Tag: External Affairs Minister

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#MeToo movement: Union Minister MJ Akbar resigns

New Delhi: Following a spate of sexual harassment allegations, Union Minister of State for External Affairs (MEA) MJ Akbar resigned from his post today. The resignation came a day before a Delhi court is to take up the defamation case filed by Akbar against one of the journalists. Earlier on Monday, Akbar had filed a […]

  • Thursday, 29 July 2021
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Dharmendra Pradhan urges Centre to set up 7 more passport offices in Odisha

Bhubaneswar: Union Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan today urged the External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj to set up seven more Passport Sewa Kendras in Odisha. “Growing need is felt to open additional POPSKs/PSKs to expedite issue of passports. I take this opportunity to request you to kindly issue necessary instructions […]

  • Thursday, 22 July 2021
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Cannot help Iranian woman due to court order: Swaraj

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today expressed inability in helping a British woman charity worker of Iranian origin who has been sentenced to one year imprisonment by a court in Odisha on charges of causing death of a tribal child due to negligence. Swaraj had sought a report from Odisha government on the […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
India not to attend Saarc Summit in Pakistan

Hyderabad: India won’t attend the proposed Saarc Summit in Pakistan and there will be no dialogue with Islamabad until it stops sponsoring terrorism, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj announced on Wednesday. Sushma Swaraj made it clear that New Delhi will not participate in the Saarc summit and it was not responding to an invite from […]

  • Friday, 09 July 2021
Decided not to contest 2019 polls: Sushma

Indore: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday said that she has decided not to contest the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. “Candidates are decided by the party. But I have made up my mind that I won’t be contesting in the next elections,” the senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader said on the sidelines of […]

  • Friday, 09 July 2021
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S-400 missile deal: India reasserts independent foreign policy

New Delhi: By concluding the S-400 Triumf long-range surface-to-air missile system deal with Russia in the face of Washington’s sanctions on Moscow, India reasserted its independence on foreign policy in adherence with New Delhi stated stand that its ties with one country are free of that with a third country. After the signing of the […]

  • Thursday, 08 July 2021
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India, Uzbekistan set $1-bn bilateral trade target

New Delhi: India and Uzbekistan set an annual bilateral trade target of $1 billion to be achieved within two years and agreed to boost connectivity as the two sides signed 17 agreements across a range of sectors following delegation-level talks led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev here at Delhi today. […]

  • Thursday, 08 July 2021
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Names of 39 Indians confirmed dead in Iraq

New Delhi: Of the 39 Indians whose killings in Iraq were confirmed by External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj here on Tuesday, 27 were from Punjab, four from Himachal Pradesh, six from Bihar and two from West Bengal. According to the External Affairs Ministry, those from Punjab were Dharminder Kumar, Harish Kumar, Harsimranjeet Singh, Kanwaljit Singh, […]

  • Wednesday, 07 July 2021
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We can't confirm anybody's death sans concrete proof: Sushma

New Delhi: Facing a volley of questions on Tuesday after she confirmed in Parliament the death of 39 Indians who were reported missing in Iraq in 2014, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said the government cannot confirm any person’s death without concrete proof in hand and it was her duty to inform Parliament first about […]

  • Wednesday, 07 July 2021
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Sushma meets Prachanda in Nepal

Kathmandu: Visiting Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Friday here in Nepal held talks with CPN-Maoist Centre Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’. According to MEA spokesperson Raveesh Kumar, Sushma Swaraj complemented him on his party’s performance in the last held elections. The two leaders discussed steps to further strengthen bilateral ties, he added. The […]

  • Wednesday, 07 July 2021
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Modi, Sushma mislead nation on Doklam: Congress

New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj of misleading the nation over Chinese troops occupying Doklam plateau, saying Indian security and strategic interests have been compromised. “The satellite imagery and media reports suggest that China has established military establishments in Doklam near Indian borders which […]

  • Wednesday, 07 July 2021
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Rocket lands inside Indian Embassy in Kabul, all staff safe

New Delhi: A rocket landed at the Indian Embassy in Kabul on Monday but there were no casualties, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said. “A rocket has landed in our Chancery compound in Kabul,” Sushma Swaraj tweeted late Monday evening. “The rocket clipped the top of the three-storeyed ITBP (Indo-Tibetan Border Police) barracks,” she said. […]

  • Wednesday, 07 July 2021
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Kulbhushan Jadhav’s wife, mother meet Sushma Swaraj

New Delhi: A day after their meeting across a glass panel with Kulbhushan Jadhav in Islamabad, the mother and wife of the Indian national on death row in Pakistan, met External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj here on Tuesday. According to reports, Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar and External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar accompanied Jadhav’s mother […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
Sushma appeals for help to find deaf-mute girl's parents

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Sunday made a fervent appeal to the public to help locate the parents of Geeta, a deaf and mute 25-year-old Indian woman who was brought back two years ago after having inadvertently crossed over to Pakistan over a decade ago. Holding Geeta in her arms in a […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
Kuwait commutes 15 Indians' death sentence to life

New Delhi: The death sentence handed to 15 Indians in Kuwait has been commuted to life imprisonment, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Saturday as she thanked the country’s ruler for the gesture. “The Emir of Kuwait has been pleased to commute the sentence of 15 Indian nationals from death to life imprisonment,” Sushma […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
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