New York: Uttar Pradesh Minister Azam Khan, who was briefly detained on Wednesday at a US airport, on Sunday accused External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid of hatching a "conspiracy" to defame him outside India. He even claimed that a call on continuation of Samajwadi Party's support to the UPA government will be taken by party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav after hearing his version and that of Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav...
11:05 AM, Apr 28, 2013
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
New Delhi: Prime minister Manmohan Singh has left for Berlin on Wednesday to participate in the second round of inter-governmental consultations with Germany. The two countries are celebrating 60 years of diplomatic relations and will address possible areas of cooperation. External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid and other important officials are going to be a part of the delegation on the bilateral visit. Dr Singh will arrive in Berlin on the...
09:05 AM, Apr 10, 2013
Lauding the effectiveness of social media, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid has said the freedom that comes out of using it needs to be regulated. ...
02:05 PM, Mar 24, 2013
Sanjay Hegde, Senior SC lawyer joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on Rome's decision to send the undertrial Italian marines back to India. ...
03:04 PM, Mar 22, 2013
External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid on Wednesday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh amid growing speculation over India's next move on the issue of two Italian marines who have refused to come back to face trial on charges of homicide. ...
11:21 AM, Mar 14, 2013
Newly appointed US Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday met visiting Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai and stressed that there would be no change in India-US relationship, which he is looking forward to take a step forward during his stint at the Foggy Bottom. ...
10:47 AM, Feb 22, 2013
Rejecting charges that it was not proactive in probing allegations of kickbacks in the Rs 3600 crore VVIP chopper deal, Government today said it would act only according to the law and not to please the Opposition in this case. ...
03:04 PM, Feb 13, 2013
India and Mauritius, the strategically located Indian Ocean island nation on January 4 decided to intensify counter-piracy cooperation and explored ways to scale up bilateral trade and investment. External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid called on visiting Mauritius President Rajkeswur Purryag and discussed a host of bilateral issues. Purryag, who is of Indian origin, on January 3 began a week-long visit to India. ...
03:36 PM, Jan 04, 2013
Judicial reforms were the flavour of the year as the government focused its efforts on bringing a bill on judicial accountability and kept up its plans to change the present system of appointment of judges where the executive has little say. In March, the Lok Sabha passed an ambitious bill to lay judicial standards but despite two sessions of Parliament the bill could not be brought in the Rajya Sabha....
12:52 PM, Dec 27, 2012
New Delhi: Two Italian marines, facing murder charges in Kerala, are all set to go home for two weeks for Christmas with the Centre in principle taking a decision to allow them to travel following a High Court order. Only the "processes" are left which includes signing of the final clearance order by External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid but "in principle" it is decided that they will be allowed to...
06:03 PM, Dec 21, 2012
New Delhi: Two Italian marines, facing murder charges in Kerala, are all set to go home for two weeks for Christmas with the Centre in principle taking a decision to allow them to travel following a High Court order. Only the "processes" are left which includes signing of the final clearance order by External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid but "in principle" it is decided that they will be allowed to...
06:03 PM, Dec 21, 2012
New Delhi: The dozens of vehicles that roared into northeast India this week on a rally from Indonesia symbolize deeper ties between the South Asian giant and Southeast Asia, but the dreadful roads along several parts of the 8,000 km journey also show how much remains to be done. The caravan crossed jungles and mountains in eight nations before reaching the remote Manipur, bordering Myanmar, in an event promoting a...
05:07 PM, Dec 19, 2012
New Delhi: The war of words between anti-corruption crusader Arvind Kejriwal and Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid intensified on Saturday with the former demanding an immediate arrest of the minister and his wife. After his release from makeshift jail at Rajiv Gandhi stadium in Bawana, Kejriwal along with other India Against Corruption (IAC) activists reached Parliament Street and launched an indefinite protest demanding Khushid's resignation. According to a 'The Times...
07:38 PM, Oct 13, 2012
Law Minister Salman Khurshid said Ramlila Maidan is a place where leela is performed. It's a democracy and people have the right to sit on protest. ...
01:04 PM, Aug 09, 2012
