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  Lalit Modi-Sushama Swaraj row: I knew nothing about this case, says Sujatha Singh

  Politics | June 16, 2015 11:24 IST

  New Delhi: Former foreign secretary Sujatha Singh has said that she wasn't consulted at the time when former IPL commissioner Lait Modi got his travel documents in UK."I have no idea about this case. I

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  PMO wanted Sujatha Singh to delete Modi's reference in her letter

  Politics | February 02, 2015 8:44 IST

  New Delhi: Former foreign secretary, Sujatha Singh said on her offer to take early retirement was rejected as the Prime Minister's Office wanted to delete a reference that she was doing so, on the instructions

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  Modi govt carries out another secretary-level bureaucratic reshuffle

  Politics | February 01, 2015 10:39 IST

  New Deli: Days after the tenure of Foreign Secretary Sujatha Singh was curtailed, the Narendra Modi government carried out a major reshuffle of Secretaries of Union Ministries on Saturday touching over seven ministries including health,

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  Reputation tarnished by low and dirty stories: Sujatha Singh

  Politics | January 31, 2015 7:24 IST

  New Delhi: Two days after she was abruptly relieved of her post, former foreign secretary Sujatha Singh said Friday that her reputation has been tarnished by adverse stories coming out about her on social media

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  Sushma Swaraj to travel to China tomorrow; Jaishankar to accompany

  Politics | January 30, 2015 17:45 IST

  New Delh:  External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will travel to China on a four-day visit tomorrow during which she will hold talks on “issues of concern” with her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi and attend Russia-India-China

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  Why was PM Modi unhappy with former foreign secretary Sujatha Singh?

  India | January 30, 2015 8:37 IST

  New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi was reportedly unimpressed by the former foreign secretary Sujatha Singh's efforts which led to curtailment of her tenure as Foreign secretary.Sujatha has now sought early retirement from Indian Foreign

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  Sujatha Singh resigns from IFS, says institution more important than an individual

  India | January 30, 2015 8:02 IST

  New Delhi: Former foreign secretary Sujatha Singh has decided to take early retirement from Indian Foreign service.The tenure of the former foreign secretary Sujatha Singh may have ended 6 months before the stipulated time  but

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  Personally informed Sujatha about new FS appointment: Sushma Swaraj

  Politics | January 29, 2015 22:30 IST

  New Delhi: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj tonight said she had personally communicated to Sujatha Singh the government's decision to appoint S Jaishankar as the new Foreign Secretary.Swaraj's comment came in the backdrop of reports

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  Had sought early retirement; no individual bigger: Sujatha Singh

  Politics | January 30, 2015 0:00 IST

  New Delhi: A day after the government said that her tenure as Foreign Secretary has been “curtailed”, Sujatha Singh today claimed that she had actually sought early retirement and underlined that no individual is larger

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  Delhi Polls: 2 rallies of Sushma Swaraj in the city cancelled

  Politics | January 29, 2015 19:59 IST

  New Delhi: Two election rallies of External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj were cancelled here today but BJP did not give any reason for it.The rallies of Swaraj, who had addressed two public meetings yesterday here,

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  PM owes explanation on 'summary' sacking of Sujatha Singh: Congress

  Politics | January 29, 2015 19:03 IST

  New Delhi: Congress today reacted sharply to the “sudden and summary” sacking of Sujatha Singh as Foreign Secretary, insisting that Prime Minister Narendra Modi owed an explanation to the nation over her removal “without reason”

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  Sujatha Singh refused several exits from Foreign Secretary office: Sources

  India | January 29, 2015 14:25 IST

  New Delhi: The Modi government has announced the abrupt "curtailment of tenure of foreign secretary Sujatha Singh with immediate effect" eight months before she was due to retire. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, India's ambassador to the US,

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  Decoding why Modi govt replaced Sujatha Singh with S Jaishankar as India's Foreign Secretary

  India | January 29, 2015 14:12 IST

  New Delhi: In a surprise move, the NDA government has appointed India's ambassador to the United States, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar as the new Foreign Secretary, replacing Sujatha Singh, the country's highest ranking diplomat, about seven months

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  'No political motive' behind Foreign Secretary' removal :BJP

  Politics | January 29, 2015 14:34 IST

  New Delhi: Defending the move to replace Sujatha Singh as Foreign Secretary, BJP today ruled out any political motive and said the government had acted well within its right to decide on appointment of officers.“I

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  Congress questions abrupt removal of Foreign Secretary

  Politics | January 29, 2015 12:23 IST

  New Delhi: Congress today questioned the timing of government's decision to remove Sujatha Singh as Foreign Secretary and wondered whether it was “retribution” for her stand on IFS officer Devyani Khobragade.“Is sacking of Foreign Secretary

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  Subrahmanyam Jaishankar takes charge as new Foreign Secretary

  India | January 29, 2015 10:49 IST

  New Delhi: Former envoy to the United States Subrahmanyam Jaishankar took charge as the new Foreign Secretary today.  He replaces Sujatha Singh, whose tenure was abruptly curtailed by Modi government a day after Barrack Barack

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  Jaishankar made new Foreign Secretary

  India | January 28, 2015 23:50 IST

  New Delhi: In a sudden development, S Jaishankar, India's Ambassador to the US, was tonight appointed Foreign Secretary, replacing Sujatha Singh whose tenure has been abruptly ‘curtailed” by nearly eight months.The surprise announcement was made

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  India should not have cancelled talks: Sharif

  World | November 28, 2014 12:35 IST

  Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said India should not have cancelled the Foreign Secretary-level talks, insisting that there was “nothing new” in consulting Kashmiri leaders ahead of a dialogue.  “We had been talking

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  Bilateral talks cannot resolve Kashmir issue: Ahmad Shah

  Politics | August 18, 2014 14:47 IST

  Srinagar: Senior separatist leader Shabir Ahmad Shah today welcomed the upcoming Indo-Pakistan Foreign Secretary level talks but maintained that bilateral dialogue between the two countries would not resolve the Kashmir issue as people of the

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  How can Pakistan envoy talk to separatists: Congress

  Politics | August 17, 2014 20:33 IST

  New Delhi: The Congress Sunday asked why India was going ahead with foreign secretary level talks with Pakistan when the Pakistani envoy here had invited Kashmiri separatists for talks.Congress leader Manish Tewari said allowing Abdul