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Sushma Swaraj reviews Iraq action plan with Gulf envoys
India | Jun 30, 2014, 09:50 AM ISTNew Delhi: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj yesterday chaired a meeting of India's envoys in Gulf countries to chalk out the future course of action to rescue Indian nationals stranded in violence-hit Iraq.The meeting, also
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Swaraj leaves for home after Bangladesh visit
National | Jun 27, 2014, 02:33 PM ISTDhaka: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today met former Bangladesh President Hussain Ershad's wife and opposition Jatiya Party leader Roshan Ershad before leaving for Delhi at the end of her three-day visit here. The meeting
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LoP not a must for functioning of Parliament: Sumitra Mahajan
National | Jun 27, 2014, 01:33 PM ISTNew Delhi: Modi government will be presenting its first budget on 7th July. With none of the opposition parties having managed the minimum of 55 MPs needed to stake claim for the post of the
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Sushma Swaraj prays for Bangladesh, India prosperity at Dhaka temple
World | Jun 27, 2014, 11:48 AM ISTDhaka: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today visited the well-known Dhakeshwari temple here saying it had capped a “successful” visit to Bangladesh. “I prayed for prosperity of both India and Bangladesh,” she told Hindu community
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External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj meets BNP chief Khaleda Zia
World | Jun 27, 2014, 11:41 AM ISTDhaka: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today held a meeting here with former Bangladesh Prime Minister and chairperson of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Khaleda Zia.Swaraj, who held a series of meetings with the top leadership
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French foreign minister to meet Modi, Sushma on coming Sunday
India | Jun 27, 2014, 07:15 AM ISTNew Delhi: French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius will arrive in India on Sunday to touch base with the Narendra Modi government, becoming the first high-level Western leader to do so.Fabius would hold talks with his
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India, Bangladesh engage in saree diplomacy
India | Jun 26, 2014, 08:38 PM ISTDhaka: Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj today presented a cream colour saree to Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina who in return gifted the famous Bangladeshi Jamdani saree to the visiting Indian leader. Swaraj, who is on
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Sushma Swaraj speaks to Mamata ahead of Bangla visit
National | Jun 25, 2014, 04:53 PM ISTNew Delhi: Ahead of her visit to Bangladesh, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today spoke to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee about the two-day trip. According to official sources, Swaraj made a call to
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Sushma Swaraj to visit Bangladesh tomorrow
National | Jun 24, 2014, 08:45 PM ISTNew Delhi: Sushma Swaraj will tomorrow embark on a first official visit abroad to Bangladesh after becoming External Affairs Minister during which she will hold talks with top leadership there on key bilateral issues including
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Govt promises to improve facilities for Haj pilgrims
India | Jun 23, 2014, 02:25 PM ISTNew Delhi: Government today promised to bring in significant improvement in facilities for Haj pilgrims and request Saudi Arabia to withdraw 20 per cent cut in India's quota for the annual pilgrimage. Acknowledging that there
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Government promises to improve facilities for Haj pilgrims
National | Jun 23, 2014, 02:10 PM ISTNew Delhi: Government today promised to bring in significant improvement in facilities for Haj pilgrims and request Saudi Arabia to withdraw 20 per cent cut in India's quota for the annual pilgrimage. Acknowledging that there
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Iraq crisis: Centre trying its best, Sushma tells Vasundhara Raje
National | Jun 23, 2014, 12:15 PM ISTJaipur: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today assured Rajsthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje that the Centre is trying its best to safely bring back the Indians stranded in strife-torn Iraq. Swaraj talked to Raje on
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Iraq crisis: Centre trying its best, Sushma tells Raje
India | Jun 23, 2014, 07:19 AM ISTJaipur: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today assured Rajsthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje that the Centre is trying its best to safely bring back the Indians stranded in strife-torn Iraq. Swaraj talked to Raje on
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Andhra Pradesh seeks safe passage of 61 people stranded in Iraq
India | Jun 22, 2014, 07:21 AM ISTHyderabad: Andhra Pradesh government on Saturday requested the Centre to rescue 61 persons from the state who are currently stranded in strife-hit Iraq, and ensure their safe passage to their native places.Chief Minister N Chandrababu
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Sushma Swaraj to visit Dhaka on June 25-27
National | Jun 21, 2014, 07:57 PM ISTNew Delhi: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will visit Bangladesh next week during which she will hold talks with the top leadership there on a host of issues of bilateral and international interest. This is
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Scores may be stranded, held captive in Iraq: hostage's brother
National | Jun 20, 2014, 04:46 PM ISTHoshiarpur (Punjab): Scores of youths from Punjab and Haryana could be stranded or held captive in Iraq, says the brother of a Punjabi youth taken hostage in Iraq by Sunni insurgents.Paramjit Singh, younger brother of
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Parkash Badal, families of abducted Indian workers in Iraq meet Sushma Swaraj
National | Jun 20, 2014, 03:40 PM ISTNew Delhi: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal along with families of some of the Punjabi workers abducted in Iraq today met External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and shared their concerns with her.The families of
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India doing its best to free Indians in Iraq: Swaraj
India | Jun 19, 2014, 02:46 PM ISTNew Delhi: India said Thursday that it was doing its "very best" to ensure the release of the 40 Indians abducted in Iraq, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi closely monitoring the situation.The government said it
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Iraq crisis: Ready to pay ransom to bring back abducted Indians, says Badal
India | Jun 19, 2014, 08:57 AM ISTNew Delhi: With the fate of the abducted Indians in Iraq still unknown, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has said that his government is even ready to pay a 'ransom' to bring the Indians
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Russian Deputy PM holds talks with Swaraj
India | Jun 18, 2014, 02:58 PM ISTNew Delhi: In first high-level engagement between India and Russia after NDA government came to power, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry O Rogozin today held extensive talks on crucial