Foreign Secretary
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India engaged with China in defusing border tension on Dokalam, FS tells parl panel
India | Jul 18, 2017, 09:47 PM ISTForeign Secretary S Jaishankar today told a parliamentary panel that China's stand on the recent Dokalam dispute in Sikkim sector has been unusually aggressive and articulate.
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Tehmina Janjua becomes Pakistan's first woman Foreign Secretary
World | Feb 13, 2017, 10:05 PM ISTTehmina Janjua, Pakistan's permanent representative to the UN in Geneva, was today appointed as the country's first woman Foreign Secretary.
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Abdul Basit set to be new Pakistan Foreign Secretary: report
World | Feb 04, 2017, 02:25 PM ISTIn a latest development, Pakistan's High Commissioner in India, Abdul Basit will replace Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhary as the new Foreign Secretary. The decision comes as Chaudhary has been named Pakistan’s envoy in the United States,
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S Jaishankar gets another extension as Foreign Secretary till January 2018
India | Jan 23, 2017, 11:58 PM ISTForeign Secretary S. Jaishankar, who was set to retire on this January 28, has been given an extension till January 28, 2018. With Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar, who is widely known to have the ear
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Nehru passed up US offer to test nuclear weapon before China: Ex Foreign Secretary
National | Jun 14, 2016, 03:20 PM ISTNew Delhi: India need not have had to make desperate efforts now to get membership of elite NSG had former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru accepted the then US President John F Kennedy’s offer of helping
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Foreign secretary meets African students; assures safety, security
India | May 30, 2016, 04:12 PM ISTNew Delhi: Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar on Monday met a group of African students here and assured them of the safety and security of the community after a string of attacks on African nationals in
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Indo-Pak FS-level talks likely next month: Sources
World | Jan 24, 2016, 10:11 PM ISTIslamabad: The foreign secretaries of Pakistan and India are expected to meet next month and the two sides are in touch for finalising the new dates amid some "forward movement", a senior Pakistani official said
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Pathankot attack: Pakistan to make info public after JIT probe
World | Jan 18, 2016, 09:40 PM ISTLahore: Pakistan will not make public any information on the probe into the Pathankot terror attack until the joint investigation team (JIT) completes its work, Law Minister of Punjab province Rana Sanaullah has said.Sanaullah said
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JeM chief Masood Azhar is in custody: Pakistan's Punjab govt
India | Jan 14, 2016, 10:17 PM ISTNew Delhi: There seems to be no end to the uncertainty prevailing over confirmation of the detention of Jaish-e-Muhammad chief Masood Azhar. Islamabad has given no official confirmation so far of the Jaish chief's arrest or
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Working on "leads" provided by India on Pathankot attack: Pak
World | Jan 04, 2016, 11:43 PM ISTIslamabad: Pakistan is working on the "leads" provided by India on the terror attack on the IAF base in Pathankot, the Foreign Office said tonight in a statement whose tone was conciliatory.Extending Pakistan's deepest condolences
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PM Modi meets NSA, foreign secretary over Pathankot attack
National | Jan 04, 2016, 08:44 AM ISTNew Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi tonight reviewed the situation arising out of the terror attack at Pathankot air force base and is believed to have discussed with top officials its ramifications on ties with
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'Indo- Pak Foreign Secretary level talks in Delhi next month'
World | Dec 12, 2015, 08:22 AM ISTIslamabad: After EAM Sushma Swaraj's vist to Pakistan, the Foreign Secratary of both India and Pakistan are slated to meet in Delhi next month.Pakistan's Prime Minister's Advisor on Foreign Affairs Sartaz Aziz said this while
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Jaishankar discusses LOC tension, Mumbai attack with Pakistan
India | Mar 03, 2015, 06:06 PM ISTIslamabad: Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar, after meeting with his Pakistani counterpart Aizaz Chaudhary, said that India is looking forward to work with Pakistan on all subjects and he has raised the issue of Mumbai terror
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Jaishankar discusses SAARC co-op in Bhutan on 1st leg of Yatra
World | Mar 01, 2015, 05:50 PM ISTThimphu: Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar today held talks with Bhutan's top leadership on stepping up India's ties with SAARC nations besides reviewing regional cooperation and bilateral ties.The Foreign Secretary called on Bhutanese Prime Minister Tshering
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S. Jaishankar arrives in Bhutan on first leg of 'SAARC yatra'
World | Mar 01, 2015, 02:44 PM ISTMuzaffarnagar: Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar today called on Bhutanese Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay soon after arriving here on the first leg of his ‘SAARC yatra'. “Jaishankar SAARC Yatra begins. Foreign Secy Jaishankar in Thimphu,” External
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US welcomes move to revive India-Pakistan talks
World | Feb 14, 2015, 04:15 PM ISTWashington: The United States today welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's decision to send Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar to Islamabad, a move seen as an effort to revive the suspended India-Pakistan talks."We believe that India and
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Pakistan looking to revive bilateral talks, Basit to meet Foreign Secretary Jaishankar
India | Feb 07, 2015, 11:57 AM ISTNew Delhi: Abdul Basit, Pakistan High Commissioner is looking to revive the possibilities of relaunching the Indo-Pak bilateral talks with India's newly appointed Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar. The dialogues were suspended by India after the
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PMO wanted Sujatha Singh to delete Modi's reference in her letter
National | Feb 02, 2015, 08:44 AM ISTNew 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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Personally informed Sujatha about new FS appointment: Sushma Swaraj
National | Jan 29, 2015, 10:30 PM ISTNew 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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Sujatha Singh refused several exits from Foreign Secretary office: Sources
India | Jan 29, 2015, 02:25 PM ISTNew 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,