, 2013
New York: The security council met to vote on yet another resolution calling for sanctions against Syria but was defeated when Russia and China used there veto. India voted for that resolution and CNN-IBN's Amrita Triphati spoke to India's UN envoy Hardeep Puri. Here's the full transcript of the interview: Amrita Tripathi: We're joined now by Ambassador Hardeep Puri for more on what happened at the UN Security Council today....
04:39 PM, Jul 20, 2012
New Delhi: India on Friday stepped up its diplomatic efforts with Maldives for a resolution of the ongoing crisis there, with the Indian ambassador planning an all-party meet in the country. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh sent a senior MEA official to the country as a special envoy to assess the situation. The south Asian country, that saw protests for the past two days, on Friday witnessed a brief lull...
02:19 PM, Feb 10, 2012
New Delhi: India on Monday took over the Presidency of the UN Security Council on Monday. Last October, India made history by winning an almost unanimous vote, making it a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council. The spotlight is back on India as it gets set to take up the Presidency of the council after 19 years. During its month long tenure Indian diplomats rather ambitiously hope to broker...
07:53 AM, Aug 01, 2011
Washington: Indian Ambassador to the United Nations Hardeep Singh Puri has been elected Chairman of the all important Security Council Committee on Counter-terrorism and two other key committees of this 15-member body. A formal announcement in this regard will be made today, sources told PTI after the conclusion of silent procedure during which there was no challenge to India being elected as Chairman of these three important UNSC committees. Elected...
10:54 AM, Jan 05, 2011
External Affairs Minister SM Krishna slams Indian envoy's pat down and said that India will take up the issue with the US. ...
08:59 PM, Dec 14, 2010
Texas: The US has done it again - but this time, its not the sari but the turban that has raised eyebrows. India's envoy to the UN Hardeep Puri refused to have his turban patted down at the airport in Austin, Texas. The incident happened on November 13 when Puri was returning to New York after delivering a lecture at the University of Texas. A TSA agent asked Puri for...
08:58 PM, Dec 13, 2010
Texas: India's permanent representative to the United Nations, Hardeep Puri, who was reported to have been patted down in Texas, has denied being humiliated by the security persons. Talking to CNN-IBN, Hardeep said, "This is something that happened a month ago, on November 13. When I entered the airport, the security person told me about the new procedures. I said I knew about the new procedures and was willing to...
07:07 PM, Dec 13, 2010
Texas: After Indian Ambassador to the US Meera Shankar was subjected to a pat-down at an airport in the USA, another Indian envoy has been humiliated in America. India's permanent representative at the United Nations, Hardeep Puri, was frisked and asked to remove his turban. Puri, a Sikh, was asked to remove his turban at the airport in Austin, Texas three weeks ago where he had gone for a lecture....
01:31 PM, Dec 13, 2010
