Tag: Ministry of External Affairs

Clashes with CM worry MEA brass

Sections of the ministry of external affairs are worried about the foreign office’s recent clashes with Mamata Banerjee. They are worried on two counts. She might even be the next prime minister, if the political chatter around the 2019 elections is to be taken into account. It’s worrisome if someone so powerful is on the …

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September 19, 2018

Maldives government ‘summons’ Indian envoy after Swamy tweet

According to reports, Akhilesh Mishra was questioned by Foreign Secretary Ahmed Sareer

August 28, 2018

BRICS Summit | PM Modi meets Russian President Vladimir Putin

Will continue working together in multiple sectors, Modi tweets after the meeting. India and South Africa signed three agreements, including in the areas of agriculture and space cooperation, at the BRICS Summit

July 27, 2018

India reaches out to Africa with PM Modi’s three-nation trip

Over the last few years, there has been significant engagement in various fields with African countries. There have been 23 visits to Africa by the President, the Vice-President and the Prime Minister in the last four years.

July 23, 2018

Swaraj to join 125th anniversary commemoration of Mahatma Gandhi’s eviction from train

On the night of June 7, 1893, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, a young lawyer, was thrown off the train's first class compartment at Pietermaritzburg station for refusing to give up his seat.

May 17, 2018

UN peacebuilding efforts held back by lack of funding: India

Funds available for UN peacebuilding efforts are not even 1% of the annual budget for UN peacekeeping, says A Gitesh Sarma, Additional Secretary, MEA, during a high-level meeting on peacebuilding and sustaining peace at UN

April 25, 2018

NAM meeting: Sushma Swaraj embarks on 3-day visit to Azerbaijan

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday embarked on a three-day visit to Azerbaijan to attend the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) meeting and hold talks with top leadership of that country. Swaraj will hold talks with Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov and call on President Ilham Aliyev and First Vice-President Mehriban Aliyeva, the Ministry of External …

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April 4, 2018

Sushma Swaraj comes to aid of Indian woman stranded with son’s body

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj helped an Indian woman in bringing back the mortal remains of her son, with whom she was travelling from Australia to India, after he died suddenly at the Kuala Lumpur international airport. The minister’s response yesterday came after a netizen sought her help in the matter through a tweet. “@SushmaSwaraj …

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January 12, 2018

Link prosperity of your countries to India’s development: Prez Kovind to PIOs

President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday urged the Indian diaspora to link the prosperity of their countries with India’s development at a time when “we are at the cusp of New India”. Addressing the International Conference of Persons of Indian Origin (PIO) Parliamentarians here, Kovind said the next few decades were likely to see India’s …

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January 10, 2018

Swaraj arrives in Singapore after talks with ASEAN secretary general

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj arrived in Singapore on Saturday after holding talks with ASEAN Secretary General Dato Paduka Lim Jock Hoi in Jakarta, as India steps up efforts to strengthen engagements with the countries of the region under its ‘Act East’ policy. EAM @SushmaSwaraj arrives in Singapore for the Regional Pravasi Bharatiya Divas celebrations. …

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January 6, 2018

India calls Kulbhushan Jadhav’s new video ‘propagandistic exercise’

Kulbhushan Jadhav’s new video released by Pakistan, saying he has not been tortured in custody,  was dismissed as “propagandistic exercise” that “simply carry no credibility” by India. The video was released days after India had hit out at Pakistan for violating understandings for the Jadhav-family meet and raised questions about the 47-year-old Indian national’s well …

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January 4, 2018

Woman MEA staffer alleges assault by husband, in-laws

A woman working as Office Assistant in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) here alleged on Saturday she was brutally assaulted by husband and in-laws when she was pregnant after she refused to abort her female foetus, police said. The woman, 42, a resident of Sector 49, Gurugram, got married to a Delhi-based doctor, Rajnish …

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December 30, 2017

Pakistani media ‘very irresponsible’: Kiren Rijiju

Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday slammed the “very irresponsible” Pakistani media over the heckling of Kulbhushan Jadhav’s mother and wife who had gone to Islamabad to meet the alleged Indian spy facing death. “Pakistan media is very irresponsible, it is not responsible like the Indian media,” Rijiju told reporters outside …

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December 27, 2017

Kulbhushan Jadhav case: Pak violated spirit of understanding, says MEA

Finally, Kulbhushan Jadhav, who is on death row in Pakistan, got to meet his mother and wife in Islamabad on Monday. But meeting was a sham as the Indian government is not satisfied with the event was arranged. The mother-wife duo was made to see Jadhav through a glass screen and communicate only through telephone. The …

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December 26, 2017

Sushma Swaraj grants medical visas to 5 more Pak children

Despite the current low in India-Pakistan relations, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj is continuing with her policy of helping Pakistani nationals who need visas to visit India for medical treatment. On Thursday, she granted visa to five Pakistani children, including a 10-month-old baby, for medical treatment in India. “There is a request for medical visa …

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December 15, 2017

Iranian President inaugurates first-phase of Chabahar port

The first-phase of Chabahar port was inaugurated by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday, the port located in Iran’s southeastern Sistan-Baluchestan province will open up a new strategic transit route among Iran, India and Afghanistan, bypassing Pakistan. “We are happy that the first wheat shipment for Afghanistan has been sent to the country’s people via the Iranian …

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December 3, 2017

Sushma makes unscheduled visit to Iran ahead of Chabahar port inauguration

External Affairs Sushma Swaraj on Saturday paid an unscheduled visit to Iran and had luncheon meeting with her Iranian counterpart Javad Zarif in Tehran. The visit comes a day before inauguration of the first phase of the Chabahar port development project. External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said in a tweet that the two ministers …

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December 2, 2017