External Affairs
-
Did Rahul Gandhi not take foreign ministry's permission before UK visit? Sources say so
India | May 25, 2022, 05:51 PM ISTAccording to the rules, MPs are required to take political approval from the Ministry of External Affairs before travelling abroad. The approval has to be obtained by putting the information on the website at least three weeks before the trips.
-
We have taken note of US report on Chinese construction activities: MEA
India | Nov 11, 2021, 08:16 PM ISTChina has undertaken construction activities in the past several years along the border areas including in the areas that it has illegally occupied over the decades.
-
Hyderabad woman seeks help from MEA, claims daughter being tortured in Doha
News | Jun 22, 2021, 02:02 PM ISTA women from Hyderabad made appeal to Ministry of External Affairs on June 22. Woman claimed that her daughter, Alia, is stuck in Doha due to financial crises and is being tortured by their employers. "She even tried to escape but they imprisoned her, my daughter is in a big problem and need help," said Atiya Begum, mother of Alia.
-
EAM Jaishankar likely to visit Kuwait on Wednesday
India | Jun 07, 2021, 03:10 PM ISTExternal Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is expected to visit Kuwait on Wednesday to explore steps to further deepen India's ties with the oil-rich Gulf nation.
-
Stronger India-US health partnership powerful force to fight COVID globally: Jaishankar
World | May 28, 2021, 07:51 AM ISTExternal Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, at his meetings with top leaders of the American corporate sector on Thursday, appreciated their swift response to India's fight against the pandemic.
-
India issues demarche to Pakistan's Charge d'affaires over 2 Indian official's arrest
News | Jun 15, 2020, 09:41 PM ISTIndia issued demarche to Pakistan's Charge d'affaires over arrest of two Indian official. According to the sources, the demarche to Pakistan's Charge d'affaires made clear that there should be no interrogation or harassment of the Indian officials.
-
India slams Pak's 'lies and deceit' at UNHRC
India | Sep 12, 2019, 06:41 PM ISTTwo days after India gave a strong rebuttal to Pakistan's offensive on Kashmir at the UNHRC, Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar slammed Islamabad's attempt at "double speak" at the top UN body.
-
Sushma Swaraj arrives in Kyrgyzstan to attend SCO foreign ministers meet
World | May 21, 2019, 05:27 PM ISTIndia is keen on deepening its security-related cooperation with the SCO and its Regional Anti-Terrorism Structure (RATS), which specifically deals with issues relating to security and defence.
-
Exclusive: MoS for External Affairs Gen VK Singh on killing of 39 Indians in Mosul
News | Mar 22, 2018, 07:31 PM IST -
Search on for missing Indian crew aboard capsized cargo ship: MEA
India | Oct 17, 2017, 10:46 AM ISTExternal Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, in a series of tweets, said there were 26 Indians on board the ship, of them 16 have been rescued and 10 are still missing.
-
External Affairs Ministry crosses another social media milestone
India | Dec 24, 2016, 10:14 PM ISTAfter winning Digital India Award for its innovative use of social media earlier this year, the External Affairs Ministry has set another benchmark as its Twitter handle @IndianDiplomacy crossed the one million followers mark. {twitter:twitter.com/ME
-
Sushma Swaraj steps up to ensure admission to Pakistani girl in Delhi school
National | Sep 11, 2016, 01:42 PM ISTExternal Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has come forward to help a Pakistani girl in getting admission in a school in the national capital. Madhu, a resident of Punjab province of Pakistan, moved to Delhi two
-
Thousands of jobless Indians starving in Saudi; MEA provides free ration
India | Jul 30, 2016, 11:41 PM ISTPoorly struck by unemployment in Saudi city of Jeddah, as many as 800 Indian workers are starving for the last three days. Stepping up to provide them help, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has intervened
-
Defence production, nuclear deals on cards between India and UAE
Feb 10, 2016, 11:11 PM ISTNew Delhi: A slew of agreements, including on defence equipment manufacturing and civil nuclear cooperation, are likely to be signed between India and the UAE after Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi General Sheikh Mohamed bin
-
India's unity in diversity hailed abroad: Sushma Swaraj
National | Nov 04, 2015, 10:32 PM ISTNew Delhi: Hailing the country's "unity in diversity", Union External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today said there were high demands for setting up Indiancultural centres in countries across the world.Speaking at the first edition of
-
Future conflicts will need more integrated approach: President
India | Nov 04, 2015, 07:13 PM ISTNew Delhi: Future conflicts will require a more integrated multi-state and multi-agency approach as the security of a nation is no longer confined to preserving territorial integrity but encompasses economic, energy and food security, President
-
Gurjit Singh India's new envoy to Germany
India | Oct 19, 2015, 07:17 PM ISTNew Delhi: Senior diplomat Gurjit Singh has been appointed as India's Ambassador to Germany, succeeding Vijay Gokhale.Singh, a 1980-batch Indian Foreign Service officer, is currently serving as India's Ambassador to Indonesia."He is expected to take
-
India pushes for strengthening ties with central european countries
National | Oct 05, 2015, 04:17 PM ISTBengaluru: Projecting "unquestionable" stability of the economy, strong economic fundamentals and administrative reforms brought in by the PM Modi government, India today pushed for taking the relationship with Central European countries forward in various fields."As
-
Russia assures India of support on UNSC permanent seat bid
World | Sep 16, 2015, 08:07 PM ISTNew Delhi: Russia has assured its support to India for permanent membership in the UN Security Council, days after it along with the US and China refused to contribute to the text for negotiations on
-
Geeta may be kept at a Delhi facility on repatriation from Pakistan
India | Sep 13, 2015, 12:29 PM ISTNew Delhi: Amid efforts to bring back Geeta, the deaf and mute Indian woman stranded in Pakistan, the government has zeroed in on an institution where she could be accommodated after repatriation.According to sources in