Govt forms GoM to review SC directives on CBI autonomy

A week after the Supreme Court pulled up the Government over its control on the functioning of the CBI, the Prime Minister on Tuesday constituted a Group of Ministers to review the SC's directives on CBI autonomy. The GoM is headed by Finance Minister P Chidambaram and will include V Narayanasamy, Kapil Sibal, Salman Khurshid and Manish Tewari. ...
07:14 PM, May 14, 2013

Hope to continue good relations with Pakistan: Khurshid

External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said that India favours whatever result that comes out of a democratic election. ...
10:59 AM, May 12, 2013

Watch: Khurshid, Shahnawaz in a friendly spar to break Parliament logjam

Salman Khurshid was all smiles when he requested BJP leader Shahnawaz Hussain to let Parliament function. Hussain retorted with an equally winning smile saying protests will stop if ministers Ashwani Kumar and Pawan Kumar Bansal resign. ...
12:08 PM, May 08, 2013

There is no confrontation with China, says Salman Khurshid

External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid says while people can express concern over the India-China standoff in Ladakh, there is no need to press the panic button because mechanisms are in place and the government is hopeful of a satisfactory resolution. ...
03:50 PM, May 06, 2013

Coal scam: Govt will accept SC's verdict, says Salman Khurshid

External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said the government will accept the Supreme Court's verdict. "SC will tell us what were the our limits in this particular case," he said. ...
01:30 PM, May 06, 2013

Sarabjit's death not a foreign policy failure: Khurshid

External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh's death was not a foreign policy failure. Speaking to CNN-IBN, Khurshid also said he hopes this comes as a lesson for Pakistan. "We hope that this comes as a lesson to Pakistan. This is not the time for the BJP to play politics. We don't see this as a foreign policy failure," Khurshid said. ...
03:00 PM, May 02, 2013

Chinese incursion: We need not press the panic button, says Khurshid

Army chief General Bikram Singh on Wednesday briefed the Cabinet Committee on Security on the Chinese incursion. ...
08:03 PM, May 01, 2013

Want a transparent probe by Pakistan on Sarabjit attack: Khurshid

Even as doctors treating Sarabjit in Lahore's Jinnah Hospital said his chances of survival were 'slim', Dalbir Kaur said he can still get up and speak if the right treatment is given to him. ...
01:37 PM, May 01, 2013

Coalgate: Accountability will surely be fixed, says Khurshid

The Supreme court on Tuesday tore into the UPA government and the Central Bureau of Investigation demanding answers on the government's alleged interference in the CBI coal allocations probe. ...
05:40 PM, Apr 30, 2013

Hope India-China standoff is resolved soon: Salman Khurshid

EAM Salman Khurshid will be traveling to China next month. He told CNN-IBN's Altamash Hashmi that he hopes that the stand off between Indian and Chinese army emerging out of Chinese incursions will be solve by the time he travels there. ...
12:50 PM, Apr 29, 2013

Chinese incursion: Is India soft-pedalling concerns?

India has said it will resolve differences with China over the recent incursions in Ladakh in a peaceful way. ...
08:11 PM, Apr 23, 2013

We will guard our national interest: Khurshid on China's incursions

External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said that Indo-Sino ties won't be hit after reports surfaced on Chinese helicopters flying over Depsang in Daulat Beg Oldi (DBO) sector in Ladakh. ...
06:42 PM, Apr 23, 2013

Boston blasts: All Indians safe, says Khurshid

External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid confirmed that all Indians and all Indian facilities in Boston are safe. ...
01:40 PM, Apr 16, 2013

Coal scam report: Khurshid defends Ashwani Kumar

CBI sources said the investigative agency will inform the Supreme Court that Law Minister Ashwani Kumar tried to interfere in its status report on the coal scam. External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said, "Ministers speak to officials from time to time. We respect both professional as well as legal limits of such interactions. The matter will be probed in the Supreme Court and affidavits will be produced". ...
06:48 PM, Apr 14, 2013

Marines row: Italian government has been fair, says Salman Khurshid

External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said, "I think the Italian government has been very sensible. It took time to be persuaded. I have no problem to say that they have done a good job." ...
10:40 PM, Mar 29, 2013

India @ 9 with Bhupendra Chaubey

Catch the day's top stories with Bhupendra Chaubey on India @ 9. ...
11:45 PM, Mar 22, 2013

News 360: CBI raids BCCI chief's Chennai residence, seizes 11 cars

The CBI on Friday seized 11 cars belonging to BCCI chief and India Cements promoter N Srinivasan. ...
10:12 PM, Mar 22, 2013

Italy made a forced error of judgement, says Salman Khurshid

Speaking to CNN-IBN, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said that India has no angst against Italy. "They (Italy) had their political impulses, they had an election. There was strong political sentiment there," he said. ...
09:15 PM, Mar 22, 2013

Law will remain as it is: Salman Khurshid on Italian marines

External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid has said that the Italian marines charged with the murders of two Indian fishermen will face trial as usual in India and that the law won't change. This comes even as the Italian foreign office said that they have been assured there will be no death penalty for the marines. Sources also say there is a possibility that the marines could serve their prison term ...
11:02 AM, Mar 22, 2013

'Last-minute changes to UN resolution on Sri Lanka unlikely'

UN envoy Dilip Sinha is in Parliament to meet PMO officials. He is briefing the government on amendments to the UNHRC resolution. ...
05:45 PM, Mar 20, 2013