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Govt monitoring Brahmaputra to detect abnormalities: Sushma Swaraj
India | Jan 04, 2018, 08:24 PMSushma Swaraj also said India intends to "remain engaged with China on the issue of trans-border rivers to safeguard our interest, including through an institutionalised expert-level mechanism which was established in 2006".
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Sushma Swaraj arrives in Thailand on first leg of three Southeast Asian nations tour
India | Jan 04, 2018, 08:20 PMExternal Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar tweeted that the Minister got a "warm welcome" in Thailand -- "our geographic, historic and cultural neighbour".
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Sushma Swaraj, Shashi Tharoor spar in Lok Sabha over making Hindi official language at UN
National | Jan 03, 2018, 05:46 PMSushma Swaraj, in her reply to a question, said: "It is often asked why Hindi is not an official language in the UN. Today, I will want to tell the House, the biggest problem is the procedure."
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Cricket series unlikely till Pakistan stops terrorism, Sushma Swaraj tells Parliamentary panel
Cricket | Jan 01, 2018, 04:11 PMResponding to a query on India-Pakistan cricket series on a neutral venue, the external affairs minister hinted that it seemed unlikely until Pakistan stopped cross-border terrorism and firing, the member said.
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4 Indians in Nigerian custody released: Sushma Swaraj
India | Dec 29, 2017, 11:27 PMAccording to reports, the four Indians were on board a merchant vessel and were caught by the authorities there as they were looking for the ship for an earlier crime. Sharma and Kumar are from Himachal Pradesh.
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Kulbhushan Jadhav wondered whether anything bad had happened to father: Sushma Swaraj
India | Dec 28, 2017, 06:34 PMSwaraj said that removal of the 'mangalsutra' was a height of disrespect as Jadhav's mother had told the Pakistani officials that it was symbol of marriage, but they did not relent.
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Full Text: Sushma Swaraj slams Pakistan in Parliament for humiliating Kulbhushan Jadhav’s wife and mother
National | Dec 28, 2017, 02:59 PMMaking a statement in the RS and LS, Sushma Swaraj said in the name of security, Pakistani authorities forced his mother and wife to change clothes and take off their jewellery, including the 'mangalsutra', and bindi.
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'Job well done': Pak foreign ministry 'thanks' journalists for heckling Kulbhushan’s wife and mother
World | Dec 28, 2017, 01:46 PMAccording to some Pakistani scribes, the country’s foreign ministry reportedly sent a thank you note to the journalists for a “job well done”.
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Pakistan made Kulbhushan Jadhav's wife, mother appear as widows to him: Sushma in Parliament
India | Dec 28, 2017, 03:01 PMSpeaking in Rajya Sabha, Swaraj said that in the name of security, Pakistani authorities forced his mother and wife to change clothes and take off their jewellery, including the 'mangalsutra', and bindi.
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Sushma Swaraj speaks in LS on Pakistan's treatment of Jadhavs, says 'the meeting lacked humanity and goodwill'
India | Dec 28, 2017, 12:36 PMAddressing the Upper House of Parliament, Swaraj said that the meeting was nothing like a humanitarian gesture as human rights of the family members were violated again and again and an environment of fear was created for them.
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Govt to make statement on Kulbhushan Jadhav in both Houses of Parliament tomorrow
India | Dec 27, 2017, 01:56 PMIndia on Tuesday slammed Pakistan for the manner in which the meeting between Jadhav and his wife and mother were conducted, saying Islamabad "violated the letter and spirit of our understandings" over the meeting.
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Day after meeting Kulbhushan Jadhav in Pakistan, his family meets Sushma Swaraj
India | Dec 26, 2017, 02:51 PMKulbhushan Jadhav's family met him at the heavily guarded building of the Pakistani foreign office.
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India has completed DNA testing of families of 39 Indians missing from Mosul: Sushma Swaraj
India | Dec 20, 2017, 06:33 PMUrgent steps were taken to arrange for DNA samples of the family members of the missing Indians to assist the Iraqi authorities in their investigations.
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Sushma Swaraj to take up issue of ‘forced conversion’ of Sikhs to Islam with Pakistan
India | Dec 19, 2017, 05:48 PMIndia on Tuesday said it will take up with Islamabad reports that some members of the Sikh community were forcibly converted to Islam in Pakistan.
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Peace in border areas a must for development of bilateral ties, India tells China
India | Dec 13, 2017, 06:32 PMDuring her meeting with Wang Yi, Sushma Swaraj also underlined the need for approaching “our difference with due consideration to each other’s sensitivities and concerns”.
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Doklam standoff put severe pressure on India-China ties: Chinese foreign minister
World | Dec 12, 2017, 09:48 PMThe bilateral ties went through a serious test after Indian border troops "illegally trespassed" into the Chinese territory in June, Wang told Swaraj on Monday.
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Russia pitches for India's participation in China's One Belt One Road initiative
India | Dec 11, 2017, 11:44 PMIndia has opposed the OBOR due to its sovereignty concerns over the USD 50 billion China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) which passes through Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). CPEC is part of the OBOR.
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Handling of Dokalam shows importance of India-China ties: Foreign Minister Wang Yi
India | Dec 11, 2017, 05:47 PMChinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's visit to New Delhi is the first by a top Chinese official to India after the 73-day Dokalam standoff and after the commencement of the second five-year term of President Xi Jinping.
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Indian, Chinese Foreign ministers meet three months after end to Doklam crisis
World | Dec 11, 2017, 02:44 PMThis is the first high-level visit from China after Indian and Chinese troops were in a tense face-off earlier this year in Doklam on the border.
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Post-Doklam, Chinese Foreign minister to visit India for Russia, India, China trilateral meet
India | Dec 06, 2017, 09:54 AMMEA said in a statement on Tuesday that Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, along with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, would attend the meeting on December 11 to be hosted by External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj.
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