Devyani Khobragade Case
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Devyani Khobragade case: US court asks Bharara to file reply by Jan 31
World | Jan 18, 2014, 10:35 PM ISTNew York: A US judge here has granted Manhattan's top prosecutor Preet Bharara time till January 31 to file his opposition to the motion submitted by Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade seeking dismissal of the indictment
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Devyani Khobragade case: Top US leadership feels diplomat row 'most stupid thing to do'
World | Jan 11, 2014, 02:35 PM ISTWashington: Recognizing the damage that the diplomat row has done to the India-US relationship, there is a realisation in the top American leadership that "it was the most stupid thing to do" on their part
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Devyani Khobragade case: Maid Sangeeta Richard breaks silence, claims she was exploited
World | Jan 10, 2014, 02:05 PM ISTNew York: As Devyani Khobragade heads back to India, her domestic worker Sangeeta Richard Friday broke her silence and claimed that she suffered while working for the Indian diplomat and asked other domestic workers not
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Timeline of Devyani Khobragade case
India | Jan 10, 2014, 11:31 AM ISTNew Delhi: Following is the timeline of developments related to the arrest, strip search, indictment and eventual return of Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade from New York: November 2012: Sangeeta Richard, the domestic maid, arrived in
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Devyani Khobragade: India orders closure of US embassy club for selling duty-free liquor on the sly
India | Jan 08, 2014, 09:44 AM ISTNew Delhi: In an order conveying its strong displeasure, the Indian government has taken a step towards shutting down the club of American Community Support Association (ACSA) , popularly known as American Club in New
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Devyani Khobragade: US discusses possible solutions to resolve issue
World | Jan 07, 2014, 05:30 PM ISTWashington: As the lawyer of the Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade is seeking to postpone proceedings of her indictment on January 13, the US administration is busy taking out solutions to resolve the issue.Three possible solutions
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Devyani Khobragade case: Preet Bharara opposes indictment deadline extension plea
World | Jan 07, 2014, 12:38 PM ISTNew York: India-born US prosecutor Preet Bharara has told a judge in New York that his office is opposed to the one-month extension of the deadline for charging Devyani Khobragade in a visa fraud case
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Devyani Khobragade case: US to proceed with proseuction
World | Dec 31, 2013, 07:12 AM ISTNew York: The US is proceeding with the prosecution of senior Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade and has no intention to withdraw the case of visa fraud against her.US sources here said today that more evidence
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Devyani Khobragade case: India limits immunity for US diplomats, withdraws it for kin
India | Dec 24, 2013, 09:37 PM ISTNew Delhi: In a tough reciprocal action, India today downgraded the immunity of certain category of US diplomats and withdrew the immunity enjoyed by their family members, in fallout of the arrest of a senior
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Devyani Khobragade case: Online petition to drop charges launched
World | Dec 23, 2013, 11:09 AM ISTWashington: An online White House petition demanding the Obama Administration drop the visa fraud case against Devyani Khobragade has been launched here by a group of Indian-Americans who said the senior Indian diplomat's public humiliation
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Devyani Khobragade case: US softens tone, but still no apology or dropping of charges
World | Dec 21, 2013, 02:32 PM ISTWashington: A week into their diplomatic spat, the US responded with a softened tone to India's reconciliatory stress on preserving their "valuable" ties, but made no move to drop the charges against an Indian diplomat
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Devyani Khobragade: RPI activists vandalize Domino's outlet in Mumbai
India | Dec 21, 2013, 10:38 AM ISTMumbai: A Domino's Pizza outlet was vandalized by Republican Party of India (RPI) activists on Friday in Mumbai while protesting the inhuman treatment meted out to Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade.Domino's is a U.S. chain of
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Devyani Khobragade: NYT, Washington Post, CNN defend strip search of Indian diplomat
World | Dec 21, 2013, 10:03 AM ISTNew Delhi: After maintaining an ominous silence over the strip search and cavity search of a senior Indian diplomat in New York, the US media is suddenly on overdrive trying to justify the treatment meted
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Devyani Khobragade case: Kerry plans to call Khurshid
World | Dec 21, 2013, 07:26 AM ISTWashington : Secretary of State John Kerry plans to call his Indian counterpart Salman Khurshid soon as the ties between two sides are too important to be derailed by an “isolated incident” of the arrest
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Devyani Khobragade case: UN posting gives Devyani temporary immunity, says US
World | Dec 21, 2013, 07:26 AM ISTWashington: The transfer of diplomat Devyani Khobragade to India's Permanent Mission at the United Nations would grant her full-diplomatic immunity temporarily and protect her from any arrest in the US, but the visa fraud case
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Devyani Khobragade case: Maid Sangeeta Richard frustrated over portrayal of her case
World | Dec 20, 2013, 11:26 AM ISTNew York: The lawyer for a domestic help employed by Devyani Khobragade on Thursday said it is frustrating and disappointing that the focus in the case has shifted from the crimes that were committed against
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Devyani Khobragade case: India demands case against diplomat in US be withdrawn
India | Dec 19, 2013, 05:04 PM ISTNew Delhi : India today said the case against its diplomat Devyani Khobragade, arrested in New York on charges of visa fraud, should not be pursued and withdrawn by the US authorities.External Affairs Minister Salman
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Devyani Khobragade Case: Protests outside US consulate in Hyderabad
India | Dec 19, 2013, 04:25 PM ISTHyderabad: Left parties and their affiliated students' organizations staged protests near the US consulate here Thursday against the ill-treatment meted out to Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade by the US authorities in New York.Tension prevailed in
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Devyani Khobragade case: Narendra Modi refuses to meet US delegation
India | Dec 17, 2013, 02:33 PM ISTNew Delhi: BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi Tuesday declined to meet a US Congressional team to protest the "ill-treatment meted to our lady diplomat in the US"."Refused to meet the visiting delegation in solidarity
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Devyani Khobragade case: Turn in your IDs, India tells US diplomats
India | Dec 17, 2013, 02:14 PM ISTNew Delhi: Angry over the "despicable" and "barbaric" treatment meted out to its diplomat, India Tuesday asked US diplomats to turn in their IDs even as Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi and union Home Minister