Days after the withdrawal of Indian soldiers, Maldives Defence Minister Ghassan Maumoon has acknowledged that the country’s defence forces are still not capable of operating the three aircraft donated by India, local media reported on Sunday. This comes a day after Maldives Foreign Minister Moosa Zameer said 76 Indian military personnel in the island nation, … Read more
As obscene videos case rocks politics, reports were rife of accused JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna flying to Germany. On May 2, Ministry of External Affairs confirmed that Prajwal travelled on diplomatic passport. “No political clearance was either sought from or issued by MEA in respect of the travel of the said MP to Germany. Obviously, … Read more
India on Thursday rejected the report of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom that accused the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of “reinforcing discriminatory nationalist policies” and said the organisation is completely ‘biased’ and doesn’t even expect from the organisation to understand the country’s diverse, pluralistic and democratic ethos. “The US Commission on International … Read more
NEW DELHI: The Washington Post report which alleged involvement of top Indian officials, including former RAW chief Samant Goel, in the Pannun murder-for-hire plot makes unwarranted and unsubstantiated imputations on a serious matter, govt said on Tuesday in its first reaction to the story that also identified the Indian official who allegedly ordered the foiled … Read more
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has strongly protested against the raising of ‘Khalistan’ separatist slogans at a public event attended by Canadian leaders, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The MEA summoned the Canadian Deputy High Commissioner to convey India’s deep concern and strong protest over the incident.The MEA stated, “This illustrates once again the … Read more
India will be invited to two back-to-back high-level summits in Europe that are scheduled in June to discuss geopolitical upheavals, including the war in Ukraine and West Asia. The summits will be taking place within days of election results in New Delhi. While the current G7 chair Italy has decided to invite India as a … Read more
Days after he raised the issue of eight Haryana youths stuck in Russia, Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala Saturday said the Ministry of External Affairs has informed him that the Indian embassy in Moscow has raised the matter with authorities there. Surjewala said he had written to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on April 7, … Read more
On Tuesday, the Ministry of External Affairs firmly rejected China’s attempt to rename several places in Arunachal Pradesh, saying that assigning invented names would “not alter the reality that the state will always be an integral and inalienable part of India. “China has persisted with its senseless attempts to rename places in the Indian state … Read more
As the ruling BJP intensified its attack on the Congress over the issue of Katchatheevu island ceded by India to Sri Lanka, the opposition party on Monday responded by citing a Right to Information reply of 2015 from the Ministry of External Affairs which said the 1974 agreement “didn’t involve either acquiring or ceding of … Read more
A 30-year-old man from Hyderabad, Mohammed Afsan, has tragically died while fighting for Russia in the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. Afsan was allegedly forced to join the Russian Army after being misled by deceptive agents who recruited him and others as ‘helpers’ for the army. The Embassy of India in Russia has expressed condolences, stating … Read more
