Maldives is standing firm by its decision to take control of Male airport by December 8. This despite sources saying that India is upset with the development and has decided to freeze an aid of $ 25 million to Maldives, due in 2013. ...
12:10 PM, Dec 04, 2012
External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid has requested US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to expedite the extradition of Lashkar-e-Taiba operative David Headley and his accomplice Tahawwur Hussain Rana to India, official sources said. ...
12:46 AM, Dec 02, 2012
Adopting a wait and watch approach, India on Saturday said its Norway mission will do whatever is "appropriate" in the alleged child abuse case involving an Indian couple there but made it clear that the incident relates to a private citizen and the local law. "This is an issue that relates not to the government. It relates to a private citizen and to the local law of that country," External...
10:20 PM, Dec 01, 2012
Upset with Maldives for unilaterally deciding to terminate the $500 million GMR airport project in New Delhi, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said it was a major setback in the bilateral relations of the two countries. ...
08:01 AM, Nov 30, 2012
A diplomatic row is brewing between India and Maldives over the termination of the Male airport contract. The Maldivian government has ruled out reviving the deal with GMR and justified the scrapping by saying it was done purely on legal grounds. ...
04:39 PM, Nov 28, 2012
Fighting to declare his son's death a war crime, the father of Kargil war hero Lt Saurabh Kalia has now approached the Supreme Court. Dr NK Kalia said he got no response from either the Indian or Pakistani government for 13 years. ...
11:11 AM, Nov 28, 2012
Thirteen years on and still no justice for Kargil hero Lt Saurabh Kalia who was captured by Pakistan during the war in 1999. His mutilated body bearing torture marks was later sent to his family after 15 days. ...
07:42 AM, Nov 28, 2012
After a Kargil martyr's father requested the Supreme Court to direct the government to raise the issue of his son's killing at the International Court of Justice, the government on Tuesday said it has taken up the matter at the highest level and will do "whatever is possible" in the case. ...
09:57 PM, Nov 27, 2012
New Delhi: India and Pakistan on Wednesday sparred over communication about the hanging of the lone surviving terrorist of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks Ajmal Kasab. Immediately after the hanging was carried out in Pune, Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said Indian mission in Islamabad had informed Pakistan government about the hanging. "The External Affairs Ministry through our mission in Islamabad had informed the Pakistan government about Kasab's hanging. When...
09:10 PM, Nov 21, 2012
New Delhi: In an oblique criticism of Israel's offensive in Gaza, India on Wednesday said "disproportionate use of force" was completely unacceptable and demanded immediate de-escalation of the conflict in the region. Against the backdrop of criticism that India was muted in its response to the latest conflict in Gaza, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid told reporters that "we did say categorically that the disproportionate use of force is unacceptable"....
12:52 PM, Nov 21, 2012
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid on Wednesday said that despite many attempts made by the government to get in touch with Pakistan over the execution of 26/11 convict Ajmal Kasab, India did not get any positive response. "We attempted to convey to Pakistan about the decision taken on Kasab. We tried to inform Pakistan Foreign Ministry through fax on the decision taken but it wasn't recognised," Khurshid said....
11:07 AM, Nov 21, 2012
New Delhi: The all too familiar political blame game has begun over the arrest of two girls in Mumbai over a Facebook status update which questioned the shutdown in the city over the death of Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray. While the Shiv Sena has blamed the state government for the police action, Union minister Salman Khurshid said the government had no role to play in the episode. "The Government...
07:29 AM, Nov 21, 2012
New Delhi: Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi on Monday. He also met External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid. Four agreements were signed between the two countries. They signed four agreements in diverse areas, including mines and fertilizers, youth affairs, small development projects and fertilizers. India committed a $ 2 billion development and infrastructure assistance to Afghanistan. The two countries decided to work on an...
01:56 PM, Nov 12, 2012
New Delhi: Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh has done it again. On Sunday, the senior politician compared India Against Corruption (IAC) activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal to Bollywood actor Rakhi Sawant saying that they both tried to expose "but with no substance". "Arvind Kejriwal is like Rakhi Sawant. They both try and expose, but with no substance," Digvijaya tweeted. In the next line, Digvijaya added, "Apologies to Rakhi Sawant. I am an...
05:23 PM, Nov 11, 2012
New Delhi: India Against Corruption activist Arvind Kejriwal is all set to make yet another revelation on Friday. But there is still no word on who his latest target will be. In the past month, Kejriwal has targetted Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra's land deals, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid in an alleged embezzlement case and BJP President Nitin Gadkari in an irrigation scam. In his last revelation, Kejriwal also...
07:36 AM, Nov 09, 2012
Gurgaon: External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid on Friday said he would not allow the campaign against him by social activists to distract him from his new job of representing India's interests globally. Taking a dig at Arvind Kejriwal who had recently visited Khurshid's Lok Sabha constituency Farrukhabad, the minister said "I am not sure that anyone is moving residence to my constituency and if they are, they will be shifting...
10:01 PM, Nov 02, 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
Farrukhabad: Anti-corruption crusader-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday took his battle against Union Minister Salman Khurshid to his home turf in Farrukhabad where he addressed a rally against the Congress leader and asked the people to not vote for him in 2014 General Elections. "I want to ask people of Farrukhabad if they will elect Salman Khurshid again or not. Stealing money meant for handicapped is the worst crime I have...
06:58 PM, Nov 01, 2012
Farrukhabad: 4.45 pm: Claiming that all the political parties in the country are involved in corruption, Arvind Kejriwal asked why is Congress president Sonia Gandhi silent on the issue. He also demanded that Salman Khurshid be arrested in the alleged scam involving his NGO. 4.25 pm: Targeting Sonia Gandhi, Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said that it's shameful that Salman Khurshid will give his life for a woman. 4.18 pm: Arvind...
02:47 PM, Nov 01, 2012
Farukkhabad: Security has been stepped up in Farukkhabad on Thursday in view of protests planned by Arvind Kejriwal and his associated against alleged irregularities by the trust run by Union Minister Salman Khurshid and his wife. Congress workers have also announced to lodge their protest against Kejriwal in a democratic manner, sources said. Police said security has been tightened in the area in the wake of the protests planned by...
10:52 AM, Nov 01, 2012
